GERSTELL ACADEMY
LEADERSHIP • HONOR • COURAGE
Academics

Pre-Kindergarten

At Gerstell Academy, our Pre-Kindergarten program plants the seeds of leadership in the fertile minds and hearts of our youngest students. Our values-based Leadership model takes root with daily nurturing in an environment enriched by challenging opportunities to explore, interact, create, learn and play.
Leadership: Children learn respect and to treat others as they want to be treated by listening, taking turns, and showing good manners. Children find their voices at Leadership Circle by answering questions and presenting to peers.
 
College Preparatory Academics: Academic Readiness is reinforced through story time, play acting, puzzles, and games. Science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) activities promote critical and creative thinking skills. Art and Music stretch imagination. Science encourages exploration and experimentation. Hands-on Mathematics enhances number sense, patterns, and classification skills.
 
Physical Fitness: Children spend time at recess in unstructured play and develop body coordination and gross motor skills through physical education classes. Healthy habits such as nutritious eating, and frequent hand washing are reinforced throughout the course of each day.
 
Modern Language Proficiency: Children are introduced to Spanish through songs, games, arts, and crafts oftentimes led by Upper School students proficient in the Spanish language.
Gerstell Academy's Pre-Kindergarten offers:
  • Professional educators with a focus in early childhood education
  • Special area subjects include art, library/media, instructional technology, music, science, and Spanish
  • Physical education four times each week
  • Interactive play in various centers and a scheduled quiet time
  • Interactions with schoolmates in Kindergarten through Grade 12
  • Daily snacks and recess
  • Multiple opportunities for family involvement
  • Field trips and community service
  • Transportation, after care, and summer camps also available 
 
Please call Ann Marie Graham, Director of Lower School Admissions, at (410-861-4400) for more information or to plan a visit.
2500 Old Westminster Pike
Finksburg, MD 21048-1823
410-861-3000
1-866-861-3300