More About Ardent
More About Ardent Preschool & Daycare
At Ardent Preschool & Daycare, we create a nurturing, faith-based environment where learning is both engaging and impactful. Our dedicated team supports the development of well-rounded children through strong academics, character formation, and playful experiences that prepare them for lifelong success.
Our program integrates God’s love into daily interactions, helping children grow in their faith while building confidence and compassion. We strive to inspire a lifelong love of learning—and to exceed parent expectations every step of the way. We invite you to experience the Ardent difference for yourself.
Licensed Daycare Facility
Ardent Preschool & Daycare is a licensed daycare facility in Alabama, fully compliant with the regulations set by the State Department of Human Resources to ensure the highest standards of care and safety.
Impressionable Character Training
Consider this quote from Frederick Douglass, “It is easier to raise strong children than to repair broken men” and at Ardent we want to come alongside our families to do just that… raise strong children.
What we get really excited about is that character training doesn’t have to end with the school day! As parents, you get the awesome opportunity to carry on the conversation at home! This is what we like to call “purposeful conversations” and they are sure to make every moment count.
Here's how parents can make the most of these teachable moments to improve character!
Define Your Terms
We’ve simplified each character trait into easy-to-understand terms for children, helping them grasp the boundaries between right and wrong in a way that makes sense to them.
Use Those Terms
God designed our children to be like sponges—they absorb and retain information! Purposeful conversations are key.
Seize the Moment
Consider the current circumstances. Look for opportunities in everyday situations to engage in purposeful conversations. Use these moments to reinforce your child’s understanding and help them internalize important values.
Memorize Scripture
While memorizing Scripture can be challenging for adults, it can be a fun and rewarding activity for children. Learning verses together as a family can strengthen both your child’s character and your family’s bond.
Christian Education
Our preschool program is designed to nurture young children in a faith-based environment that fosters spiritual, emotional, and social growth. Grounded in Christian values, we provide a well-rounded curriculum that introduces children to the love of God while preparing them for future academic success.
Ardent’s program integrates Bible stories, prayers, and Christian teachings into daily activities, helping children develop a strong foundation in faith.
Through our Christian preschool program, we aim to plant seeds of faith and knowledge that will flourish as children grow, helping them to develop a lifelong love for God and learning.
A Beka Curriculum
Ardent uses A Beka for phonics, numbers and language development. A Beka preschool curriculum is a faith-based, comprehensive program designed to foster early learning and language development in young children. The curriculum provides a strong foundation for academic skills and ensures children are prepared for the next stages of learning.
Phonics-Based Reading
Early introduction to phonetic awareness, letter recognition, and blending sounds to build reading readiness.
Writing Skills
Introduction to letter formation, prewriting exercises, and handwriting practice.
Number Recognition
Learning to identify, count, and understand numbers.
Basic Math Concepts
Introduction to shapes, patterns, simple addition, subtraction and measurement through games and activities.
FAQ's
What steps have you taken to ensure the security and safety of the campus?
We place a very high value in the security of our campuses, and every effort is made to ensure that Ardent provides a safe and secure environment for all children and our staff. Every Ardent campus is equipped with high definition cameras located throughout our building as well as at campus entrances and exits. Video from these cameras can be monitored in the front office by campus administration where they can keep a watchful eye on all campus activities. In addition to establishing safety from outsiders this system also creates a level of accountability with teachers.
We use the ProCare Software®, which enables us to securely keep track of all the important information we would need to provide exceptional care. It also provides for safe and secure drop off and pick up using the biometric fingerprint scanners. Coded keypads are also used to allow secure access to classroom areas of the campus from visitor access areas.
Additionally, we use the Raptor data security system. This system assists our front office personnel by screening every visitor through data received from a submitted drivers’ license.
In what way are you a Christian childcare center?
Ardent Preschool and Daycare is a faith-based company. Although we are nondenominational, we hold to a conservative set of beliefs about God and the Bible, His Word. At Ardent, we believe that faith is for all of life. This means that we endeavor to honor God in all of our activities from the curriculum to the way we handle discipline in our classrooms. Please feel free to see our Statement of Faith.
How do you choose teachers?
Applicants are phone-screened and invited for an in-person interview with the Director. Administration considers a candidate’s testimony, training and experience, and seeks to hire individuals whom they believe will add significant value to Ardent’s program.
Do you provide meals and have a meal plan for students?
We provide nutritious meals for students twice a day (breakfast and lunch) along with 2 snacks. Our meal plan follows the USDA dietary and serving guidelines and is available to all students beginning in our Infant 3 class. The meal plan is included in the weekly tuition.
What type of curriculum do you use?
Ardent uses the Abeka program. Abeka is the “premier” Christian textbook publisher serving Christian schools for over 50 years.
The Abeka program is a proven curriculum for early childhood learning as it provides a strong foundation for producing stellar students in phonetic reading and math skills.
What can you expect from us every week?
We pride ourselves in offering our families a beautiful, clean and spacious facility. Our building is designed to provide plenty of natural lighting. We want families to feel at home as soon as they walk in the building.
How can you extend Character Training at home?
Character training doesn’t have to end when the school day does! As parents, you have a unique opportunity to continue these important lessons at home through what we call “purposeful conversations.” These discussions help make every moment with your child count.
Awards
Ardent Preschool and Daycare has been voted as the Best Daycare, Best Preschool and Best Childcare Program throughout Alabama, by numerous publications. We are so blessed to be able to provide care for the wonderful parents and precious children that come through our doors each day. Thank you, Ardent family, for consistently voting for us year after year! View all awards here!
Statement of Faith
The following are the foundational beliefs of Ardent Preschool and Daycare. They are also the key elements of Christianity that may be taught in various ways through all levels of instruction.
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We believe the Bible to be the only inerrant, authoritative Word of God.
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We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent.
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We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
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We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful men, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary.
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We believe that salvation is by grace through faith alone.
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We believe that faith without works is a dead faith.
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We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by Whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
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We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, they that are saved to the resurrection of life and they that are lost to the resurrection of damnation.
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We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
