Pre-Kindergarten
Welcome to our Pre-Kindergarten page. Each day in Pre-K we gather for our morning meeting, which includes learning the days of the week, months of the year, practicing the letter of the week, colors, shapes, counting and weather. We work one on one with our students, as well as in small groups. Our students play in centers, read stories, work on letters and numbers, practice scissor skills and pencil grip, and sing songs. Our students learn manners and the rules of Pre-K. We open our hearts to Jesus! We love learning every day!
Our Pre-Kindergarten program consists of:
Religion curriculum
Handwriting curriculum
Physical Education class
Art class
Music class
Spanish class
Attending mass as a whole school
Our Pre-Kindergarten classrooms are located within the school building and are very much a part of the school community. Please support and encourage your child’s readiness by ensuring that they are fully independent in the restroom. We are unable to assist them in the bathroom. They must be able to change into clean clothes, on their own, in the event of a toileting accident. Prior school experience is helpful but not required. Though, students should be able to detach easily from their families at drop off time and have experience playing safely with other children.
*Note: Our daily schedule includes a peaceful pause/quiet independent learning time, but we do not have a nap time.
We require a shadow day as a condition of enrollment. Following your child's shadow experience, our team will meet to discuss how your child’s shadow day went, and we will follow up with you (within a week) to go over our recommendations. Recommendations are not limited to but may include:
- Acceptance into our full day Pre-Kindergarten program.
- Continuing to work with your child at home and/or at a child care facility until they are fully independent in the restroom and/or further readiness skills are developed.
- Approval contingent upon successful completion of an Introduction to School program over the summer (to help build social and readiness skills).
Our Pre-Kindergarten program starts at 8:15am and ends at 2:45pm just like the rest of the school.
We look forward to discussing the Pre-Kindergarten program with you in further detail!