{"id":1231,"date":"2012-11-13T21:01:28","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T21:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.2bc.org\/?page_id=1231"},"modified":"2019-10-01T18:34:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T18:34:03","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/cdc\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our Mission<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1263\" title=\"100_0728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.2bc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/100_0728-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"216\"><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Child Development Center is operated by the Second Baptist Church as a ministry to preschool children and their families both within our church and in our community. &nbsp;It is our purpose to honor and glorify the Lord by teaching Christian values and principles. &nbsp;Our teachers incorporate appropriate Bible stories and verses into their units of learning as well as strive to lay the foundation for the development of a biblical world view in the mind and heart of each child.&nbsp;Our goal is to help the children in their cognitive, physical, social, emotional, creative, language and spiritual development. &nbsp;In order to achieve this, we strive to provide as many age-appropriate, hands-on learning experiences as possible for the children to help them learn about and understand the world around them. &nbsp; In everything we do, our ultimate desire is to show each child Jesus&#8217; love through our words and actions and cultivate an understanding of God&#8217;s unfailing love for them. &nbsp;The lessons and experiences provided are consistent with the values and Christian principles of Second Baptist Church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Texas Rising Star Provider<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.2bc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Texas-Rising-Star-Logo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1416\" title=\"Texas-Rising-Star-Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.2bc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Texas-Rising-Star-Logo-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Texas Rising Star&nbsp;certification is a process of improving the quality of child care provided in Texas. &nbsp;Texas Rising Star providers voluntarily meet requirements that exceed the state minimum standards for child care facilities. Through annual assessments, centers are graded on a graduated scale which offers three levels of certification (Two-Star, Three-Star, and Four-Star). &nbsp;Second Baptist Child Development Center has continually received 4 Star recognition since it&#8217;s first evaluation in 2006. &nbsp; Our staff works hard to maintain a high standard. &nbsp;Receiving this certification is not only a huge honor, it helps give parents the assurance that their children are in capable hands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Mission The Child Development Center is operated by the Second Baptist Church as a ministry to preschool children and their families both within our church and in our community. &nbsp;It is our purpose to honor and glorify the Lord by teaching Christian values and principles. &nbsp;Our teachers incorporate appropriate Bible stories and verses into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":901,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7728,"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1231\/revisions\/7728"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2bc.org\/cdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}