Kindergarten

We are blessed to enjoy our kindergarteners for full-day schooling, which establishes a solid foundation for their future education. Kindergarten is open to students who are 5 years old by October 1 of their kindergarten year. At Saint Theresa's, students develop academic and social skills, and grow in their faith as they acclimate to the school environment.

Students learn math in a hands-on way, practicing using numbers, making computations, estimating and measuring. They make predictions about quantity, size, shape and employ problem-solving skills. They are exposed to probability, predictions, pictograms, and exploring the foundations for algebraic thinking.

Through the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness curriculum and other phonics-focused learning, students will develop skills to become independent readers. Students focus on developing word building and sound segmenting skills, build strong sight word recognition, and develop solid writing skills, including handwriting. Students also learn through small group reading and through working with fifth grade reading buddies. Watching the world open up for kindergarteners as they become readers and writers is a delightful part of the year!

Students benefit from daily religion classes, prayer and conversation about their faith. Kindergarteners attend Mass each week with a eighth grade "church buddy," who they grow close with over the course of the year. These connections with older students are of mutual benefit--the older students enjoy their kindergarten buddies as much as the kindergarteners love the older kids!

Like all Saint Theresa students, kindergarteners also enjoy weekly "special" classes in art, physical education, music, library and STEM.

Kindergarten is a big step in your child's future, and we are honored to guide these little saints through a transformative year, learning and growing with them this year and beyond!