Things Parents Can Do At Home To Help Your Children Prepare for Kindergarten

• Read to your children and allow them to read to you.

• Ask your children about school and take an interest in what they are learning.

• Help them make good nutritional choices and get adequate rest to fuel growing minds and bodies.

• Set limits on the amount of television they watch, hand-held electronics they play, and exposure to any flat-screen viewing.

 

Highlights of Kindergarten

• Hands-on learning, whole-child approach to teaching; supporting and nurturing all areas of each child's development.

• Mass ‘Buddies’ with a 4th & 8th grader

• Color Days

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Theme Days:

• Apple Day

• Corn Day

• French Toast Day

• Egg Day

• Potato Day

• Pancake Day

• Tie Day

• School Thanksgiving Feast Host

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Field Trips:

• Apple Orchard

• Theater

• Farm

• Cranbrook Institute of Science

• 2 VIP days – students may invite a Very Important Person to join them during the school day for special activities

• Learned academics and practice of basic social skills within a playful, fun environment

 

Core Curriculum & Activities for Kindergarten

Daily:

• Catholic Religion

• Language Arts – Phonics

• Mathematics

• Science

• Social Studies

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Weekly:

• Computer Class, emphasizing practical use of computer skills

• Art

• Physical Education

• Music

• Library

• Spanish

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Faith-Based Activities

• Weekly Mass

• Seasonal Devotions

• Family Mass

• Children’s Choir

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Extracurricular Activities

• Summer T-Ball

• Chess Club

• S.T.E.A.M.