This is the 50^th year of providing pre-school education at St. Thomas Episcopal Day School.  We were founded in 1958 by Parishioner Anne Woodham who served as our first Director.  Initially the school began with 17 children.  We now have 81 students enrolled in the program which includes one kindergarten class, one four year- old class, one Four-In The Fall class, one five-day-a-week three year- old class, one three-day-a-week three year-old class( Monday, Wednesday & Friday) and one two year -old class, which meets on Tuesday and Thursday. 

Our Day School Director is Nancy Benson.  She has been with the Day School for 20 years.  Nancy began her career with St. Thomas as a teacher for the four year-olds and in 1990 became Director and teacher.  In 2002 she gave up her duties as kindergarten teacher and has concentrated on her responsibilities as Director.

We currently have ten teachers on staff.   Our dedicated staff are all Degreed &/or certified by the State of Georgia for Early Child Care.  One-half of the staff is certified in CPR and First Aid by the State of Georgia.  We have 51 years of combined experience between us at St. Thomas.   

We have combined many curriculums in order to enhance our program.  We use ABecka, Explode the Code and MacMilan as written curriculum. We use many other educational resources such as the Internet, Educational articles and continuing Educational classes offered through the State of Georgia.  We have a well defined program of goals for work in all four age levels that help to develop a positive attitude toward learning.

The purpose of the St. Thomas Episcopal Day School is to provide a pre-school program, founded and operated on Christian principles that can ease the transition between home and school.  We provide activities that are geared to the needs of 2,3,4 and 5 year old’s and concentrate on helping each child develop intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, socially and physically.

St. Thomas Episcopal Church has chosen to make the Day School one of our top priorities in our outreach to the Thomasville community.