WELCOME!KINDERGARTEN INFORMATION 1-22-15

PRAYER:

Dear God our Father,

Bless Sacred Heart School, which we lift up to you with

gratitude and joy. May it always be a place where

eyes are opened with faith, ears are opened with

truth, and hearts are opened with love. May Jesus be

the foundation of our school. Come, Holy Spirit. Be in

our work and our play. Help us be like Jesus in all that

we do today. Amen

Meet your principal-Mrs. Maureen Engen

Open door policy

Maureen.engen@shoj.org

913-422-5520 X 206

It’s all about these kids

Meeting students where they are…Building legacy-

Catholic community

Parents are primary educators

Best part of the WeekAll School Mass

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

• Mission

• Faith formation

• Academic rigor

• Community

• Routine and details

• Registration

Who we are

• 390 students

• 2 full classes of every grade• Average of 24 students per class

• 35 staff members • 24 full time teachers-60% Masters

• Full time nurse

• 3 reading resource specialists

• 1 student counselor

• 2 para-professionals (Speech/Math)

• Full time Technology director

• 1 of 44 schools in the

Archdiocese of KCK

Principal Mission• Handing on the faith, generation after generation

• Proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ

• Rich environment of faith and learning

• Students learn about how much God loves them

• According to Pope Francis:

The parish school is not merely “a human enterprise,”

but rather “a love story,” and the faithful must

remember that it is only in the path of love that the

student can grow.

Nour

Nourishing FaithContinuing education and faith

formation with SOF

Exemplary support by Fr. Craig/ parish staff

• Daily Religion class

• Weekly All School Mass

• Rosary/Stations

• Catholic teachers as witness

• Rigorous Faith-Based curriculum

• Teach as Jesus did

Academic Rigor

Full Day Kindergarten

• 90 minutes of ELA including MTSS (MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF

SUPPORT)

• 45 minutes of Math

• Learning centers/Differentiation

• Science, Social Studies curriculum

• Continual progress monitoring (MAPS, Dibel, small

group assessment)

Specials classes: Art, PE, Music, Spanish,

Technology

MTSS: Multi-tiered system of support

Technology-Smart boards. Tablets

Library time

Pier mentors-4th grade partners

Faith Families

Report Cards Grade K-2

Skill sheets in ELA and Math

Grades K-2 have

skills based report cards

Definitions of +, S, /

• + is mastery of a skill

• S is leading to mastery

• / extra work needed by student in order to master

the outcome

Kindergarten screening• Letter recognition (Capital and lower)

• Count to 30

• Count objects to 10

• Personal information (first, last name, address,

birthday and phone)

• Fine motor: Drawing shapes, pencil grip, cutting

• Writing first and last name

* Screening does not determine admittance into

kindergarten. Used for baseline and classroom

placement.

• Fully accredited by AdvancEd-highest rating of

highly functional

• Model school in Reading and Math

• Resource budget supports updated technology, lab

activities and materials, reading and writing

materials

Community

• Faith families

• Parish school-subsidizes 40% of cost to educate one

child

• CPS-Parent involvement

• CYO-Catholic youth organization

• Clubs (Lego, Yo Yo, Dance, Girls club,

Walking, sign language, Mathletics,

Photography,

Scrapbook, Improv

Routine and Details

School hours: 7:55-3:20 p.m.

Drop off: 7:30 a.m.

After school care till

6:00 p.m.

Hot lunch from Pizza West

$3.50

• Weekly communication

• Uniforms

• Discipline=Virtuous Behavior Formation

• School wide expectations, classroom rewards,

school rewards and age appropriate consequence.

Partnership….Current Survey Results

• Common threads in highest scores among parent, staff, and student survey results.

• Catholic culture

• Faith-filled administration and staff

• Safe, clean, healthy environment

• Students are academically challenged and ready for next level

• Mission and vision statements lived out in all aspects of school community

• Range of media and information supports educational programs

• Multiple data sources are used to adjust curriculum, instruction, and assessments

Current Survey Results:

Where are we going:

• Updated textbooks

• Collaboration with resource teachers/Desoto school district to meet needs of our gifted students.

• Increase technology in classrooms

Early Application enrollment

• Registration fee $125

• Technology $100

2014-15 Tuition rates:

In parish:

1 student: $3145

2 students $5295

3 or more students $6845

Out of parish: $5700 per child

• Dates:

o Feb 4th-Deadline for early application

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o Feb 5th Open enrollment for current families

o Feb 9-Enrollment papers mailed to new

families, including incoming kinders

who did not enroll early

FEBRUARY 16TH-OPEN ENROLLMENT

March 3rd: Acceptance Letters mailed

March 23rd: Kindergarten screening (9-11 or 1-3)

Our QuestionHow do we (Sacred Heart) create a school in which every student receives excellent instruction, infused with our Catholic faith, in every class, every day?~WE PREPARE MINDS FOR THE FUTURE-SOULS FOR ETERNITY~

WEBSITE:school.shoj.org

Let’s meet the kindergarten teachers:

• Mrs. Laurie Macan and Mrs. Nora Tripp