Pre - Kindergarten and Kindergarten (Preschool)

Are you considering sending your child to kindergarten for 4 year olds? The intent of the kindergarten program is to provide children and their families with the opportunity to learn about school culture and to establish, from the onset, a positive and healthy relationship with the school community. It is mainly by having children experience success as early as preschool that the school plays a positive role in their developmental progress. The preschool cycle program focuses on the development of the whole child. Children in kindergarten learn through a play based environment, whether initiated by themselves or by an adult. The following five areas of development are targeted: Physical and motor development., Emotional development, Social development, Oral language and literacy development, Cognitive development and numeracy. Each competency is considered equally important. As children enter this program, it is understood that each child’s learning background is unique, depending on what was acquired at home and the range of skills they have developed. As a result, the program aims to build on each child’s strengths by providing them with rich, age appropriate learning experiences. Our schools; John F. Kennedy Elementary School, Laurentia Elementary School, McCaig Elementary School, Our Lady of Peace Elementary School, Mountainview Elementary School, Twin Oaks Elementary School, Sainte Agathe Academy Elementary.