Pre-Kindergarten
“Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities – that’s training or instruction – but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed.”
St. Thomas More offers a 5 day Pre-Kindergarten Program for children who will be age 4 by September 30. Instruction in Pre-K is focused on learning through play with a variety of center activities for hands-on learning around the classroom for children to engage in while the teacher is instructing small groups. The classroom aide works with groups of children on craft projects connected to the weekly themes followed during the Pre-K year.
- 5 day program with 3 dismissal options - 12:45, 3:15 or 6pm
- Philosophy of learning through play in small group hands-on center based activities
- Full time teacher and aide in classroom
- Two to three recesses per day
- Instructional materials include Writing our Catholic Faith, Words Their Way for Emergent Readers, Scholastic and Seeds Magazine
St. Thomas More Cathedral School follows the Curriculum Guidelines of the Diocese of Arlington Catholic Schools.
The core curriculum consists of instruction in the following subjects:
Religion
Reading
Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Students also participate in the following special classes:
Art
Spanish
Library Skills
Technology
Physical Education
Music