2024-2025 School Year
K3 SPT
Students meet for a full school year, with 12 co-op weeks in the fall and 12 weeks in the spring. K3 classes are self-contained and enrichment based. In K3 classes, the children are with the same teacher the entire day and stay together as a group, with the exception of a music class, where they go to the respective teacher for that time. The students enjoy recess twice a day at either the playground or the gym. Parents must pack snack and lunch for their student. Children in K3 will not be assigned homework. Formal grades are not given in K3 but teachers do send home progress reports twice a year.
Course Description
In K3, learning with each other through play helps support children’s social and emotional development, language and literacy, cognition, and even physical development. The class begins with a group time learning calendar, sharing time, and reading a bible story which includes listening skills, conversational skills, interacting with the teacher, and reading a story. Concentration is placed on learning and practicing classroom etiquette: listening, raising hands, lining up, being kind to others, obeying the teacher, using inside voices, and keeping hands to oneself. The class focuses on one letter of the alphabet, number, shape, and color per week and does thematic activities based on all five of these emphases each class day. We feel children learn more and will retain more when they are enjoying what they are doing, so our curriculum involves activities that get the children to move and explore. Hands-on learning allows the children to experience and develop the senses that God has given them.
Throughout the school year, students will develop skills such as:
- identifying colors, shapes, numbers, and letters
recognizing patterns - sharing, compromising, and following directions
Music Class: Students attend music class each class day. The students will enjoy experiencing music in a variety of ways. We explore music through a repertoire rich in folk songs, nursery rhymes, and traditional singing games. We learn about music through imitation, movement, listening, visualization, improvisation, finger play, and rhythm instruments. Seasonal music activities are incorporated throughout the year.
To be successful in this class:
Learn and practice classroom etiquette, including listening, raising hands, lining up, being kind to others, obeying the teacher, using inside voices, and keeping hands to oneself.
Grades: K3
Fees: Two Day Model Tuition: $800 for the year
Plus the following fees:
-$5 Supply Fee
-$140 enrollment fee per child
-$70 security fee per family
-$10 per student portrait/bag tag fee
Prerequisites:
Must be 3 years old by September 1st. Must be mostly potty trained and able to use the restroom mostly independently and come to co-op in underwear or a pull up. K3 teachers will not change diapers.
Sections Offered: K3 Blue Jays: Tuesdays & Thursdays K3 Red Cardinals: Tuesdays & Thursdays K3-2nd Music
Required Materials
Textbook:
None required.
Other Materials:
Each class has a supply list of required materials parents must purchase and send to class with their student. Find Supply Lists here.
K3 Blue Jays: Tuesdays & Thursdays
Meet Tiffany Espinal
Education: Homeschool, attended SCC for ASL certification
Teaching experience:
- Substitute for 6 yrs. in public school District five, Spartanburg, SC
- 1 year ESOL Byrnes Freshman/Beech Springs
- Homeschooling 3 of my children
Certifications: received certification for ASL
UHC courses taught:
- 3k
- Elementary sub
Began teaching at UHC in 2022
K3 Red Cardinals: Tuesdays & Thursdays
Meet Aimee Powell
Education: I have my bachelors degree in Social Work and I trained as an Applied Behavior Analyst.
Teaching experience: I have been homeschooling my children since 2022. Additionally, I taught ESL online, worked as an ABA Therapist and serve in the 2-3 year old nursery at our church.
Homeschooling Experience:I was homeschooled kindergarten through eighth grade and I have been homeschooling my two children since 2022.
UHC Courses Taught: 3K
Began teaching at UHC in 2024
K3-2nd Music
Meet Amber Autry
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Music; Master’s degree in Music
Teaching experience:
- Public Middle school orchestra 12 years-South Carolina Schools, Teach private string lessons from home studio
- Music experience: Plays viola with Upstate Church Worship team, Plays viola with the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra
- Homeschooled my daughter pre school this past year and will start my son preschool in the fall
Certifications: certified to teach in South Carolina
UHC courses taught: Music
Began teaching at UHC in 2022