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WELCOME! KINDERGARTEN INFORMATION 1-21-16
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, earls 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 in 60 seconds
With Mercy Chosen
Mahoney-7 girls
Wife and Mom
Grandma in June
KU-Benedictine
Simply the best
25 years + teaching/administration
Shawnee Mission
Holy Cross
St. James Academy
Sacred Heart
It’s all about our students growing up with a strong faith-knowing how precious they are in God’s eyes
Meeting students where they are…Building legacy- Challenging them
Academically….Catholic community
Parents are primary educators
Anything to do with sports…ok…the Royals!
Weakness-Strength
All School Mass
Motto
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Mission
• Faith formation
• Academic rigor
• Community
• Routine and details
• Registration
Who we are
• 403 students
• 2 full classes of every grade • Average of 24 students per class
• 35 staff members • 24 full time teachers-70% Masters
• Full time nurse
• 3 reading resource specialists
• 1 student advocate
• 4 para-professionals
• 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 Faith Continuing education and faith
formation with SOF
Exemplary support by
Fr. Pat/Fr. Dan and parish staff
• Daily Religion class
• Weekly All School Mass
• Rosary/Stations
• Catholic teachers as witness
• Rigorous Faith-Based curriculum
• Teach as Jesus did
Let’s meet the teachers:
• Mrs. Laurie Macan and Mrs. Nora Tripp
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)
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
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
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.
Academics-Progress monitoring
• Reading and Math
• Dibels
• Star
• MAPS-measure of Academic progress
• Weekly communication
• Resource support for Tier 1, and 3 students
Routine and Details
School hours: 7:55-3:20
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.
Community
• Faith families
• CPS-Parent involvement
• CYO-Catholic youth organization
• Clubs -Lego, Yo Yo, Dance, Girls club,
Walking, sign language, Mathletics,
Photography, Scrapbook, Improv
• Fully accredited by AdvancEd-top
rating of highly functional
• Model school in Reading and Math
• Resource budget supports updated
technology, lab activities and
materials, reading and writing
materials
Partnership….Current Survey Results
• Common threads in highest scores among parent,
staff, and student survey results.
• Catholic culture aligns with purpose and direction
• Faith-filled administration and staff
• Safe, clean, healthy environment
• Instructional purpose supports learning-students
academically challenged and ready for next level
• Resources support 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 till January 31st
• Registration fee $125
• After Jan. 31 $175
• Technology $100
2016-2017 Tuition rates:
In parish:
1 student: $3345
2 students $5495
3 or more students $7445
Out of parish: $5800 per child
Parish school-subsidizes 40% of cost to educate one
child
• Dates:
o January 31st-Deadline for early application
_____________________________________
o Feb 3rd Open enrollment for current families
o Feb 10th-Enrollment papers mailed to new
families, including incoming kinders who did not enroll early
FEBRUARY 16TH-OPEN ENROLLMENT
March 4th: Acceptance Letters mailed
March 21st: Kindergarten screening (9-11am or 1-3pm)
What to expect as a new family
• Shadow day, if needed-call front office
*8:15am-*10:15am
• Mentor family in early June
• Put on our email distribution list for
newsletters and weekly updates
• Ice cream social in August
• Communication from kindergarten teachers
Our Question How 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