Congratulations to Imagination Station!



Imagination Station, the Preschool & Childcare ministry at Southport United Methodist Church has just successfully completed the necessary steps to be considered Level 2 for Paths to Quality.  This was a long process but through the leadership of Allyson Ball, Director of Children’s Ministry and April Patterson, Assistant Director of Children’s Ministry, this was completed in mid-April.  Congratulations!

Paths to Quality is a state of Indiana rating system for preschool and childcare centers.  As a registered ministry, which is what we were classified before, we did not have to follow all of the rules and regulations that a privately owned preschool/childcare was required to follow.  By volunteering to follow extra guidelines, we can be labeled as a Paths to Quality preschool & childcare.

Paths to Quality has 4 levels: level 1 being related to guidelines associated with health &  safety concerns and level 2 is related to guidelines associated with learning environment issues.  Having completed the necessary requirements for both health & safety and learning environments, we have the official designation of a Level 2 preschool and childcare center.

What does this mean bottom-line?  While we have been working hard to further integrate Imagination Station into the ministry of the church over the past several years, we have also been working hard to improve from an environment standpoint so that more and more families will trust the education, care and spiritual guidance that we offer children and families through Imagination Station.

Many thanks to Allyson and April AND to the entire staff for completing this         accomplishment!

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