SACRED HEART SCHOOL
Enlightening Minds, Inspiring Hearts
PRESCHOOL
Sacred Heart Preschool offers our children an opportunity to grow in faith and knowledge in a loving, nurturing environment. Our experienced teachers work together in partnership with parents during these crucial early years as we meet the needs of each child. Together we encourage the development of the whole child, spiritually, emotionally, physically, academically and socially.
For informaiton about enrollment please contact the school office at 636-225-3824.
Three-Year-Olds: Sacred Heart School now offers a full-day preschool program and a morning preschool program for the 2010-2011 school year. Preschoolers who attend the full-day program may also attend SHARP, our after-school program staffed by our own faculty, until 6 PM.
Full Day Tuesday and Thursday 7:45-2:50
Mornings Tuesday and Thursday 7:45-10:45
Children must be 3 by August 1.
Four-Year-Olds: No full day option is available for the 2010-2011 school year.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings: 7:45-10:45
or
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons: 11:45-2:50
Children must be 4 by August 1.
GOALS of the PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS
To understand that each individual is a child of God and to recognize God in others.
To inspire a love for school by providing a safe, loving, secure, and fun place to be with friends.
To provide opportunities for children to feel competent, independent, accepted, and loved as they grow in self-awareness.
To prepare for eventual entrance into kindergarten by facilitating developmentally appropriate learning experiences which allow for differences, discovery, and a sense of wonder about God’s creation.
Curriculum for Three’s
Theme based
Religion text: God Made Me
Process Art
Music and movement
“Hands on” math readiness skills
Emphasis on social skills, manners, oral language, listening skills
Fine motor skills - holding a crayon, pencil, paint brush, cutting with scissors, using “school tools”
Visual discrimination - recognition of name, colors, numerals 1-10
Memory - prayer experiences, days of the week, nursery rhymes, finger plays, and songs
Curriculum for Four-Year-Olds
Letter People Program
Religion text: God Made the World
Process Art
Music and movement
“Hands on” math readiness skills
Emphasis on oral language, print awareness, sound-letter relationships, alphabetic knowledge, and vocabulary development
Integrated science and social studies concepts
Fine motor skills - letter formation and numeral formation 1-20
Auditory and visual memory - prayer, calendar, rhymes, songs
Good citizenship, self-discipline, responsibility, problem-solving
Field trips
Sacred Heart Preschool offers our children a variety of literacy experiences for emergent readers and writers. Students are given opportunities to practice what they learn in meaningful, functional, and purposeful ways.
COME VISIT US!
Contact: Sacred Heart School 12 Ann Avenue, Valley Park, Missouri 63088
Phone: 636-225-3824
Fax: 636-225-8941
Email: sacredheart@sbcglobal.net
SACRED HEART SCHOOL
Enlightening Minds, Inspiring Hearts
PRESCHOOL
Sacred Heart Preschool offers our children an opportunity to grow in faith and knowledge in a loving, nurturing environment. Our experienced teachers work together in partnership with parents during these crucial early years as we meet the needs of each child. Together we encourage the development of the whole child, spiritually, emotionally, physically, academically and socially.
For informaiton about enrollment please contact the school office at 636-225-3824.
Three-Year-Olds: Sacred Heart School now offers a full-day preschool program and a morning preschool program for the 2010-2011 school year. Preschoolers who attend the full-day program may also attend SHARP, our after-school program staffed by our own faculty, until 6 PM.
Full Day Tuesday and Thursday 7:45-2:50
Mornings Tuesday and Thursday 7:45-10:45
Children must be 3 by August 1.
Four-Year-Olds: No full day option is available for the 2010-2011 school year.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings: 7:45-10:45
or
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons: 11:45-2:50
Children must be 4 by August 1.
GOALS of the PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS
To understand that each individual is a child of God and to recognize God in others.
To inspire a love for school by providing a safe, loving, secure, and fun place to be with friends.
To provide opportunities for children to feel competent, independent, accepted, and loved as they grow in self-awareness.
To prepare for eventual entrance into kindergarten by facilitating developmentally appropriate learning experiences which allow for differences, discovery, and a sense of wonder about God’s creation.
Curriculum for Three’s
Theme based
Religion text: God Made Me
Process Art
Music and movement
“Hands on” math readiness skills
Emphasis on social skills, manners, oral language, listening skills
Fine motor skills - holding a crayon, pencil, paint brush, cutting with scissors, using “school tools”
Visual discrimination - recognition of name, colors, numerals 1-10
Memory - prayer experiences, days of the week, nursery rhymes, finger plays, and songs
Curriculum for Four-Year-Olds
Letter People Program
Religion text: God Made the World
Process Art
Music and movement
“Hands on” math readiness skills
Emphasis on oral language, print awareness, sound-letter relationships, alphabetic knowledge, and vocabulary development
Integrated science and social studies concepts
Fine motor skills - letter formation and numeral formation 1-20
Auditory and visual memory - prayer, calendar, rhymes, songs
Good citizenship, self-discipline, responsibility, problem-solving
Field trips
Sacred Heart Preschool offers our children a variety of literacy experiences for emergent readers and writers. Students are given opportunities to practice what they learn in meaningful, functional, and purposeful ways.
COME VISIT US!
Contact: Sacred Heart School 12 Ann Avenue, Valley Park, Missouri 63088
Phone: 636-225-3824
Fax: 636-225-8941
Email: sacredheart@sbcglobal.net