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Our City August 2020
Weston's Premier Early Tree of Life Childhood Learning The faith-based preschool grows Academy! Best Preschool with the additionVoted of Kindergarten We have the highest percentage in Weston of graduates reading at 1st grade level.
A Brand New Kindergarten
in Weston
6 YEARS IN A ROW!
Remarkable Campus & Facilities
by JASON ZAUDER
Tree of Lif
Infants thru Pre-K For centuries, children have learned about
Included in monthly tuition: the ‘Tree Of Life’ from the Book of Gen• Accelerated Reading Program esis. At the Tree of Life Christian Academy • STEAM Program Preschool in Weston, children are learning
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“My daughter in kindergarten is excelling in reading & writing, she loves learning and I know it’s because of (Science-Technology-Engineering-Art-Mathematics) many of life’s lessons in a thriving, mod- That magic expand to Tree of Life’s Treewill of Life. Their amazing ern school. As Tree of Life approaches their brand-new kindergarten Their school brings a program. balance of Low student to teacher ratio one year anniversary, owners Gabriel and kindergarten be structure, in a separate room nurturewill and giving Bilingual curriculum (English/Spanish) Marcy Buitrago are celebrating what they that will not be attached the preschool, students the besttopreparation Computershaveand iPads®while looking ahead to and theyforareschool accomplished looking to reach a 9-1 years ahead! Westufuture. lunches are blessed havekindergarten Tree of dent-to-teacher ratio.toWith Organic &thenatural in our community!” starting onLife August 18th,Tree of Life has already reached fifty percent enrollment, and - Cruz Family placements will be filling up quickly. There are already wait lists for two- and three-year olds who want to enroll in those programs, and administrators are confident that kindergarten will also prove quite popular. Kindergarten will be open to all children, (new or families) regardless of whether not they attended preschool at Tree of Life.
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“We feel like our formula for success is to be different than all the other preschools. Our intention was to create a feeling so that when a child enters our school, there’s a sense of wonder,” said Gabriel Buitrago. “The children are still going to be learning a lot, but we also wanted them to feel like
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