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The Arma Dei Preschool provides a high-quality early childhood experience for your child in a safe, nurturing, and engaging environment where children develop and grow using a developmentally-appropriate curriculum. We prepare your child for the more formal learning environment they will encounter in Kindergarten. Our preschool program prepares students for the classical model of education, by encouraging memorization through song and poetry, hands-on exploration, and exposure to rich literature that emphasizes God’s story. 

We have limited availability remaining for the 2024/2025 school year. For information on program availability, please contact Brittany Conklin, Preschool Director, by sending an email to bconklin@armadeiacademy.com, or by calling (720) 668-4668.

Admissions Procedures

Arma Dei Academy offers three academic programs:

  • Preschool 
  • Kindergarten – 12th Grade Academy (full time)
  • Collaborative Learning Program K-8 (part-time)
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Each program is run separately by, having a distinct admissions process independent from the other programs. Acceptance and enrollment into one academic program does not guarantee acceptance and enrollment into another academic program.

Wait Pool 

  • When a preschool class has reached capacity, applicants may request in writing to admissions@armadeiacademy.com to be added to the wait pool for the respective class, so long as the online application has been completed. 
  • A wait pool is for the current academic school year only. 

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Program Info

Learn more about the Arma Dei Preschool programs, tuition, dress code, and contact info.
Programs

Preschool Program Information

Learning the Joys of Exploration

Circle time, creative play, song, movement, outdoor activities, and art are all parts of our program, during which students learn and experience joy and wonder. Our teachers set clear expectations, demonstrate abundant grace, and understand the significant transition that takes place as our youngest students begin their journey of learning.

Age Groups

Children are grouped by age in each classroom; all students stay in the same classroom with the same teachers throughout the school year.

Preschool Programs

Three-Year-Old Program: Students must be three years old by October 1 of the enrolled school year and fully potty trained by the first day of school. Program options include two days a week (T/TH), three days a week (M/W/F), or five days a week (M-F).

Four-Year-Old Program: Students must be four years old by October 1 of the enrolled school year and fully potty trained by the first day of school. Program options include two days a week (T/TH) or three days a week (M/W/F).

Junior Kindergarten Program: Students must be four years old by October 1 of the enrolled school year and fully potty trained by the first day of school. Program options include four days a week (M-TH) or five days a week (M-F). Children may repeat Junior Kindergarten.

Curriculum Overview
  • Over the course of the school year, our preschool children will learn Bible stories, nursery rhymes, letters (both upper and lower case), numbers, shapes, colors, Fruit of the Spirit character traits and much more.
  • Our main focus is to show the children just how loved they truly are from a biblical perspective.
  • Our early childhood education program is laying the foundation for a continued education path for biblical, academic, social and emotional growth.

Example Preschool Classroom Schedule 

  • 8:15 - 8:30 am Arrival and Morning Work
  • 8:30 - 8:55 am Outside Time
  • 8:55 - 9:05 am Restroom and Wash Hands
  • 9:05 - 9:25 am Bible Story and Snack
  • 9:25 - 10:00 am  Circle Time (sing, pray, say pledge, calendar, etc.)
  • 10:00 - 10:50 am Centers
  • 10:50 - 11:00 am Catechisms
  • 11:00 -11:25 pm Outside time
  • 11:25 - 11:40 am Restroom, Wash Hands, Pack up
  • 11:40 - 12:00 pm Lunch
  • 12:00 -12:20 pm Music and Science
  • 12:20 - 12:30 pm Dismissal

*Enrichment Schedule

  • 12:30 - 12:40 pm Enrichment set up and mat set up
  • 12:40 - 1:10 pm Quiet Rest Time (Classical music)
  • 1:10 - 1:20 pm Clean up mats/quiet time materials/wash hands
  • 1:20 - 1:35 pm Snack & Bible story review
  • 1:35 - 1:45 pm Throw away trash and wash hands (gently wake sleeping children)
  • 1:45 - 1:55 pm Bible songs and Bible Story
  • 1:55 - 2:15 pm Enrichment Activity
  • 2:15 - 2:25 pm Coloring activity or 2 bucket play
  • 2:25 - 2:25 pm pack up/line up
  • 2:25 pm line up and move outside (take backpacks to dismiss from outside)
  • 2:45 - 3:00 pm Dismissal
Enrichment

Students who enroll in our afternoon Enrichment program are in for an adventure! Through scripture, literature, and song, students will explore the wonders of the world around them. Students will also explore God's creation in the open space around the school in search of animal and plant life, learning through a biblical lens that He is creator of all nature and science.

Drop-in Enrichment: 12:30-3:00 pm daily; $50 per day

  • Children must attend the morning session to stay for afternoon enrichment.
  • Drop-in Enrichment is available when student-teacher ratios allow.
  • Parents must submit requests for Drop-in Enrichment in writing at least 24-hours in advance.
  • Drop-in Enrichment fees ($50 per day) will be charged through FACTS. Arma Dei Academy will accept no other form of payment.
Class Time, Size & Dress Code

We are pleased to offer the following:

  • A program that follows the academic calendar year, beginning the Tuesday after Labor Day and ending during the third week of May
  • Morning Preschool, 8:30am - 12:30pm
  • Afternoon Enrichment, 12:30pm - 3:00pm 
  • Passionate, experienced teachers with Colorado Early Childhood certification
  • CPR and First Aid certified staff
  • Loving Christian environment
  • Typically 8 students per 1 teacher
  • Spacious classrooms with natural light
  • Enhanced security
  • Large enclosed playground 
  • Snack and lunch (provided by parents)
  • Child-sized bathrooms & sinks in every classroom
  • School-approved uniform to used to enhance the atmosphere of learning, minimize ambiguities, and foster a spirit of camaraderie. Download Uniform Guide.
Location & Contact

Contact:
Mrs. Brittany Conklin - Preschool Director
bconklin@armadeiacademy.com
(303) 346-4523 

341 E. Wildcat Reserve Parkway, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

Parent - Student Handbook

Please click here to download the Arma Dei Academy Preschool Parent-Student Handbook. 

Colorado Child Care Donation Credit

Exciting News! Arma Dei Academy now offers a Colorado Child Care Donation Credit. This is on a first come, first serve basis. Click here to see a tax savings example.  

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