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2009-2010
Kindergarten
Welcome and thank you for considering our Kindergarten program for your child. With our dedicated teachers and staff we will make this a positive, loving and nurturing experience for our students and families. The following is some general information and goals in regard to our program.
- We offer a full day Kindergarten (7:45am-2:45pm) program.
- In addition to the core curriculum, Kindergarten also attends the following classes: Foreign Language, Technology, Art, Music and Physical Education.
- All students wear the school uniform (see details in the SJA handbook, posted on our web-site).
- Our students attend Mass every Friday. Families are always welcome to attend with us.
- For an additional cost, lunch may be purchased.
- Before and after school care is available, please call for pricing and information.
Sampling of our goals for Kindergarten:
Some of our goals in Language Arts will be:
- Answers questions and expresses self in complete sentences
- Constructs upper & lower case letters
- Copy words and simple sentences
- Determines left-right progression of the printed word & word boundaries
- Discriminates letter/sound correspondence
- Identifies consonants & vowels
- Begins to blend vowel sounds with consonants to read
- Relates events in sequence: beginning, middle, end
- Determines cause and effect relationships
- Develops problem-solving techniques
Some of our goals in Religion will be:
- Show God’s love for all people
- Recognize that all people are made in the image of God
- Recognize that all people are part of God’s family and loved by God
- Recognize that everyone is a member of a family
- Pray formally or spontaneously as an integral part of the day
- Recite the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be
- Recognize that our actions affect others and develop an awareness of the difference between right/wrong
Some of our goals in Mathematics will be:
- Sequence of objects
- Collect, organize, and interpret data using concrete objects
- Identify time sequence (first, next, last)
- Tell time to hour and half hour
- Determine value of pennies, nickels, dimes up to 10 cents
- Recognize three-dimensional figures such as sphere, cube, cylinder & cone
- Recognize two and three dimensional figures as objects in the real world
Some of our goals in Social Studies will be:
- Recognize how family, community and school experiences affect individuals
- Distinguish between land and water on a map or globe
- Recognize the relevance of money and saving
- Recite Pledge of Allegiance and sing patriotic songs
- Recognize and celebrate specific national and religious holidays
- Explore the diversity of cultures and their impact
Some of our goals in Science will be:
- Identify landform such as hills, mountains, and valleys
- Recognize sun, moon, and stars as part of the solar system
- Identify the five senses and how they relate to the parts of the body
- Recognize plants as living things
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