St. Haralambos, Peoria
Early Learning · Ages 2½ to 5
A warm, full-day preschool and pre-K in Peoria where the beloved Frog Street early-learning curriculum is woven together with the daily prayer, feasts, and virtues of the Orthodox Christian tradition. Every morning begins with hello, every afternoon closes with thanksgiving, and every child is known by name.
Ages
2½ to 5
Preschool & Pre-K
Hours
7 AM – 3 PM
Full-day academic program
Tuition
$220
Per week, full-time
Aftercare
3 – 5 PM
$50 per day, optional
Our Approach
Arizona Christian Preschool is something new and joyful for families in the growing West Valley. A full academic day, gently held together by prayer, the feasts of the Church, and the everyday habits of virtue. Your child’s earliest school memories will be shaped by warm greetings, songs, stories, hands-on play, and quiet moments of thanksgiving.
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Morning prayer, seasonal feasts, saints’ stories, quiet moments before an icon, and a weekly Greek word tucked gently into the rhythm of each day.
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Frog Street’s research-based preschool curriculum builds literacy, math, STEAM, and social-emotional skills so children meet, and often exceed, their early-learning milestones.
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Habits of attention, virtue, and beautiful language prepare children to step into Arizona Christian Academy Scottsdale’s K through 3 classical program with confidence and joy.
The Curriculum
The academic backbone is Frog Street, a nationally recognized preschool program used in high-performing early-learning centers across the country. Wherever the day opens space for prayer, virtue, or wonder, our own Orthodox curriculum steps gently in. Not as an add-on, but as the thread that holds the whole fabric together.
Nine themes across the year, taught through play
(Frog Street)
Each week: an anchor, a virtue, a word, a Greek connection
(ACA Year A)
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How the two fit together: A Frog Street week on shapes and lines becomes the perfect week to notice the vertical and horizontal lines of the Holy Cross. A week on friends becomes a week on Christ’s love of neighbor. The academics never lose their rigor — they gain their meaning.
A Day With Us
Full-day, 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Every element chosen to help your child grow in body, mind, and spirit.
The Year at a Glance
Nine months, each anchored in an Orthodox feast or theme, each carrying its academic thread forward.
August
Creation & Belonging
God’s beautiful world · wonderfully made bodies · names, families & classroom covenant.
kalimera · onoma
September
Church Year & the Cross
Seasons and blessings · Nativity of the Theotokos · the Holy Cross · Scripture and signs.
chronos · stavros
October
Senses & Courage
Creation through our senses · living and nonliving · guardian angels · St. Demetrios.
zoi · andreia
November
Gratitude & Stewardship
Gifts of the harvest · saints as friends of God · Entrance of the Theotokos · Thanksgiving.
efcharisto · agios
December
Light & Nativity
St. Nicholas & secret giving · waiting for the Light · journey to Bethlehem.
doro · fos · asteri
January
Theophany & Water
Christ in the Jordan · water everywhere · shadows & reflection · new beginnings.
nero · eirini
February
Welcome & Forgiveness
Presentation of Christ · friendship & helping · Zacchaeus · Triodion & the Prodigal Son.
filos · syngnomi
March
Lent & New Life
Forgiveness & beginning again · Great Lent · Sunday of Orthodoxy · Annunciation · seeds & growth.
prosefchi · sporos
April – May
Cross, Pascha & Sending Forth
Palm Sunday · Christ is Risen! · Thomas & the Myrrhbearers · Ascension · garden & sending forth.
Christos Anesti · chara
Simple, Transparent Tuition
To protect the rhythm of the classroom and the depth of relationships that form, all children enroll full-time.
Preschool & Pre-K
$ 220 / week
Monday – Friday · 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Optional
$ 50 / day
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Extended care with a calm, home-like rhythm — quiet reading, restorative outdoor time, and unhurried snack. Pay per day, only when you need it.
Preschool
A Continuous Formation
Arizona Christian Preschool is designed as an on-ramp to Arizona Christian Academy Scottsdale’s classical K–3 program. Children arrive in Kindergarten already prayerful, attentive, and ready to love what is true, good, and beautiful.
Preschool & Pre-K
Arizona Christian Preschool
Peoria · Ages 2½–5
Kindergarten – 3rd Grade
Arizona Christian Academy
Scottsdale · Classical
Enrollment Open
Spaces are limited so we can keep our classrooms small, prayerful, and personal. We would love to meet your family before the doors open.
Come and See
The best way to feel the difference is to walk the halls, meet our director, and see the classrooms.
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St. Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church
7950 W Pinnacle Peak Road
Peoria, AZ
Questions Parents Ask
No. Families of every background are warmly welcomed. Our program is unmistakably Orthodox Christian — prayer, feasts, and the lives of the saints are woven into every day — and families who choose us tell us they want their children to grow up steeped in reverence, virtue, and academic excellence, whatever their own tradition.
We enroll children from 2½ through 5 years old, across our preschool and pre-K rooms. Our curriculum names three developmental levels — Lambs, Doves, and Disciples — so lessons meet each child where they are, from sensory imitation for our youngest to leadership and narration for our oldest.
Yes. Our academic day is designed as a continuous rhythm — greeting, learning, worship, and rest — that only works when the same children are present each day. Aftercare, however, is fully flexible: pay per day, only when you need it.
Arizona Christian Preschool is intentionally designed to feed the K–3 classical program at Arizona Christian Academy Scottsdale. Children graduate ready to enter Kindergarten with the habits of attention, virtue, and beautiful language that a classical education asks for from day one.
Frog Street — a nationally-recognized, research-based preschool curriculum. It gives our teachers a rigorous, milestone-aligned framework for literacy, math, STEAM, and social-emotional development, which we then weave together with our own Orthodox formation curriculum.
Our doors open September 28, 2026. Enrollment is open now, and tours are available by appointment.
