Our story, our people, our place

The Preschool seeks to provide children with a creative growth experience and to support the activities of home and family. The program emphasizes the development of social living, creative experiences, and physical and emotional growth. Unlike many church-based preschools, Kensington Preschool models Christian behavior but does not teach religion in the classroom — children sing a simple nondenominational prayer before meals and enjoy occasional, interactive visits with the Pastor, rather than being schooled on Christian scripture or tradition. Values modeled include kindness, respect for peers and property, and honoring classroom rules.

The Preschool was started in 1972 by a member of the Kensington Community Church as an outreach to the greater community. At the time, there was a lack of quality preschools in the greater Kensington area, so our founder, Carolyn Davis, started the school as a service to the families of our neighborhood, drawing on the most up-to-date research and understanding of childhood development at the time. Under her leadership, KPS earned a reputation for exceptional quality, curriculum, and staff — nurturing children through play and experience, a legacy the school is still proud to carry today.

Following Carolyn's example, our teachers are selected for their ability to relate to young children and their education and experience in child development — all qualified to guide children through age-appropriate learning in a warm, loving environment. A ratio of no more than eight children to each teacher is maintained, sometimes fewer as is age-appropriate.