Funding of The Village School

While the program is funded by the parents of the school, The Village School students and their parents send their gratitude to the NNUMC congregation for the privilege of attending this wonderful school, which the church is sponsoring.

The Village School is solely funded by tuition money paid by the parents and by fundraising on the part of parents in the PTO program.

NNUMC members have built beautiful, much-needed buildings for our children's ministry programs which are highly used on Sunday mornings and Wednesday afternoons. Much of the equipment used by the children's ministry department has been purchased by the school, enhancing the quality of the program for all children.

The school is completely self-sufficient financially and makes a contribution to the church to offset expenses for utilities and custodial services.

The Village School Board

The governing board of the school programs is made up of 12 members of the church, who are elected by the United Methodist Charge Conference each year. The board members must be full members of NNUMC and serve a three-year term with a rotation, consistent with all church committees. The function of this group is to set school policies and procedures, oversee the budget and monitor the daily operations of the program.

Preschool Program

The Village School preschool program is an outreach ministry to children from six weeks through four years of age. The purpose is to develop the children's understanding of God and Christian values by creating a caring and encouraging environment and to promote their intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual development through experiential activities.

As soon as they have the ability, the children who attend the preschool study all developmentally appropriate academic areas, music, art, physical education, Spanish and the Bible. Both part-time and full-time children in our preschool receive loving care and wonderful preparation for school. The program far exceeds state requirements for programming, ratios and teacher qualifications.

The preschool is usually full and has a wait list. However, church members receive a priority for placement and every effort is made to place church families in our program. An effort is also made on the part of school staff to incorporate new families, who may be looking for a church home, into the church. Several hundred current members came to our church through enrolling their children in the school.

Accreditation: The preschool from age two years through kindergarten is accredited by the Florida Kindergarten Council.