The Gardner School is an academ-ically focused preschool offering early childhood programs for children ranging in ages from six weeks through private kindergarten. They employ highly educated and degreed teachers, in addition to providing extensive staff training. Each teacher is carefully selected based on their educational background, previous teaching experience, their love of children, and their ability to bond and communicate effectively as teachers.

They also offer enrichment classes in addition to the comprehensive daily curriculum. These programs include semi-private lessons in computers, foreign language, dance, gymnastics, music and drama. The enrichment staff members are specially trained in their specific program and teach the classes in a state-of-the-art dedicated enrichment room.

The school provides a healthy eating menu, which features items such as broccoli and cheese frittatas, spinach quiche, tossed salads, grilled chicken and more. Snacks include yogurt, string cheese and fresh fruit.

The Gardner School currently has two locations in middle Tennessee and a location in Louisville, Kentucky, that quickly reached capacity and now have extensive waiting lists.

"We have been so pleased with the response to our unique schools in Nashville and Louisville and have been eager to offer this educational experience to families in Dublin as well," said Scott Thompson, chief executive officer. "We are absolutely focused on providing young children an enriched educational experience, which allows them to learn to their full potential in a creative and academically successful environment."

The Gardner School was voted the number one childcare provider in 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Nashville Parent Magazine. For more information, call (614) 717-9677, or visit them online at www.TheGardnerSchool.com.

Events during the weekend will include creating fairy wings at the Pomerene Center, building fairy houses in the woodlands at Clary Gardens, watching a movie outdoors, and roasting marshmallows over a campfire while listening to live children's folk music by Sarah Goslee Reed. Parents will have time for shopping on Saturday morning while the kids are creating their fairy wings. The weekend will also include breakfast at Serenity Teahouse, lunch on the Pomerene Center lawn and dinner on the Old Warehouse terrace in historic Roscoe Village.

Building fairy houses provides a wonderful opportunity for families to be engaged in nature together. The woodlands at Clary Gardens feature 11 acres of walking trails, sandstone outcroppings, natural springs and a creek.

This weekend event is designed for 10 families of any size, so register soon. All meals and activities are included in the weekend package price of $135 per person. For reservations and an event schedule, call (740) 622-0326, or visit www.pomerenearts.org/families. Lodging is additional and is available at Coshocton Inn & Suites, (888) 395-9316, www.christopherhotels.com. Roscoe Hillside Cabins, (866) 582-8146, www.hillsidecabins.net also are available.

For information about Coshocton go to www.visitcoshocton.com. Midwest Living magazine recently named Coshocton One of the 100 top towns to visit. Come see for yourself.

For 25 years, our mission has been to provide a quality Christian education in a Christ-centered environment in order to reach students for Christ and equip them to serve God and impact the world through biblical thought and action.

LCA is chartered by the Ohio Department of Education and is a member of the Association of Christian Schools International. Each teacher is certified with a bachelor's or advanced degree.

What will happen in the next 10 years of your child's life depends on what is going on now in his life--what influences are shaping their thinking and molding their personality. Your child's education is the best investment you may ever make.

We offer:

• A Beka and Bob Jones Christian Curriculum

• 3- and 4-year-old preschool

• Full-day preschool and kindergarten

• Phonics-based reading

• Character training

• Extended-care program

• Extracurricular sports

For information, call (740)-964-2211.