School Spotlight: Room to Grow Preschool (Fallon, NV)

Room to Grow Preschool is a ministry of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Fallon, Nevada. St. John’s Lutheran Church has been a part of the Fallon community since 1913, first downtown and in their present location since 1985. The preschool was opened in 1996 and has continued to provide quality childcare and early childhood education. The preschool’s current staff of 7 serve 29 students from 12 weeks old through kindergarten. The current preschool director is Tami Bennett. Tami has been at Room to Grow since 2017 and has been the director since 2020. Pastor Chad Biar became pastor at St. John’s at the same time in 2020. They both entered leadership roles at St. John’s in the middle of the COVID pandemic. Room to Grow continues to be a blessing to this remote Nevada community, most known as the home of Naval Air Station Fallon. Since 1996, this base has been home to the U.S. Navy-Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN).