Now taking applications for the 2024-2025 school year
A lifetime love of learning begins with creative play
Contact us today to learn more about our child-focused classes for 2024-2025
Encouraging lifelong learners through creative play
Supporting Students and Families
As part of our cooperative school, parents play a vital role in the child's classroom experience. We recognize that parents are a child's
first teachers and are excited to see how we can support your
child's development and encourage you on your parenting journey. Communication between our staff and parents is critical to
providing an effective early childhood program. In turn, we see a spirit of altruism and social concern grow as the children interact with one another, their teachers, families, and the world.
Learning Through Play
When we work as a team, children strengthen the foundation for an emotionally safe and secure atmosphere in which to grow.
Each teacher works with parents in a different capacity, given the
age of their students. MHCP supports children by providing space, opportunity, and materials that stretch them developmentally. We ensure that each child has the time to choose their play activity,
which allows them the freedom to become further engaged.
Play is fun and pays big dividends to eager learners.
Building Community
An instilled sense of community helps children understand their place in the larger world, develop social and cognitive skills, and gain the self-confidence required to engage in new experiences. By spending time with school friends and experiencing a cooperative education model, MHCP establishes a secure sense of belonging within our students.
As students learn about the world around them, they develop
social awareness and foster interconnectedness with others.
Our committed teachers and active Board of Directors help create
this deep sense of community among the students and families
and expand that sense of community outside our school walls.
OuR CHILD-CENTERED MISSION
Respecting the Unique Individual
MHCP is a ministry of the Old Presbyterian Meeting House. In response to the biblical admonition to care for children, MHCP
provides a program in which the protection of children's rights is crucial. Believing that each child is unique, the preschool offers a
loving environment where children can participate in their learning
and development. MHCP advocates for the welfare of children
and families in the Alexandria area and welcomes children
of all levels of ability and economic means to its program.
Partnering with Parents
The Meeting House Cooperative Preschool recognizes parents' essential role in the education of their children. Therefore, MHCP intentionally solicits the active support of parents, both in and out
of the classroom. Teachers and parents cooperate in providing
a strong, developmentally appropriate education in which
children can freely explore the wonder of God's world.
Practicing Inclusivity
MHCCP emphasizes love, fairness, and concern for all the children
in its program, regardless of race, economic status, or religion. Respecting the God-given worth of all children, MHCP establishes
an environment that seeks to stimulate and expand their social, emotional, intellectual, physical, cultural, religious, and moral development. MHCP admits students of any race, color, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, gender, or disability to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the preschool. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, or other school-sponsored programs.