(843) 873-2440
Come and Worship With Us Sundays 9:00am (w/choir) or 10:30am (w/praise band)
Welcome to the SBC Preschool!
Dawn Bland has been in preschool education for twenty-nine years. After becoming a believer in 1986, she felt called to work with children. She enjoys seeing children grow and learn about God and the world around them. Dawn believes that there is nothing more satisfying than to see a child come to an understanding of who God is. After teaching preschool 3s and 4s for seven years, she felt the desire to be a mentor, leader, and motivator for teachers as well. In becoming an Assistant Director, she has been able to fulfill those desires. She has been an active member of Centerpoint Church at Remount since 1990 and has served at SBP as Assistant Director since 2008 earning a Credential in Early Childhood Education in 2017. She is a widow, mother of 2 adult boys, and currently raising a granddaughter, grandson, and their younger sibling. Her church family and friends are especially important to her and she relies on them for support. The verse she lives by is Jeremiah 29:11 and her motto is “Let go and let God!”
Erin Sweat - Administrative Assistant
Welcome to the SB Preschool
Heather Siegel - SBC Preschool Director
Heather considers all children a gift from God and feels that it is a blessing and honor to lead a faith-based preschool. Her passions are early intervention and early childhood education. Her educational philosophy is founded on the belief that children are created to learn and will do so at their own pace. After earning her bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood/Special Education, Heather completed her master’s degree in Education, and has worked in the field of education for fourteen years. While she loves working in her office to ensure Summerville Baptist Preschool runs smoothly, her favorite place to be is in the classroom getting to know the children and teachers better. Heather is married and mom to a teenager and two adult children. When she is not at SBP, you will find her spending time with her husband of 28 years and her three children as often as possible. Contact Heather at (843) 873-2120.
Dawn Bland - Assistant Director
Dawn Bland has been in preschool education for twenty-nine years. After becoming a believer in 1986, she felt called to work with children. She enjoys seeing children grow and learn about God and the world around them. Dawn believes there is nothing more satisfying than seeing a child come to an understanding of who God is. After teaching preschool 3s and 4s for seven years, Dawn felt the desire to be a mentor, leader, and motivator for teachers as well. In becoming an Assistant Director, she has been able to fulfill that calling. Dawn has been an active member of Centerpoint Church at Remount since 1990 and has served here as Assistant Director since 2008 earning a Credential in Early Childhood Education in 2017. She is a widow, mother of 2 adult boys, and currently raising a granddaughter, grandson, and their younger sibling. Her church family and friends are especially important to her and she relies on them for support.
The verse she lives by is Jeremiah 29:11 and her motto is “Let go and let God!”
Erin Sweat - Administrative Assistant
Erin Sweat has been an educator for sixteen years and truly has a heart for serving children and their families. While attending Trident Technical College, where she studied Early Care and Education, Erin taught as an assistant teacher in a preschool for 10 years. After joining Summerville Baptist Church with her three daughters, Erin served in Preschool childcare on Sundays, where she was then led to Summerville Baptist Preschool. Erin taught K3 and K4 for six years here before joining the Preschool Office staff as the current Administrative Assistant.
Our Calling is
Educating Your Children
The Summerville Baptist Preschool is a non-profit, Christ-centered ministry. Our goal is to provide a safe and nurturing environment each weekday, where children can grow and develop in all areas of their personality—mental, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual. We provide age-appropriate activities, which foster this development and meet the needs of both children and parents.
All employees are active members of a local church and display a Christ-like lifestyle. Our teachers have a genuine love for children and a commitment to teaching. Most are CPR and First Aid certified and all are required to complete fifteen hours of in-service training per year, cleared through SLED & undergo fingerprint checks.
We are proud to say that our school provides two teachers and low child ratios in each class. This allows the teachers the opportunity to tailor to individual needs, offer smaller group activities, and provide a higher quality of care.
Train up a child in the way he should go,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6
Curriculum
Our Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) program is designed for children ages infant, toddlers, 2, 3, and 4 years with age-specific curriculum guides providing the basis for our study.
We offer several different programs to meet the needs of your child and family. We utilize the WEE Learn and Handwriting Without Tears curriculum.
Full & Part Time Options
Full Time: Five day full time care meets Monday-Friday 6:30am to 6:00pm and is designed for parents who work full time and need childcare all day. Available for infants, toddlers, 2’s, 3’s, & 4’s.
Part Time: In our very busy world, the part time program is a way to help mothers of preschoolers get a little time to themselves while their children are learning. This program is designed for children 3-4 years:
Five Day Class meets Monday-Friday 8am-12pm school year only (Aug–May) for 3-4 year olds.
