beginnings early childhood education
Give your daughter a life-changing education Consider a learning environment where your daughter is valued for her uniqueness, her interests and her learning style. Expert teachers will ignite her curiosity and fuel her imagination. At St. Catherine’s School, your daughter will learn that there are no boundaries to what she can achieve.
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beginnings
All Girls
Early Learners
Age 3 - Grade 12
Full Day
AT ST. CATHERINE’S
8 a.m.-3 p.m.
The Early Learners program for 3 year olds provides a multi-sensory approach to challenge girls’ minds and stimulate their curiosity. Students enhance their fine and gross motor skills, develop social and emotional skills and gain literacy and mathematical awareness that will ready them for the future. Self-expression through art, music and movement takes place within our newly expanded Center for Early Childhood Education. Girls benefit from the expertise of our faculty supported by our facilities, specifically designed for how girls learn best.
8 a.m.- Noon
Half Day
AfterSchool Care available until 6 p.m.
3 Years Old
by Sept. 30, 2020 for 2020-2021 enrollment
Tuition
for 2019-2020 Full day $16,900 Half day $9,160
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Explorations in Early Learners
Cooperative Play and Social Interactions
Number Sense
Early Literacy and Library
Investigating Big Ideas in Nature
Discoveries in World Cultures and Languages
Creative Expression through Art, Music and Dramatic Play
Introduction to Early Engineering
Balance and Spatial Awareness through Dance and Physical Education
Gross Motor Skill Development
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beginnings
All Girls
Junior Kindergarten AT ST. CATHERINE’S
Age 3-Grade 12
Full Academic Day 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Our Junior Kindergarten program is truly unique, utilizing principles of the Reggio Emilia approach of highly collaborative and exploratory learning. In our Center for Early Childhood Education, our youngest
AfterSchool Care available until 6 p.m.
students tackle projects and play like well-traveled adventurers and dynamic innovators. A variety of student-driven activities and community projects lead to a full day of exploration and wonder.
4 Years Old by Sept. 30, 2020 for 2020-2021 enrollment
Tuition
for 2019-2020 $16,900
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Transformative Experiences
Library & Reasearch Skills
Literacy Development
and the testing of physics concepts through building projects
Swimming
that explore math concepts and number sense
Dramatic Play
Dance
through shared and individuallyguided reading and writing
Early Engineering
Thinking Games
and creative movement
Mandarin Chinese & Spanish
Creative Expression
in the art studio, music center and maker spaces
Mindfulness & Virtues Program
in small and large groups
Investigating Big Ideas in science and world studies
Technology Tools that support exploration and learning
Long-Term Projects directed by the girls
Let’s Get Started
Our admissions process begins by building a relationship with your family. Each step allows us to get to know your daughter and to better understand her cognitive, social and emotional readiness for St. Catherine’s School.
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Schedule testing for your daughter You’ll receive a testing form regarding the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence IV (WPPSI-IV) assessment. This test will be administered by a licensed psychologist at St. Catherine’s School.
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Attend Student Readiness Day We will schedule a time for you and your daughter to visit campus to assess her readiness for our School. Modeled on familiar school routines, your daughter will interact one-on-one with our Lower School
Submit an application
teachers and with other girls in group play.
To get started, visit www.st.catherines.org/apply and complete an online application.
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Attend Discovery Day
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Request a recommendation from your daughter’s current school You’ll receive a release form granting St. Catherine’s
We will provide a fun session for your daughter
permission to contact your daughter’s teacher.
to become comfortable in our classrooms before she
We will then send a confidential form to her teacher
returns to campus for a Student Readiness Day.
to help us gain valuable insights about your daughter’s early childhood experience.
St. Catherine’s admits students without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation or national or ethnic origin to all the rights, the privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to the students of the School.
Admissions Team
Chris Carlisle Assistant Director of Admissions Middle School, Grades 5-8
Our favorite part of the job is getting to know you and
ccarlisle@st.catherines.org
your daughter. We are here to guide you through every
804.288.2804, ext. 3022
step of the way. Call or visit us any time.
Whitney Shelton
Jennifer Cullinan
Associate Director of Admissions
Director of Admissions
Upper School, Grades 9-12
jcullinan@st.catherines.org
wshelton@st.catherines.org
804.288.2804, ext. 3041
804.288.2804, ext. 3076
Adrienne Taylor ’00
Cartie Pruitt
Associate Director of Admissions
Admissions Administrative Coordinator
Lower School, Age 3–Grade 4
cpruitt@st.catherines.org
ataylor@st.catherines.org
804.288.2804, ext. 3058
804.288.2804, ext. 3078
come visit!
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“Sending [our daughter] to JK at St. Catherine's has been one of the
best decisions we've made.
This year has given her the chance to
become a leader, grow, explore, discover and learn, her way, in a safe and nurturing environment. She is curious about everything and
her ideas are BIG!
I know it sounds cliché, but I truly believe that
JK has been a gift to her in so many ways.” — JK parent
6001 Grove Avenue, Richmond Virginia