Pre Kindergarten at St. Michael Parish School
Pre K for four-year-old students at St. Michael Parish School is a five day per week Kindergarten readiness program. The program is designed for children planning to attend Kindergarten the following year. Pre K students must be four years of age by August 31st to start in September of the coming school year.
In the St. Michael Pre K program your child will grow:
SPIRITUALLY
- Explore faith-based learning following the liturgical calendar
- Discover scripture through stories, songs, and activities
- Engage in daily prayer
ACADEMICALLY
- Acquire pre-reading skills such as letter recognition and sound recognition
- Identify numbers, shapes, and colors
- Develop large motor skills
- Build small motor skills such as writing and cutting
SOCIALLY
- Participate in individual and group activities to enhance self-esteem
- Develop listening skills and an ability to follow directions
- Promote respect through kind interaction with other children
Other facets of the program include:
- Welcome work: students have a craft or practice work at their desks to help them start their day
- Circle time on the carpet with Morning Prayer
- Learning centers: children rotate between group and individual work
- Free-time to explore the resources within the classroom
- Science/Social Studies/P.E./Music: these classes rotate depending on the day
- Recess
- Prayer, snack and Story Time
- Full phonics program
- Fun field trips
- Memory-making traditions
- Buddy program
