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All Saints' Day School

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1912

2008

Since 1912, All Saints' Church has had a private Day School. We have a day nursery, a morning and an afternoon Pre-Kindergarten class, and an all-day Kindergarten class. The Day School offers day care and is open from 7 AM to 6 PM Monday through Friday.

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The Nursery School is open to any child who is three years of age by September and is toilet trained.Individual needs of children are of utmost importance. The schools goals are to develop the child's intellectual, emotional and social needs thru play group songs and experiencing independence and achievement. The curriculum includes language skills, literature, music, computer use, arts, crafts and dramatic play. Each day is well planned. The atmosphere is relaxed as the teachers stimulate and encourage the child's development. We work with children in ways that encourage a positive attitude about learning.

     Children who come to the Pre-Kindergarten program must turn four years of age by September 1st. The morning Pre-Kindergarten class is conducted from 9 AM to 11:45 AM and afternoon from 12:15 PM to 3 PM. The program provides a transition from the Nursery School environment to the academic atmosphere of the kindergarten. It is a suitable program for a child who has attended nursery school, but is not old enough for regular kindergarten or for a four year old who has no previous schooling.  The teacher emphasizes the personal and social development of each child. The children follow a daily schedule. This schedule includes free and structured play time, regular lesson time, computer training time, and periods of work done

Pre-Kindergarten

   

     All Saints' Day school has been in continuous operation since 1912 and is open all year. The program is open to children who are five years of age. Classes meet from 9 AM to 3 PM. The goal of the program is to give each child the skills needed to enter the first grade. This goal is accomplished by teaching reading, phonics, math, time, shapes, money values and computer training. They learn about the world around us and take trips to such places as the theatre, farms, fire house and receive many enjoyable memories along with a good education. All Saints' School has long been recognized as a leader in education

Kindergarten

Day Care

Our Day Care program is in conjunction with the Nursery and Kindergarten programs. The school is open from 7 AM until 6PM. This makes it possible for us to provide day care before and/or after the regular class time which is good especially for our working parents. Snacks are provided for all day care students.

MISSION STATEMENT

Since 1912, All Saints' Day School has been providing quality early childhood education.  The student centered approach promotes independent thinking in a nurturing environment.  This environment is created by an interactive, interdisciplinary curriculum that  values the whole child--cognitively, socially and emotionally.  The faculty is dedicated to fostering a learning community  in which students take learning risks while encouraging and supporting one another.  This learning community embraces the notion of parent, family and community involvement.  Through individualized and cooperative learning, teachers facilitate the acquisition of a core curriculum, a solid foundation of a shared body of knowledge of the diverse American Culture.  Community and Church resources enrich the child beyond this core curriculum in spiritual, musical, kinesthetic and interpersonal experiences.

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FROM THE DIRECTOR

NURSERY NEWS

PRE-K NEWS

KINDERGARTEN NEWS

Thank you for all your help preparing your children for our annual Christmas Pageant.  For some children, this may have been their first time on a stage and they did an awesome job.  Thanks to our staff, too, for all the practicing and organizing and setting up and cleaning up they did to prepare for this event.  Thank you to everyone who contributed to our raffle baskets and the parents who put them together for us.  And congratulations to the winners of those baskets.  And of course, thanks to Santa for bringing excitement to an already exciting day.

Happy New Year!  January is usually the quietest month of the school year.  The hustle and bustle of the holidays is over and the children came back to school ready to learn.  The children were busy reviewing old skills and continuing to learn new skills in preparation for progress reports. 

Conferences took place on Monday, January 30.  All children will receive progress reports.  I’m sure you will be as proud of their progress as we are. 

In-house registration for the fall took place from Tuesday, January 31 through Wednesday, February 8.  Besides the registration fee, we will also need a current record of immunizations.  (Copies of birth certificates should already be on file.)  We opened registration to the public on Wednesday, February 8 at 6:30-8:00 p.m.  The best compliment you can give us is to recommend us to your family and friends.

Our next trip is to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden on Wednesday, March 29.  Please mark that day on your calendar and come along for a fun-filled day. 

For your child’s safety, please make sure that they are not opening the outside doors or playing in the parking lot before or after school.  Also, children should not be playing in the cemetery. 

Our KYW school closing number is 1035.  Also, if Philadelphia public and parochial schools close, we will do the same.  Please be aware that we are not necessarily open when they are, though.  We have to make sure that our driveways and sidewalks are clear before we can open our school and it may be necessary to delay opening the school until that happens.  For example, if KYW reports that school is opening 2 hours late, it will mean that school opens at 9 a.m. instead of 7 a.m. and there will be no morning day care.  Thank you for your cooperation.

Enjoy the peace and tranquility of a winter’s day.

Mrs. Sarah Traverse

December sure was a busy month.  In a few short weeks, we learned about St. Nicholas, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwaanza, St. Lucia, Las Posadas and other holiday customs from around the world.  We enjoyed Santa’s Secret Shop.  And we even had time to practice and perform at the Christmas Pageant!  I’m so proud of their performance and I know you are, too.

