Junior Kindergarten to 2nd Grade Highlights

The Junior Kindergarten to 2nd grade program provides a strong foundation in core academic subjects while nurturing curiosity, creativity, Catholic identity and social development. The program is designed to meet the developmental needs of children with differentiated teaching, creative play, and collaborative learning opportunities.

junior kindergarten

• Play based Learning environment with 2 classes of 14 students each

• All Day program

• Happy Birthday Jesus- students bring a “gift for baby Jesus”, which are donated to the Bay Area Crisis Nursery

• Guardian Angel Retreat

• Piggy Opera

• Attend Mass

kindergarten

• Celebrate Johnny Appleseed Day in September

• Performing the Nativity in December

• Field trip to the pumpkin patch

• Kinder and Dad's St. Joseph Day Retreat

• Watch the life cycle of butterflies and release them on the playground.

• Mother's Day Tea

• Technology in centers

first grade

• Mother's Day Mass

• 1st/2nd Friendsgiving 

• Field Trips: Oakland Zoo, Lesher Theater Christmas play

• Polar Express Christmas Week

• “How to” Writing unit

• Pizza making

• Start of the 1/2 class ipad program