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Our Lady of Guadalupe Preschool/KindergartenSchool Director: Anna Marie Romley |
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Registration for Our Lady of Guadalupe Summer Preschool and Fall Preschool/Kindergarten
Summer Classes begin June 2, 2008
Fall Classes begin August 14, 2008
Applications are available here or you can pick one up in the Parish and Religious Education offices. Please note: Acrobat reader is required to open and print application
Parish enrollment applications are due February 28, 2008. Community enrollment begins February 29, 2008.
For questions please contact Anna Marie Romley at (480)987-0315 ext 107 or email her at andyr@ourladyofguadalupeparish.com
Our Lady of Guadalupe Academy
The mission of Our Lady of Guadalupe Academy is to provide a safe, nurturing, Catholic faith-filled learning environment for children 2 1/2 through 6 years of age. Children will experience our Catholic-Christian faith through daily prayers and participation in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.
We encourage and support children to be actively involved in the learning process, to experience a variety of developmentally appropriate activities and materials and to pursue their own interests in the context of life in the community and the world. We believe play is the work of the young child. It is through play children develop in all learning domains: spiritual, cognitive, social, emotional, and physical.
We support parents as their child’s first and most important teacher and work to build a spiritual learning community based on respect and social justice.
2 1/2 – 3 Year Old Class
Our youngest children will have active learning experiences that support all aspects of the developing child. Special emphasis will be on establishing routines and rituals, self-help skills, a strong sense of self-esteem, social/peer interactions and verbal communication skills. Experiences will be age and developmentally appropriate and foster discovery, exploration and creativity. These children attend program two days a week for two and one half hours.
Three-Year-Old Class
Children who are three years old will be supported in an environment that builds upon developing strengths. The inside/outside environments will provide project approach activities, music and movement, center-based small and large group activities appropriate for the three-year-old child. The daily schedule allows opportunities for observation, exploration, and creative expression while stressing the social/emotional development and the building of strong interpersonal peer relationships. These children attend programs three days a week for three hours.
Four-Year- Old Class/ Four-Five-Year Old Class
Classroom environments for this age group stress the development of the whole child and the skills needed to participate in a social group. Children have daily opportunities for more complex projects, using a greater variety of materials and equipment. A print rich environment that encourages language and literacy development is strengthened by opportunities for journal writing, table games that include letter and number Bingo, memory and sequencing games. Four and five year olds have the opportunity to attend class three (3) or five (5) days a week. Older children, those turning five between September-December, are encouraged to attend program five days a week. This age group may also elect to stay an extra hour at school to enjoy lunch with friends.
Kindergarten
Our age and developmentally appropriate program’s focus is based on the Arizona Academic Standards for Kindergarten and standards as defined by the Diocese of Phoenix Kindergarten Curriculum. Daily lesson plans provide integrated curriculum in these focus areas: religion, social development, reading, writing, logico-mathematical development, science, social studies, music, logical thinking and problem solving, and perceptual-motor development. The kindergarten day is broken into blocks of time based on four skill areas: literacy, project exploration, inside/outside choice, math, and read aloud activities. A typical kindergarten day has the following components:
- Greetings/Gathering/Opening Prayer
- Morning Group Time
- Reading and Writing Center/Small Groups
- Projection Exploration
- Math Centers
- Read Aloud
- Lunch
- Outside
- Quite Puzzles/Books/Resting
- Group Time Closing
Children attend kindergarten Monday-Friday, 8:45 am-2:15 pm.
Contact Anna Marie Romley, 480.987.0315, ext. 107 or andyr@ourladyofguadalupeparish.com, to enroll in program.
Note: All Diocesan School Curriculum may be found on the web at www.diocesephoenix.org
