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Addison Gill, left, watches as Addyson Shiveler says grace and prays for her classmates on the first day of The Family Church-VPK on Aug. 22. /Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle

Addison Gill, left, watches as Addyson Shiveler says grace and prays for her classmates on the first day of The Family Church-VPK on Aug. 22. /Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle

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  • Addison Gill, left, watches as Addyson Shiveler says grace and prays for her classmates on the first day of The Family Church-VPK on Aug. 22. /Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle
  • Edgar Perez, left, and Hassan Ali have fun in the block center at The Family Church-VPK on Aug. 22. This is the schools fifth year. /Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle
  • Alexis Huffman, left and Collin Grensing write their names and draw flowers on the first day of school at The Family Church-VPK on Aug.22. The children will be able to compare how they wrote their names on the first day of school and how they write it at year-end. /Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle
  • Julie Mundie helps Addison Gill make a "kissing hand" for her mother on the first day of school at The Family Church-VPK on August 22. Whenever a mother misses her child during the day she can look at the kissing hand and be reassured. /Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle
  • Alex Macko, left, Jacob Watt and Mateo Fernandez work on a shark puzzle during free playtime on the first day of school at St. Mark's Preschool on Aug. 24. /Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle
  • Jereslyn Andrade Lerma uses manipulatives to make a pattern with Monica Fernandez on the first day of school at St. Mark's Preschool on Aug. 24. The school stresses hands on learning. /Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle
  • Jennifer Lundquist oversees Alexis Huffman as she writes her name on a "link" on the first day of The Family Church-VPK on August 22. The link will be part of a chain that will stay up all year. /Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle
  • Peggy Totten introduces the children to the international play station at St. Mark's Preschool on Aug. 24. The school is a new free voluntary pre-kindergarten /Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle
  • Noelani Gutierrez, left, and Helen Totten settle into the reading nook during free playtime on the first day of school at St. Mark's Preschool on Aug. 24. The school is housed in the newly refurbished Willis Ministry Center. /Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle
  • Jereslyn Andrade Lerma takes the Church Lady's picture during free playtime on the first day of school at St. Mark's Preschool on Aug. 24. /Kathleen Tuttle Special to the Eagle

St. Mark’s is the second church-based tuition free voluntary pre-kindergarten (VPK) on the Island. The first is First Baptist Learning Center-VPK, which is in its fifth year and is now known as the Family Church-VPK.

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