Pre-K 4S
Welcome to St. Helena Preschool!
We look forward to working with your children this year!
***If there is a Two Hour Delay then drop off for Pre-K students is 9:45am. ***
“Tiger Time” begins at 8:00am. This is the earliest that you can drop your child off at the Pre-K classroom. The cost is $10.00 per day. There is no charge if the child will be attending CARES or Early Birds that day. You can use Tiger Time on an “as needed” basis. No need to sign up ahead of time.
Weather permitting, we will go outside every day! Please dress your child according to the day’s weather. Even if it is raining we may have to walk over to the “Big School” for an activity such as Library, Gym or Music.
Please also check the Saint Helena School website for continued updates to the calendar.
Teachers:
Lead: Mr. Smith email: ssmith@sainthelenaschool.org
Aide: Mrs. Dare email: bdare@sainthelenaschool.org
Homeroom Parents:
Christie Viscanti: christie.viscanti@gmail.com
Danielle Koletty: dmkoletty@gmail.com
HOT LUNCH PROGRAM:
Please send lunch money into school inside an envelope with your child’s name on it and place it in your child’s classroom folder.
DO NOT put money in your child’s backpack. We do not check the backpacks for lunch money.
Below are this year’s prices and menu.
Monday – Hoagie $6.00 / Cheesesteak $6.50
Tuesday – Chicken Sandwich $5.50
Wednesday – Cheeseburger $7.00
Thursday – Chicken Nuggets $5.50
Friday – Pizza $2.50
Week of January 26, 2025
.Welcome to our third theme: Catholic Schools Week – Awesome Animals(bonus week)
In this unit, the children will learn about life science through the exploration of animals and animal life cycles.
Objective for this week: Animals Grow and Change
Big Idea: Animals grow and change just like me.
Social-Emotional: attention
Virtue: Respect
Alphabet Recognition: Nn
Theme Words: adult, baby, change, develop, grow, growth, stage
Sign Language: I Love You, focus
Math Words: after, before, during, today, tomorrow, yesterday
Science Words: change, grow
Story Words: chrysalis, cozy, frolicking, glum, hatch, sip, snug, wiggly
Our letter of the week is: Nn
Clue & Tell this Week: Brynn & Max
Our Personality of the Week is: Anna Whitman
Our Family of the Week is:
In your child’s folder is their ABC Journal. If you have time during the week, you can help your child practice writing the letter of the week *Nn* of words that begin with the letter of the week.
You can send the journal back to school in their folder. The children will then share their work with their classmates.
The children will learn to write their first name on their papers. We will discuss the rules of the classroom and how to treat each other and learn about good manners. We learn how to bless ourselves and say the Our Father, the Hail Mary and Grace Before Meals. We will also learn the Pledge of Allegiance, Star Spangled Banner and Grand Old Flag. We will discuss the days of the week and the months of the year. We will discuss the weather and learn what a thermometer is and what causes the mercury to move up and down the thermometer!
In centers this week we will practice writing the letter Nn
In Math this week the children will work on using graphs.
In Science this week the children will match pictures of baby animals with parents.
In Religion this week we will learn that hearts are good.
Our sight word reader is:
Our sight words to date are:
To assist your children, you could create flash cards with our sight words on them for home.
They will come home with a copy of the Sight Word Reader on Fridays. Please have your child read this book to you. They can use these books to build their own library of Sight Word Readers!!
Books we will read this week: The Nicest Newt, The Burrow Book, Not Quite Narwhal, In the Garden- Who’s Been There?, My Favorite Bear, Actual Size, Wide Mouthed Frog
Calendar Dates To Remember:
Sunday January 26: Catholic Schools Week (CSW) begins with mass at 11:00am. School wide Open House 12:00 – 1:30pm
Monday January 27: Pre-K 4S attends Scholastic Book Fair 1:00 – 1:30pm. We can meet in the library of the Main School
Tuesday January 28: Pajama Day. Optional “Breakfast for Lunch” available
Wednesday January 29: Pre-K 4S CSW Open House. Alphabet Bingo 1:30pm in the classroom.
Thursday January 30: Celebrate our nation. Patriotic dress down day.
Friday January 31: Senior Friends Day Show in gym at 10:00am 11:30am Dismissal – Faculty Meeting
Class List – students
Nikki Alba
Darry Burrows
Colin Carroll
Caroline Dobbins
Will Graver
Noah Hutchinson
Gabby Jaquez
Brynn Koletty
Max Lauterborn
Olivia Loughery
Cameron McClain
Molly McMahon
Ben Reichert
Noah Romeo
Leo Scotti
Nick Viscanti
Anna Whitman
Ronnie Williams
Reese Wright