FIRST QUARTER

 We will be very busy testing during these first two weeks. Our readiness skills for kindergarten at St. Edward include mastery of letter recognition(all 26 capital and lower case letters), number recognition(1-20), letter sounds(consonant and short vowels),  pre-primer sight words(Groups1,2), shape recognition(circle, square, triangle, rectangle), making the Sign of the Cross correctly, praying the Angel of God prayer correctly, writing our first and last name correctly on guideline paper. Testing will begin on our first full day of school, Monday, August 19. Go, Eagles!!

We will be attending school mass each week. Boys need to wear long pants for mass each Friday. We will be learning our prayers and songs for Mass. We will be learning to behave properly and respectfully in church, which is God's house. We will continue to test individually for the Sign of the Cross and the Angel of God.

Other prayers that we pray each and every day include the  Morning Offering, Prayer for Vocations and the Blessing Before and After Meals. We will say the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be each day as we pray the rosary. We pray the Act of Contrition and the prayer to St. Michael, the Archangel,  each day, too. Please take time together as a family to pray a part of the rosary. It is a powerful practice!!

The Children's Rosary Club will begin on Wednesday,  September 4, in church at 3:15 pm, right after dismissal. Everyone is invited to participate. Moms, dads, aunts, grandparents can attend with their kindergartener. Just walk to church from the pavilion after dismissal with your child. Please take advantage of this beautiful opportunity to pray with your child. Jesus hears the prayers of children FIRST.

 We will continue enrichment testing ALL of our students individually for letter recognition, consonant sounds, short vowel sounds, number recognition (1-100), shapes(circle, square, rectangle, triangle), patterns, money value, prayers and writing our whole name correctly on the lines. We will master these important skills so that we will be successful first-grade eagles. It is always a very busy and exciting time in kindergarten!! Go, Eagles!!!

DISMISSAL

 All children not picked up promptly by 3:15 pm each day will be brought to Aftercare. There is a fee for Aftercare. Please be prompt at Pavilion Pick-up!! You can even come as early as 2:50 pm.

There is NO running in the pavilion!  There is NO playing in the grassy area. This is VERY dangerous. Adults are so busy visiting with other adults that they are NOT supervising their own children. Please be respectful of our school rules. Thank you so much for your cooperation at dismissal!! Go, Eagles!!