Hope Lutheran Church meets for worship and Holy Communion in services that often include stories, acting and puppets, as its website says, "to delight the child in all of us!" In addition to twice on Sundays, a music-free service is offered Wednesday nights, followed by Bible study. The church's fellowship activities for senior highs include fundraisers, day trips and regional youth conferences. Younger children engage in fun, recreational activities like skating as well as opportunities to learn about outreach and the church's role in the community. In addition to local meal, housing and blood drive programs, Hope Lutheran Church sends representatives overseas for mission work. The church also operates Hope Christian Preschool.
Monmouth County Head Start, also known as the Freehold Center of Acelero Learning, is a daycare facility for children ages 3 to 4. Staffed with employees fluent in Spanish and English, the center serves hot meals to children. Low-income families may use the center for free and receive assistance with health services and shots. The preschool is in the back of the First Baptist Church building. The parking lot can be entered from Lincoln Place just off West Main Street.
Founded in 1967, Hope Christian School is a private program for preschool, pre-K, and kindergarten aged children. The school's staff is dedicated to emphasizing students' physical, emotional, spiritual, social and cognitive development. An after-school program is also available for school-aged children. Visit the Hope Christian Preschool Web site for schedule, program and registration information.
Park Avenue Elementary School is one of two elementary schools in the Freehold Borough School District. Led by principal Joseph Jerabek, the school educates 449 students. Located in a residential section of Route 33 Business, Park Avenue Elementary School shares the Park Avenue Complex with Freehold Intermediate School. The elementary and middle schools have separate wings within the building. The property also holds 11 acres of athletic fields.
Providence Christian Academy is a private, non-denominational Christian school that teaches pre-school through sixth-grade students. The school offers full-day and half-day pre-school, pre-kindergarten and kingerdarten classes. Providence Christian Academy's classrooms are house in a portion of St. Robert Bellarmine Church. The academy offers before- and after-school care.
Providence Christian Academy is located in a residential section of Georgia Road.
Sunshine Schoolhouse is located in the Reformed Church of Freehold, which is in the heart of downtown Freehold. The pre-school offers morning, afternoon and full-day classes. Call Sunshine Schoolhouse for more details about class schedules.
The Learning Experience is a franchise of child development centers with locations throughout the United States. The center provides child development services and day care for children ages six weeks to five years, with programs for infants, toddlers, twaddlers, preppers, preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners. After-school programs for children up to age eight are available. Enrichment programs include Marvelous Math, Suddenly Science, Movin' 'n Groovin', Music 4 Me, Dancing Feet, Start to Art and Talent Sprouts.
Montessori Freehold Village Pre-School is located in the residential neighborhood of Elton-Adelphia Road. The pre-school teaches by the Montessori method and has three multi-age programs: 18 months to 3 years, 3 and a 1/2 to 4 years, and 4 and a 1/2 years to kindergarten age. The facility offers morning, afternoon and full-day pre-school.
Early Childhood Learning Center is located on Stillwells Corner Road near the Route 537 commercial corridor. The pre-school occupies the annex of the former West Freehold School building. The school educates 80 students ages 3 to 5 years old, including children with special needs. Penny Goldstein is the principal of Early Childhood Learning Center.