The Murray Academy welcomes preschool students for the first time this fall

Mount Pisgah Christian School’s new preschool facility, the Stuart and Eulene Murray Academy celebrated the opening with a ribbon cutting this summer.

Located on the Lower School campus of MPCS, the 24,000 square foot, $3 million preschool is a state-of-the-art facility with 10 new classrooms, a chapel and theatre space, innovation center, indoor interactive play space, and a natureinspired outdoor playscape.

The Murray Academy program serves the school’s three and four- year-old full day preschool students. Located in Johns Creek, Mount Pisgah Christian School serves more than 1,000 students from infants through 12th grade.

These early years of learning are essential as children learn about the love of Christ and set a foundation to become lifelong learners.

First made possible by Mount Pisgah Church’s generous gift to the school of the South Campus property itself, the Murray Academy is named in recognition of a $1 million grant from the Stuart and Eulene Murray Foundation. The Murray Foundation has a strong history of serving Christian education.

The new playground playscape is a one-of-a-kind outdoor play environment, featuring natural and hand-carved materials. Tree-inspired and sensory stations such as the Eagle’s Nest, Creation Corner and the Hatchling Dig engage students in both learning and play.

In their classrooms, children open a new world of discovery through technology and multi-sensory experiments. Students participate in Chapel, Atelier, music, P.E. and STEAM classes each week. They grow in faith through chapel programs featuring singing and dancing and Bible curriculum.

In the Atelier space, an Atelierista, or art specialist, provides a variety of creative experiences through music, clay, light and shadow, loose parts, paint, nature, movement and sound.

With small classroom sizes, teachers prepare Preschool 3s and 4s students for the next stage of learning. Elements of formal instruction and curriculum are introduced strategically to prepare children for school.

Children will have opportunities to focus on gross and fine motor skills and social and emotional development. Concepts in language arts, math, and science will be introduced in engaging activities and through the arts and experiments.