First Baptist Church Weekday Education

Small town church feel with big church amenities. The Sr. Pastor knows most to all by first name and everyone always makes you feel welcome. It feels like a home away from home.

My child , who is now in first grade has recently been diagnosed with school based anxiety, and is severe enough that the doctor thinks he needs counseling from it. I say that to say that the doctor says that she is pretty sure his school Based anxiety is stemming from his experience at this preschool when he attended in 4k My child attended the Mother’s Day out program in the 4k, his teacher We were told by the director that she was the best teacher to get him ready for school. Everyday she was sending Home something about him not listening or sitting. Also was sending home 5-6 papers a day for a 4 year old. First off 5-6 papers a day for 4 year olds in a 4 hour Time frame is ridiculous. But because the director swore that this teacher was the absolute best, I continued to take him. It got to the point that every time we would pull up to the church my child would scream and cry because he did not want to go. I, naively thought it was him just wanting to stay home. The notes continued home about him not “listening” and him not “sitting” in his seat. If anyone knows anything about 4 year old is that no, you will not be able to keep them In a seat for 4 hours. That’s absolutely ludacris. She sent me a message one day asking if I had giving him medicine because he wouldn’t sit in his chair ( my child was not on any kind of medication) Also she told me that she thought that he had a hearing problem. Anyway because I always heard good things about this program I continued to take him. Then mid year comes around and we have parent teacher meetings, where his teacher says that he is behind in everything , and Cannot tell her his abcs , colors or numbers, and she then tells me that I need to have him evaluated. I tell her that I don’t understand why he won’t tell her those at school because at home, he could and would tell all those things every day to me. I was absolutely confused ( I didn’t realize that he was just absolutely petrified of this person) So , I go get him evaluated , like the teacher asked because of course I want to do anything that would help my child. Well when I took him, the freedman learning center said that he was one of the smartest kids they had come through to be evaluated, and he was on schedule With everything he needed to know. I took my child for a hearing test and he could hear just fine. My final straw was right after the evaluation, I was getting ready to send him to school and saw a note saying “ he needs to learn to blow his nose” Well my child knew how to do that too. So I called up to the school to let them Know that my child was not coming back and I was not happy about the treatment my Child had received and the director starts to bring up that my child needed to be evaluated because that’s what his teacher said, where I proceed to tell her that we had done that the Friday before and they said he was right on track. Pretty much I feel like they had labeled him as bad child as soon as he came in because he was on the younger side of 4 than his classmates because his birthday was in the summer. After we told my child he wouldn’t be going back he began to tell us that his teacher would Yell at him in class and ask why he couldn’t do certain things. This program has left my child with a lifetime of trauma and I would absolutely not recommend this program to anyone Side note: I do want to say there are some great people that actually do work there. Ms Tammy the assistant director is so sweet and when my child Had went there when he was a baby his teachers then were great.

Every time I go to worship in this church I feel so much of the lord’s presence and love. I need forgiveness and blessings after a stressful work week. The pastors that give us our message, and at times some of the children in the church. It feeds my soul which gets me in a much better head space for the week ahead. I strongly recommend this church. Very welcoming, non judgemental and comfortable.

Absolutely wonderful environment. They have the best teachers that I have ever encountered and they truly treat my family like family. If my kids could go through the 12th grade here we would with no questions asked. From the director to the assistant director, every teacher, and aftercare….everyone is wonderful! There is a certain peace that a mother gets when she can send her kids somewhere for the day and know that they are fully taken care of.

The people here were very welcoming to us. We were in North Augusta for my husband's reunion and we wanted to worship before we drove back home. We had a very spirit led worship time and felt free to give our Lord praise for all He has done for us. God is in this place. The music was done very well and the people were genuinely worshiping, not trying to entertain, they were giving glory to God and it was wonderful.