LINDBERGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Lindbergh School District sponsors a multitude of Early Childhood Education classes designed to fulfill the ever-increasing demands of the times. The program was started with Affton School District in 1970 and is now held at Concord School, 10305 Concord School Road.
Ages 2 years to Pre-Kindergarten
Part day and Full day Programs
Preschoolers delight in learning when the atmosphere is inviting and the activities are appropriately provided by considering their interests and abilities. The program is based on the Project Construct curriculum, an approach which promotes independence and enhances thinking. Cooking, constructing, painting, examining, storytelling, experimenting, talking with each other, establishing friendships with children and adults happens daily. The children participate in engrossing hands-on and minds-on experiences.
Before & After School Programs
Children attend at their elementary school, before or/and after opportunities. They read, build, measure, paint, cooperate, problem solve, classify and compare using various strategies to continue to love learning.
Camp Flyers' Club
Camp Flyers' Club transforms Truman Elementary School into an exciting camp providing a relaxed, informal atmosphere, focusing on combining fun with special in-depth projects. Swimming and field trips are all part of the action. Weekly themes are offered for Grades Kindergarden through fifth grade, along with a Counselor in Training program for sixth and seventh graders.
Recognitions (During the time previously known as Affton-Lindbergh Early Childhood Education)
- The Affton-Lindbergh Early Childhood Education program has been recognized as "One of the ten best preschools in America", according to Child Magazine, September 1993.
- In 1988, the Center for Children's Policy at Bank Street College of Education and the Center for Research on Women from Wellesley College sponsored a nationwide study on Early Childhood Education. They investigated the involvement of public schools in the creation of Early Childhood programs. They wanted to identify those programs that were both educationally and developmentally sound and that were responsive to the child care needs of the families that used them. They evaluated 3,200 programs and declared the Affton-Lindbergh program a "model for the nation" in Early Childhood Education.
- The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education presented the Early Childhood and Parent Education Distinguished Service Award to Affton-Lindbergh Early Childhood Education "for outstanding leadership and commitment to improving the quality of life for young children and their families."
- The American School Board Journal recognized ALECE with the Magna Award for one of the most effective governance programs in North America in 1996.