Thank you for your interest in Daniel Island Academy for your child’s care and early childhood education and development.

Since 2006, our school has been accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), which sets the highest standards in education, health and safety. We are one of only a few schools in our region to receive this level of accreditation, and the only one in the East Cooper Area of Charleston and Berkeley counties. Additionally, we are the only school to offer Reference Point®, our system for tracking your child’s development and progress throughout the year, and from year-to-year. 

When visiting our school I recommend that you arrive through our gated courtyard, which serves as our Outdoor Classroom. You will find fragrant flowers and blooming gardens, and most likely see a group of children at play or enjoying an outdoor snack break. Garden play? That just may be a lesson on insects and earthworms, or how to use captured rainfall to tend to a garden. Do you hear music? Outdoor musical instruments of drums, chimes, and a rainstick are kid favorites and have a permanent place in our courtyard. If your timing is right, you may happen upon one of our artists-in-residence creating a new chalk art display, or a class starting out on a walking field trip to a local park or business. Every day is a new and enriching experience!

Our school serves some 280 children ages one through six years of age, including Kindergarten. We offer Full Day, Half Day, and Mother's Morning Out Programs. The Creative Curriculum is taught in all preschool classrooms, and we have designed a Kindergarten Program that meets - and exceeds - State of South Carolina requirements. Best of all, our teachers are highly professional, motivated, and lovingly engaged educators and caregivers whose main goal is to give your child the best experience possible. We support their efforts by maintaining low child-to-teacher ratios, providing extensive training and continuing education, and appointing each classroom with the best teaching tools and materials available.

Please take a few minutes to tour our website which has been recently updated with the latest information on our programs and curriculum. We welcome you and your family to visit our school so that I may personally answer your questions. I am confident that you will agree, “Wonderful Things Happen Here!”

Kerry Nowosielski

School Director

kerry@danielislandacademy.com

843.971.5961

Information and Bio on Kerry.