early childhood education
EARLY LEARNERS
beginnings
All Girls
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 passions. At St. Catherine’s School, your daughter will learn that there are no boundaries to what she can achieve.
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, 2018 for 2018-2019 enrollment
Tuition
for 2017-2018 Full day $16,500 Half day $9,000
JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN
beginnings
All Girls
Junior Kindergarten AT ST. CATHERINE’S
Age 3 -Grade 12
Full Academic Day
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, 2018 for 2018-2019 enrollment
Tuition
for 2017-2018 $16,500
Thinking Games
TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES Early Engineering
Outdoor Classroom
and the testing of physics concepts through building projects
used every day
Literacy Development
and physical education
in the art studio, music center and making spaces
in small and large groups
directed by the girls
in science and world studies
Creative Expression
Dramatic Play
Long-Term Projects
Investigating Big Ideas
through shared and individuallyguided reading and writing
Swimming
that explore math concepts and number sense
Mandarin Chinese & Spanish
Technology Tools that support exploration and learning
Dance
and creative movement
St. Catherine’s Admissions Process 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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Submit an application
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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 (WPPSIIV) assessment. This test will be administered by a licensed psychologist at St. Catherine’s School.
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Attend a 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 teachers and with other girls in group play.
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Request a recommendation from your daughter’s current school You’ll receive a release form granting St. Catherine’s
To get started, visit www.st.catherines.org/apply and
permission to contact your daughter’s teacher. We will
complete an online application.
then send a confidential form to her teacher to help us gain valuable insights about your daughter’s early
Attend a Discovery Day
childhood experience.
We will provide a fun session for your daughter to become comfortable in our classrooms before she returns to campus for a Student Readiness Day.
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 Grades 5-8
Our favorite part of the job is getting to know you and your
ccarlisle@st.catherines.org
daughter. We are here to guide you through every step of
804.288.2804, ext. 3022
the way. Call or visit us any time.
Whitney Shelton
Jennifer Cullinan
Associate Director of Admissions
Director of Admissions
Grades 9-12
jcullinan@st.catherines.org
wshelton@st.catherines.org
804.288.2804, ext. 3041
804.288.2804, ext. 3076
Adrienne Taylor
Jean Goodman
Associate Director of Admissions
Admissions Administrative Coordinator
Early Learners (age 3)–Grade 4
jgoodman@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