Weekday Preschool

Welcome!

We are so glad you are here!

Welcome to the First Baptist Church Matthews (FBCM) Weekday Preschool. We believe that every child, and the family that he/she represents, is a blessing from the Lord. “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variableness, neither shadow of turning” (James 1:17). We look forward to ministering to your child and family as we encourage your child to know Jesus and to become all that God intended him/her to be.

Please thoroughly review the information provided here. For a downloadable informational flyer click here. You are then invited to contact the Weekday Preschool Director, Jeana Stewart, via email by clicking the link below should you have any questions or desire to schedule a tour to register your child (pending availability).

Curriculum 

As a Christian faith-based Weekday Preschool, we share Bible stories and scripture with the children so that they may learn more about God and His love for us. We utilize the Wee Learn Curriculum as our academic foundation to plan creative and challenging age-appropriate educational activities for every preschooler. Our older preschoolers in our 4's and Transitional-Kindergarten (5’s) classes also engage in a teacher-led introductory handwriting curriculum, Handwriting Without Tears. Our goal at every age level is to prepare all children for the next year of Preschool or Kindergarten.

Weekday Preschool Days and Hours:

Monday-Thursday (Half-Day)

9:00am -1:00pm (Group 1 Families) and 9:15am - 1:15pm (Group 2 Families)

Our academic schedule follows the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System calendar annually for the months of September through May. Specifically, our calendar begins in September the Tuesday immediately following Labor Day and ends in May the week prior to Memorial Day. We utilize a car line on campus for morning arrival and afternoon dismissal. Families are assigned a designated lobby location (one of three) on the church property and a specific time segment for daily drop-off and pick-up. Our director and staff greet families individually at their cars every morning to escort children safely into the building, and then walk the children directly back to their vehicles during afternoon dismissal.

2025-2026 Registration Information

• Registration Timeline:

  o Phase 1 - January 7-26, 2025 – In-House Registration for all currently-enrolled preschool families, alumni families, and FBCM church members.

  o Phase 2 - January 27-February 9, 2025 – Wait List Registration for non-enrolled active wait-listed families in order of receipt (prior to September 3, 2024).

  o Phase 3 - February 10, 2025 & following – Open Registration for all other non-enrolled wait list families and new inquiries in order of receipt (since September 3, 2024) until all spots are filled. Limited spots available.
  

  • All new families desiring to enroll within the Weekday Preschool are invited to contact via email the Preschool Director regarding classroom availability. The Director will provide personal tours (required) prior to registering only if classroom roster openings remain.

  • Each child is placed within an age-appropriate classroom (1’s, 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, or 5’s) based upon his/her age on August 31, 2025 (the North Carolina age requirement cut-off date).

  • A completed Registration Form along with a non-refundable Registration Fee payment of $125 per child must be submitted via an online link, provided by the Director during the personal tour, to secure your child’s enrollment within our program.

  • Wait Lists are created for every age group as classroom rosters are filled. Please contact the Director if you would like to be placed (at no charge) on an appropriate age-related Wait List.

2025-2026 Monthly Tuition*:

1 day per week (1's) = $220

2 days per week (1's, 2's, & 3's) = $315

3 days per week (1's, 2’s, 3's, & 4's) = $365

4 days per week (1’s, 2's, 3's, 4's, & T-K) = $410

*Due the first week of every month September 2025 through May 2026

Classroom Structure

• 1’s = 1 classroom, Ratio 2 teachers : 8 children per day

• 2’s = 2 classrooms, Ratio 2 teachers per class : 10 children per day

• 3’s = 3 classrooms, Ratio 2 teachers per class : 10 or 12 children per day

• 4’s = 3 classrooms, Ratio 2 teachers per class : 16 children per day

• 5’s (Transitional-Kindergarten) = 1 classroom, Ratio 2 teachers : 16 children per day