FPC Day School

Families from FPC Day School and the FPC Dallas Children’s Ministry came together at Encore Park for a delightful evening filled with blankets on the grass, glow sticks, snacks, ample playtime, and a screening of Toy Story on the big screen.⁠
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Thank you to everyone who joined us and to Encore Park for giving our families such a fun place to spend the evening together. ❤️

You showed up for them. 💛⁠
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Yesterday, 54 donors gave $28,710 to FPC Day School for North Texas Giving Day.⁠
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That means more tools to explore with. More materials to build with. More ideas to test. More questions to ask. And more opportunities for our teachers to follow a child’s curiosity wherever it leads.⁠
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And you made it pretty fun along the way.⁠
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Our third annual Culinary Kids Cook-Off brought families, teachers, and children together for cooking, tasting, games, prizes, and plenty of friendly competition. Congratulations to the Curious Culinary Wizards 🔴, our 2026 Cook-Off champions!⁠
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Thank you to everyone who gave, cooked, volunteered, shared, cheered, played, or simply showed up.⁠
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You made more possible for the children who fill these classrooms every day.⁠
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It’s always been for them. 💛⁠
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🏆 WE HAVE A CULINARY KIDS CHAMPION! 🏆

What a night, Day School!

Our third annual Culinary Kids Cook-Off brought our community together for an afternoon of cooking, tasting, playing, creating, and some very friendly competition.

Families won some pretty great prizes, including $300 off tuition, gift cards, and more. Our littlest guests had a reading rug, made their own yogurt parfaits and Chex Mix at our maker stations, played games, and our four Culinary Kids teams served up some seriously impressive food.

And now, the results...

🥇 CURIOUS CULINARY WIZARDS | RED TEAM
Katherine + Owen’s Cinnamon Rolls

The cinnamon rolls earned the top score from our judges and made the Curious Culinary Wizards our 2026 Culinary Kids Cook-Off Champions!

🥈 LITTLE LEGENDARY FOODIES | GREEN TEAM
Helen, Eden + Jane’s Korean Meal

Bibimbap, miso soup, cucumber salad, and Korean-style meatballs made for a beautifully plated meal and a VERY close second place. Just one point separated first and second!

🌮 TINY TASTE TITANS | BLUE TEAM
Adriel, Michaela + Leslie brought a Texas favorite to the table with tacos!

🍕 MINI FLAVOR MAKERS | YELLOW TEAM
The Shaw family went straight for the kid-friendly favorites with mini pizza bites + banana pudding!

A huge thank you to every family who cooked, every judge who tasted, every teacher who joined the fun, and every family who came out to celebrate with us. You made our third Culinary Kids Cook-Off one to remember.

BUT THERE’S ONE COMPETITION LEFT TO FINISH. 👀

The Cook-Off trophy belongs to the Curious Culinary Wizards, and right now, they’re leading the Kitchen Leaderboard, too!

🔴 Curious Culinary Wizards: $2,600
🟢 Little Legendary Foodies: $1,250
🟡 Mini Flavor Makers: $450
🔵 Tiny Taste Titans: $200

And across FPC Day School, you’ve helped raise:

$26,710 from 38 donors
67% of our $40,000 goal!

North Texas Giving Day isn’t over yet. Only a few hours remain to help your team make a move and help us reach our goal for STEM curriculum enrichment and our STEAM Lab.

The kitchen is closed, but the leaderboard isn’t. Help us inch closer to our final goal!

Help us meet our goal tonight here: https://mtyc.co/hnhj4f

FPC Day School is full of curiosity.⁠
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Your gift gives our teachers more ways to follow curiosity where it leads.⁠
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More materials for building and experimenting. More technology for exploring new ideas. More resources for our STEAM Lab. More opportunities for children to solve a problem, work together, and try something new.⁠
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That’s what you’re helping build today.⁠
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Our North Texas Giving Day goal is $40,000 for STEM curriculum enrichment and our STEAM Lab, building on FPC Day School’s commitment as the nation’s first and only preschool to earn STEM certification from the National Institute for STEM Education.⁠
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You can help build what’s next.⁠
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Give today through your child’s Culinary Kids team, and your gift will also help them climb the leaderboard.

What does STEM look like at age 3?

It looks like stacking something higher just to see if it will fall. Mixing two things together and watching what happens. Building it one way, deciding it doesn’t work, and trying another. Asking “why?” followed immediately by another “why?” And probably followed by a few more "whys?"

At FPC Day School, STEM learning begins with the way young children already experience the world: through play, investigation, questions, and discovery.

Those everyday moments give children opportunities to practice problem-solving, collaboration, persistence, creativity, and flexible thinking. That’s why this North Texas Giving Day, we’re raising $40,000 to enrich our STEM curriculum and STEAM Lab.

Because sometimes a pretty big idea starts with a very small question.

Help us build what’s next.

Social skills come from modeling and practice. Simple scripts help children feel confident with peers.⁠ ⁠
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Try this: Role-play a friendship phrase (a single sentence or expression used to make a friend, show kindness, or solve a problem with a peer). For example: "Do you want to sit together at lunch?" or "Are you okay?"⁠
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This makes real-life conversations easier when trying them out in a safe space first. ⁠
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The Culinary Kids Cook-Off is back for the third year in a row!

Two years. Same champion.

This year? New teams. New judges. New challenges. New prizes. A Teacher Cook-Off. A Kids Taste Test Challenge. And a new chance to take the crown.

September 17 | 3:30 to 5:30 PM | Byrd Hall

Bring your family. Bring your appetite. This one will be fun.

Learn more at fpcdayschool.org/ntxgd

Early Giving for North Texas Giving Day is officially open!

FPC Day School provides high-quality early education that nurtures the whole child, supporting intellectual development, physical growth, social skills, and spiritual well-being. Your gift helps sustain the joyful, hands-on learning experiences that give every child room to thrive.

Join us on North Texas Giving Day, September 17, for the 3rd Annual Culinary Kids Cook-Off from 3:30 to 5:30 PM. The family fun ends at 5:30 PM, but giving continues through the evening! From 3:30 to 5:30 PM, children will work alongside their parents in a live family cooking competition, with a teacher cook-off, children’s taste-test challenge, audience games, prizes, and more.

This year, you can give directly to the cause, or you can support one of our four Culinary Kids Cook-Off teams. Be sure to make your gift through the team page you would like to support so your donation counts toward that team’s total and helps move it closer to first place!

Help us reach our $40,000 North Texas Giving Day goal. Choose your team and make your gift today: fpcdayschool.org/ntxgd

Did you know childcare in Dallas County now costs nearly as much as in-state college tuition? Dallas Childcare Works is a plan created by the people and for the people to bring costs down, keep parents in the workforce, and end a crisis that costs our regional economy $4 billion every year.⁠
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Urge the Dallas County Commissioners to place Dallas Childcare Works on the November ballot by signing our petition:⁠
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Dallas Childcare Works could generate up to $132 million annually, creating a dedicated, sustainable funding source. This would:⁠
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