PreKindergarten (4-year old)

While similar in structure and schedule to our PreS class, PreK continues to build on social, intellectual, and moral foundations to prepare each student for the all-important Kindergarten.

Requirements for new student enrollment:

• Student must be four years old by August 1st of the school year attending

• Child must be fully potty trained by start of school

• A copy of the child's birth certificate

• Up to date copy of immunization records

• A copy of Baptismal Certificate (If Catholic)

• Completed & signed Physician's Report

Curriculum—Continuing with Loyola Press, we use God Made the World as our primary religion program. With an increased focus on prayer, God Made the World encourages four-year-olds to go beyond learning about Catholic faith, tradition, culture, and identity and actively engage with it.

Our PreK on Our Way by Scholastic is a purposeful and fun PreK curriculum. Its engaging approach helps each child to develop the skills they'll need to flourish as future readers, writers, and explorers of the world.

The PreK class works to expand students' learning environment in preparation for Kindergarten. We encourage students' self-discovery with guided hands-on experiences. For more details, please see our curriculum guide.

Within our PreK program, students will learn:

• letter recognition

• number identification

• through hands-on multi-sensory activities

• strategies for building instant recognition of words

• classify objects by colors, size, and shapes

Within our PreK program, students will develop:

• moral values

• self-esteem and self-worth

• self-control and self-regulate their emotions

• good manners

• verbal communication to express needs

• the ability to work cooperatively with others

Students learn through fun activities such as:

• singing the alphabet song to many different tunes

• working to identify a letter using the sense of touch by feeling the straight and curved lines of the letter

• matching letters of the alphabet with plastic letters on an alphabet chart

• tossing a ball or beanbag in a group while saying a letter of the alphabet in order

• guessing a secret letter with clues that describe the letter

• participating in daily calendar activities

• listening to flannel board stories at carpet time, along with use of puppets

Calendar:

• 2024-2025 Preschool Year-at-a-Glance Calendar

Student Supply List:

• 2024-2025 PreK - Student Supply List

Mrs. Dalen has been with our program since 2008 when her own children attended Preschool.

She started as a preschool teacher with our program in 2012 and became our Preschool Director in 2017.

She holds a Child Development Site Supervisor Permit through the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

As the Preschool Director, she is committed to providing a high-quality, developmentally appropriate education that supports the growth and well-being of every child in the program.