Roots Primary School was founded in 2020 by staff at The Refuge. What began as an Early Learning Center (Pre-3 and Pre-K) is expanding to support a full Kindergarten class in 2024, with additional grades coming in the future. With small class sizes, Christ-centered curriculum, and experienced educators, RPS is passionate about serving children 2.5 yrs - Kinder.
About Roots Primary School
Our Programs
Early Learning Program
The Early Learning program at Roots Primary School offers education and care to ages 2.5 years through age 5. We have two classrooms with small class sizes set at a maximum of 15 students.
Enrollment opportunities to fit every schedule! Our Early Learning Program is open from 8am to 6pm. Please click the “Tuition” button below for more information.
Young Preschool: Ages 2.5 years through age 3.
This classroom focuses on social emotional development, independence, learning to be in a group, and learning to care for others around them. In this class, we begin teaching beginning letter concepts and sounds. We begin introducing skills necessary to becoming a successful student in a classroom.
Kindergarten Readiness: Age 4 before September 1st.
The Kindergarten Readiness program at RPS is designed to prepare our early learners for a classroom experience. This class focuses on what it looks like to be a student, how we manage big emotions, caring for ourselves and others, rules and routines in a classroom, and lastly, fun! Students in this class are scaffolding on their previous knowledge of letter concepts and sounds, and building into increased phonemic and phonetic awareness, beginning math concepts, increased problem solving skills, and all around student conduct. Students graduating from the Kindergarten Readiness at RPS will be well prepared to enter a Kindergarten classroom.
Kindergarten
The Kindergarten program at Roots Primary is designed to emphasize quality over quantity with our classroom size set at 12 students maximum. The RPS Kindergarten teacher is a highly qualified licensed teacher with a Bachelors in Communication Disorders and Sciences and a Masters in Special Education: Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education, with a heart to help guide our students in the best education experience possible, while meeting the individual student and family needs.
Kindergarten hours:
Monday - Thursday 8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Friday 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Kindergarten aftercare hours:
Monday - Thursday 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Friday 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
TUITION & ENROLLMENT DOCUMENTS
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Our Staff
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Jill Williams
Interim School Administrator
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Jessi Nash
Pre-3 Lead Teacher
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Molly Alston
Kindergarten Lead Teacher
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Tori Johnson
Pre-4 Lead Teacher
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Madi Conner
Pre-3 Class Aide
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Katherine (Kat) Curtis
Substitute Teacher
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Angie Minter
Substitute Teacher
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Sarah Scholl
Substitute Teacher
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Kim Alston
Business Manager