January was a little less hectic.  What a great trip to see Disney on Ice-The Incredibles in the Magic Kingdom.  We continue to work in our Phonics book and with our sight word stories.  Reread these stories as often as possible so that your child will gain confidence in their ability to read.  Math includes numbers and sets to 12.  We’ll learn about the important work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Health topics include our body and germ prevention.  Our themes throughout the month focus on winter-snow, mittens, bears (Goldilocks and the Three Bears), penguins, and healthy foods. We’ve made Stone Soup after listening to the story of the same name and ate rice and fortune cookies as we celebrated the Chinese New Year.  Gung Hay Fat Choy!  And Brushy the Clown visited to teach us about dental health.  We also reviewed as we prepared for our progress reports and conferences are on Monday, January 30. Thank you for making the time to meet with me to discuss your child’s progress.

For such a short month, February will be busy. On Groundhog Day, February 2, we found out that we’re in for six more weeks of winter. We’ll learn about Mardi Gras on Tuesday, February 28.  Tuesday, February 14 is our Valentine’s Day Luncheon!  We will celebrate our 100th day of school on Tuesday, February 21, weather permitting.  Picture Day is on Friday, February 17.  Class pictures will also be taken at this time.  School is closed on Monday, February 20 for President’s Day. We’ll continue to work on our phonics and sight words, math skills including measurement, time and money, the science of light and shadows, and learn about two very important presidents from the past and who our current president is. 

Continue to reinforce all the beginning and ending phonics sounds learned and sight words introduced.  We will be introducing short and long vowel sounds in the beginning position and also in the middle of words.  These sounds are harder to differentiate so the more practice the better.  We will also introduce digraphs (ch, sh, wh, th), sounds at the beginning and end of words.  And we look forward to addition and subtraction skills.

Have a safe and healthy winter.

Mrs. Sarah Traverse & Mrs. Nancy Ryan

We returned to school in January, our batteries fully recharged and ready to grow and learn many more things.  We started our new year with a trip to Disney on Ice to see “The Incredibles”.  We loved the show, especially wearing the Incrediband.  Our teachers were disappointed, because they could not get one.

In school, we are proudly finding our names everyday.  We are marching around the room and stepping on our letters, and learning to play Hopscotch as we continue to learn our numbers.

During the busy month of February, we pretended to be sleeping groundhogs, and crawled out from our pretend cave (a table) to see our shadows.  We made special gifts for our moms.  We are getting our pictures taken soon.  Our days are really busy.

As we continue to grow through the year, we are even learning to help Mrs. Callahan and Mrs. Kramer put the toys away.  We are learning to listen ( a little more), to share (most of the time), and to take turns when we feel like it.

We are having a great year and would like to thank all of our parents for your daily support and cooperation. 

Marian Kramer & Joann Callahan

Let’s recap a bit going back to December.  What an eventful month!  First, we celebrated St. Nicholas Day and then continued to learn about the many ways to say Merry Christmas in different languages.  The children also listened to stories of how the Christmas holiday is celebrated around the world.  Santa’s Secret Shop was a hit (as it is every year).  The children truly enjoy the independence of purchasing gifts for their family and friends.  What a great way to experience the joy that comes from giving, as well as receiving.  Mrs. S. and I were so proud of all the children with their outstanding performance at the Christmas Pageant.  We hope you all enjoyed the show.

January brought a new year and it started with a bang.  The trip to see Disney’s “The Incredibles” on Ice was a hit.  The children and adults enjoyed it immensely.  Than, Brushy the Clown visited the school and entertained the children while she stressed the importance of keeping your teeth healthy and visiting the dentist regularly.  In class, we learned about the important work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Other January themes we covered included the topics of hibernation and migration.

February is proving to be a very busy month, too, starting with Groundhog Day-and six more weeks of winter.  We’ve already celebrated the Chinese New Year.  The children learned how to say Happy New Year! in Chinese.  The children were so anxious to tell their families that they learned to speak Chinese!  Our math skills are also coming along very nicely.  We are now learning the number 19 and, in addition, we are reviewing all of the numbers and number words to 19.  The children are memorizing their home addresses and home phone numbers.  We recite these numbers daily as part of our circle time activities.  To keep our classroom momentum rolling, we’re asking parents to continue practicing the flash cards and lists of primary sight words with their children.  Many of the children are already reading sight-word stories and they are so excited.  The children will continue working in their phonics books, practicing their beginning sounds, rhyming words, opposites, and so much more.

As always, thank you for your continued cooperation and support.

Mrs. K and Mrs. S.

Did You Know..

The ball on top of a flagpole is called the truck.

In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.

The only "real" food that U.S. Astronauts are allowed to take into space is pecan nuts.

Dracula is the most filmed story of all time, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is second and Oliver Twist is third.

The silhouette on the NBA logo is Jerry West.

Murphy's Oil Soap is the chemical most commonly used to clean elephants.

Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.

It takes a lobster approxiamately seven years to grow to be one pound.

The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding.

Sunbeams that shine down through the clouds are called crespucular rays.

In Disney's "Fantasia", the Sorcerer's name is "Yensid" (Disney backwards.)

A coat hanger is 44 inches long if straightened

Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".

Lent

Tuesday evenings during Lent will once again be an opportunity for learning and fellowship.   The dinners are all scheduled with parish life hosts for the main entrée.  All in attendance are asked to bring a covered dish to make the meals even more pleasant!  Parish members are also encouraged to bring a guest too!   The dinners will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m.  At 6:45 p.m. Father Liddy will lead a Lenten study   This will be followed by the Evening Prayer Office in the Nave at 7:30 p.m.