About Us

At Prince of Peace Preschool, we believe that children learn best through play and hands-on exploration. Our indoor and outdoor classrooms provide a fun and stimulating learning environment where children can investigate and explore using their tremendous curiosity while developing kindergarten readiness skills. Our students explore our outdoor nature playground and garden year-round and on a daily basis. One of our primary goals is to develop a positive self-image in each child while practicing social, cognitive and language skills; affirming that he or she is a unique, special person. We utilize Creative Curriculum by Teaching Strategies to guide our learning with studies and activities that enable children to develop confidence, creativity, and life-long critical thinking skills. In addition, we utilize Learning Without Tears for pre-writing and incorporate a variety of music, process art, and gross/fine motor activities throughout the school day.

Learn more about our teachers here.

Preschool News

Going to School is Cool!

Our back to school theme this year is “Going to School is Cool” based on a Pete the Cat book, Pete and His Magic Sunglasses. Pete the Cat is an upbeat optimistic popular children’s book character that uses “magic” sunglasses to see things in a new way in this book. By the end of the book Pete realizes that he doesn’t need to use glasses to see things in a new way, that he can, “look for the good in every day.” This message of resilience and perseverance is one that we also share at POPPS. When visiting our classrooms you can hear our teaching staff ask, “how can you help your friend feel better?” or “Wow, that sounds tough; what could we do about it?” Helping children learn how to solve problems and persevere when a situation is challenging is just as important as learning colors and letter sounds. In fact, these skills may lead to better mental health, school success and strong self-confidence as they grow. We hope everyone has a wonderful back to school season filled with a love of learning, a supportive school community and that you rock you new school year in your school shoes, just like Pete the Cat does in Rocking in My Shoes, because “It’s all good!”

“You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees.” Psalm 119:68

Helene Welsing

Director Prince of Peace Preschool

106 Orangeburg Road Old Tappan, NJ 07675 201 965-3354

“Play is the highest form of research!” ~Albert Einstein 

POPPS PLAYMATES APPLICATION FALL 2026

Colossians 3:12 “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”

For more information about POPPS Preschool, please visit www.princeofpeacepreschoolnj.org,     our Facebook page at Prince of Peace Preschool | Facebook, email us at prek@princeofpeacenj.org, or call us at 201 965-3354.

Health & Safety

Prince of Peace Preschool is licensed to operate as a Childcare Center from the NJ Office of Children and Families (OFC). All regulations from the OFC and recommendations from the Board of Health will be followed and may change at any time due to community health issues and regulations and recommendations are updated.
At this time:
*Masks are optional at POPPS.
*Students will have their own bin and cubby to store their extra clothes, water bottle, and personal use materials that will be separate from other students’ belongings.
*We ask that you perform a daily health check before coming to school. More information is available in our parent handbook.
*Students wash upon entry to our program and frequently throughout the school day. We have an outdoor sink and hand sanitizer available on our playground.
*Each indoor classroom will have a room air filter with windows ajar to promote air circulation.
*As research and regulations are updated periodically, these measures may be updated as guidance from the OFC, CDC and the Bergen County Board of Health change.