Kindergarten Overview
- Must be 5 years old on or before August 1st
- Kindergarten is a full-day program
- This program stresses the development of each student socially and academically
- Religion is taught daily through prayer and teacher modeling
- Students are involved in the school wide practice of the gospel values and community service projects
- Kindergarteners attend mass and participate in Advent and Lenten activities
- Children are exposed to and taught Christian values, not only during the religion class, but throughout the day, they are taught Catholic prayers
- Letter recognition, phonemic awareness, phonics, story time, reading, and writing skills are used to encourage reading readiness
- Math concepts are taught through the use of hands-on learning materials, whole and small group activities, and calendar activities
- Students receive weekly instruction in art, music, physical education, and technology classes
- The afternoon portion of the day focuses on enrichment activities with science and social studies
- Small group instruction meets the needs of all learners
- All students are evaluated three times and year using MAPS reading and math assessments
- Quarterly standards-based report cards
- A parent conference is scheduled each fall and spring
- Title I and Act 89 services are provided to those qualifying students