The Academy Preschool & Kindergarten of Palm Desert Community Presbyterian Church
The Academy of Palm Desert Community Presbyterian Church, 47321 Highway 74, Palm Desert, CA 92260
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The Academy Preschool & Kindergarten of Palm Desert Community Presbyterian Church includes activities such as cooking, science, art, games, music, dramatic play, and literature. Children also take part in Chapel, Sign Language, library time, Chapel Lab, and after school activities such as cooking, dance, and music & movement. The program uses the Abeka approach to Christian education in a center-driven, play-based learning environment, with academics that include language arts, math, writing, art, science, social skills, and Bible.
• Ages: 2–11 years old
• Schedule: Half-day and full-day options Monday–Friday, with hours from 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., and a weekly summer program through mid-August
• Price: Tuition is based on 5 days (half or full), billed the Friday before the week a child attends, and payments cannot be refunded for weeks selected and unused.
The Academy Preschool & Kindergarten of Palm Desert Community Presbyterian Church offers classes for children 2 years through Kindergarten and also lists Summer Camp Toddlers 18 months through Kinder and Summer Camp for Elementary 1st–5th Grade. The curriculum is based on weekly themes where students continue to exercise academic and social skills, with example themes such as studying Dr. Seuss books with related activities in cooking, science, art, games, and more. Each week features a new learning theme, and children explore through art, science, cooking, music, dramatic play, and literature while continuing academic skills through the summer. Daily enrichment activities as part of the curriculum include Chapel, Sign Language, library, music, and Chapel Lab. The program states that its leadership is committed to ensuring children the least restrictive learning environment in a safe and nurturing school setting and notes that COVID initiatives have been updated to maintain proper procedures.
The preschool teachers are described as qualified and trained in early childhood education, and the School Director is Reichel Ainsworth. The mission of The Academy Preschool and Kindergarten of Palm Desert Community Presbyterian Church is to provide a loving, nurturing, educational environment that exposes children to the love of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to provide a foundation of academic, artistic, physical, and social challenges that will prepare them for success in school. The mission also states a goal to partner with parents in encouraging well-rounded growth so children think, speak, and act Biblically, and to communicate their worth in God’s eyes as part of His creation. The program is affiliated with Palm Desert Presbyterian Church and School.
Last updated June 25, 2026.
• Ages: 2–11 years old
• Schedule: Half-day and full-day options Monday–Friday, with hours from 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., and a weekly summer program through mid-August
• Price: Tuition is based on 5 days (half or full), billed the Friday before the week a child attends, and payments cannot be refunded for weeks selected and unused.
The Academy Preschool & Kindergarten of Palm Desert Community Presbyterian Church offers classes for children 2 years through Kindergarten and also lists Summer Camp Toddlers 18 months through Kinder and Summer Camp for Elementary 1st–5th Grade. The curriculum is based on weekly themes where students continue to exercise academic and social skills, with example themes such as studying Dr. Seuss books with related activities in cooking, science, art, games, and more. Each week features a new learning theme, and children explore through art, science, cooking, music, dramatic play, and literature while continuing academic skills through the summer. Daily enrichment activities as part of the curriculum include Chapel, Sign Language, library, music, and Chapel Lab. The program states that its leadership is committed to ensuring children the least restrictive learning environment in a safe and nurturing school setting and notes that COVID initiatives have been updated to maintain proper procedures.
The preschool teachers are described as qualified and trained in early childhood education, and the School Director is Reichel Ainsworth. The mission of The Academy Preschool and Kindergarten of Palm Desert Community Presbyterian Church is to provide a loving, nurturing, educational environment that exposes children to the love of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to provide a foundation of academic, artistic, physical, and social challenges that will prepare them for success in school. The mission also states a goal to partner with parents in encouraging well-rounded growth so children think, speak, and act Biblically, and to communicate their worth in God’s eyes as part of His creation. The program is affiliated with Palm Desert Presbyterian Church and School.
Last updated June 25, 2026.
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