Rainbow Promise Preschool to open soon with new directors

Tammy Siverson and Brandi Dannatt have accepted the positions as co-directors for Rainbow Promise Preschool.
These two women replace previous director Jennifer Colton.
The preschool has a capacity of 29 children ages three to six years old.
“The child must be age three and above to attend,” Dannatt said.
The first day of school for Rainbow Promise will be Wednesday, Sept. 8.
“We will be retaining the same staff as before, so there will be familiar faces for returning children,” said Siverson.
Sessions will be from 8 to 11 a.m., Monday through Friday, and 12:20 to 3:20 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
Siverson will be teaching Mondays and Wednesdays with Dannatt teaching Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The two women will be alternating on Fridays.
“Our school days will follow the Chase County Schools’ calender along with their holidays including snow days. We work very closely with CCS,” Dannatt said.
“There are still some openings to enroll students,” Siverson said, “and scholarships are available as before.”
Children will be taught  the usual subjects and skills to make their transition to kindergarten as smooth as possible, Dannatt said, but there will be some changes added to the curriculum.
“We’re excited to add new things while keeping the same Christian values,” she added.
“It is our goal to teach social and emotional development with the children, and establish the importance of proper behaviors and communication with adults and other students,” said Siverson.
Both directors talked about wanting to add more music and movement activities to the classes plus focusing on small and large motor skills.
The directors are planning on more hands-on activities by establishing various activity centers for the children.
“We want to be more visible in community involvement by taking field trips and inviting special guests to come talk to the children,” Siverson said.
Backgrounds
 Siverson is originally from Tribune, Kansas.
She attended Newman University in Wichita, Kansas, receiving a Bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a Master’s degree in ESL (English as a Second Language).
She and her husband Todd moved to Imperial in 2010. Siverson has been teaching ESL and GED classes at Mid-Plains Community College and plans to continue.
They have two children attending CCS—Ginny in fifth grade and Logan, fourth grade.
Dannatt received a Bachelor’s degree from Chadron State College in 2015 in elementary education and taught at CCS from 2015 - 2020.
She went on to get her Master’s in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade principalship in 2019 from the University of Nebraska-Kearney.
Dannatt is married to Greg and the couple have two girls—Makenzlee, age 4, and Nikalynn, almost 2 years old.
“We are very excited and happy to be working together for a common goal,” Dannatt said.
Rainbow Promise is a non-denominational Christian based preschool located at the United Methodist Church at 420 Holland Street. For information or to enroll a child, call 308-882-4916.