General Class Information

Class Hours (2024-2025)

Classes run Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

  • Pandas meet on Monday and Wednesday; they have the option to add Friday
  • Monkeys and Tigers meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; they have the option to add Thursday*

After school classes or “Lunch Bunches” for Monkeys and Tigers are available to add as an extended day on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. They run from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Additional days and after school classes are contingent on sufficient enrollment.

*Note: In 2025-26 the additional day option for the Monkeys and Tigers will be on Tuesday rather than Thursday.

General Class Outline

At AHCNS, we believe that a children’s play is their work.  Our materials and equipment are selected specifically for developing preschoolers.  We guide children to use these materials constructively and creatively.  Our professional nursery school teachers are all certified by the State of Maryland.  Each day, designated adults serve as the classroom assistants or co-opers.  Our teachers base classroom activities on the psycho-social, cognitive, language, and physical development skills appropriate to the age of the class.  Children are encouraged to communicate their own individuality through creative art and expressive play.

Lunch Bunch: Our 3- and 4-year-old students are offered the opportunity to attend additional instructional classes (the “Lunch Bunch”) after the regular school day.  An emphasis is given to the arts, sciences, languages, and math.  Children bring their own lunch and remain at school an additional hour beyond the regular school day.  Students sign up for as many sessions as they would like to attend. The cost is $12 a session with a discount to $10/session if you sign up for at least 6 sessions in a month. Lunch bunch fees will be paid with your monthly tuition.

Class Pages

Two-Year-Old Classes

Three-Year-Old Classes

Four-Year-Old Classes

Parent Helper Program (PHP) or Nursery

 

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