Agape Schools Inc. was founded by Clifford E. Daugherty in 1981 to provide quality early childhood Christian education and care, with the opening of Neighborhood Christian Center (NCC) in Santa Clara and Graciela Marques-Hahn as the founding director. NCC has been successful at providing a loving and safe environment that nurtures the heart, mind, body, and soul of preschool aged children.  Dr. Daugherty felt God’s call to expand the ministry of Agape Schools into San Jose and he and his wife, Kris Daugherty, opened the doors of Neighborhood Christian Preschool (NCP) in 1991 with Kris as the founding director.  In 2007, Kristin Annab became the director and helped NCP transition to a new location where it is now at the Crossroads Bible Church campus in San Jose. In 2014, Kristin felt God’s call to teach at the elementary school level and in July of 2014, Julie Kennedy joined our team as director of NCP. The legacy of providing quality early childhood education and care that fosters a love for God, each other, and for learning, continues as we pave a path for additional schools in the future.