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The St. Cletus Preschool program focuses on the development of the whole child in a faith-based atmosphere. Throughout the day children participate in the following activities: prayer, play, music, math, art, calendar, technology, stories, and more. The Preschool curriculum provides children with the opportunities for social/emotional development, large and fine motor development. In all our grade levels, faith is taught across the curriculum and in Preschool we incorporate the “Allelu!” curriculum. St. Cletus Preschool is open to all children who will be turning 3 or 4 by September 1st.

St. Cletus Preschool offers both full day and half day options. Parents may choose for half day Preschool Monday – Friday, Tuesday/Thursday, or Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 8:00 am to 10:45 am. Full day Preschool is offered Monday – Friday. Full day Preschool students attend special classrooms which include: Spanish, Music, Library, TLC, and Gym.

Here’s some of the things Preschool students’ learn each day:

  • Social skills like sharing and self-control.
  • Fine motor skills to prepare us for holding writing tools.
  • Gross motor skills like coordination and balance.
  • Creative expression and taking pride in our work.
  • Literacy skills like book care and recognizing familiar letters and/or words.
  • Math skills like counting, sorting, and comparing.
  • Science skills like constructing, experimenting, and observing.

Below is our schedule for specials. Please view our school calendar to see the most up to date information. We follow a Monday through Friday rotation throughout the year for our specials.

Room 99

  • Monday – Art
  • Tuesday – Spanish
  • Wednesday – PE
  • Thursday – PE
  • Friday – TLC

Room 100

  • Monday – Art
  • Tuesday – Spanish
  • Wednesday – PE
  • Thursday – PE
  • Friday – TLC

99

  • 20 Students

100

  • 20 Students 

Due to COVID 19 – Students are to bring their own snacks each day.

Have you been wondering why your child always seems to be playing instead of working in our classroom?

It’s because play IS the work of a child!

Research has shown that play is the most effective way to teach preschoolers.

 

  • Preschool Readiness Checklist:
    • Follows 1 and 2 step directions
    • Speaks clearly
    • Can express and describe feelings
    • Recites alphabet
    • Identifies upper case and lower case letters
    • Identifies phonemic sound of each letter
    • Shows interest during read alouds
    • Retells a story verbally and with picture cards
    • Traces letters, name, and numbers
    • Stack 18 or more blocks
    • Correctly hold crayons and pencils
    • Practices correct scissor skills
    • Copy straight lines, curved lines, and common shapes
    • Compare objects
    • Identify basic shapes
    • Count to 20
    • Runs with ease
    • Skips, jumps and hops

Please feel free to ask any questions you might have about our curriculum.  Rest assured – your child is learning AND having fun!

Please find the latest preschool news below:

Preschool 3-April 25, 2024

This week we learned all about ways we can take care of our planet!  It was so much fun to go on an Earth Day scavenger hunt with our friends from Mrs. Firestone’s class!  God has sure given us many beautiful things to be grateful for on our planet!  Grass, leaves, birds, clouds, sun, rocks,...
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PreK 4 News 4/25

I can’t believe that we are already in the last full week of April, the end of the year will be here before we know it!  A few important dates to keep in mind.. April 26th: No School; Staff Development Day April 27th: School Auction.  Make sure to check out all the available items.  https://e.givesmart.com/events/Ajx/ April 28th: 10:30...
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Preschool 3-April 19, 2024

  Spring is here!  We are celebrating this season by reading lots of books about our new weather and experiencing these changes outdoors each day.  Looking for signs of new life all around our school campus has been very exciting…especially finding worms and enjoying the daffodils that are blooming in our courtyard.  We created beautiful...
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Preschool 3 -April 12, 2024

Our first week back from Easter Break was out of this world:)  Although we didn’t view the solar eclipse, we learned all about the sun and the planets.  We read lots of books about the planets and the sun, created solar eclipse hats and counted rocket ships and stars on our ten frames.  Our letter...
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Preschool 3-March 28, 2024

Our week started with our Easter Egg Hunt.  Although the Spring weather did not cooperate, we still had lots of fun finding hidden eggs in our classroom on the hot wheels ramp, in the workshop, all over the shelves and many other familiar spots.  A great time was had by all.  Thank you again for...
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Preschool 3-March 22, 2024

All of us in Preschool celebrated St. Patrick’s Day on Monday.  We read some great books, dressed in green, made a collage shamrock that explained why we were lucky and then we turned into little leprechauns with our fun masks!  Look above at the cutest little leprechauns ever! If you’re lucky enough to be in...
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March 22nd PreK 4 News

So much fun happened this week at school.  We celebrated many birthday’s, we wrapped up St. Patrick’s Day and started talking about Easter.  We continued to talk about rhyming words and have started to put our sounds together to create words.  So far this year, we have learned the sound for S,A,T,I,P,N,C,K,E,H,R,M,D,G,O,U,L,F,B,J and Z.  Only...
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Preschool 3-March 14, 2024

This was a fun-filled and very busy short week!  Our week was all about the letter “Ss” and Dr. Seuss!  We had a great time reading many Dr. Seuss books and will continue next week.  This was our first discussion of what an author is and how they write books.  It was also a great...
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