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This year, the PreK is spending much of its time exploring, investigating and creating with “Loose Parts.” Loose Parts are materials that can be moved, carried, combined, redesigned, lined up and taken apart and put back together in multiple ways[…]

Take a peek behind the scenes to see what makes our school so special for children and their families.  […]

Rocks, sticks, gems, shells, tree blocks, beads, corks and paper towel tubes. “We call these materials ‘loose parts,’ and they help to inspire open-ended play,” said Shannon Jones, 3/4-Year-Olds teacher. “These natural and synthetic mate[…]

We are pleased to announce that St. Mary’s Episcopal Preschool has been awarded accreditation by NAEYC, The National Association for the Education of Young Children. NAEYC Accreditation is a transformative quality improvement system that sets p[…]

St. Mary's preschool families gathered together for Family Night Oct. 24. An annual tradition, Family Night allows parents, preschool children and siblings to gather together, build community and have fun. This year, we had a pizza party, and the chi[…]

The children in our PreK and JK classes (and their parents) took a field trip to Chesterfield Berry Farm Oct. 20. We took a hayride, searched for pumpkins in the pumpkin patch, visited with farm animals, navigated a corn maze, played on the playgroun[…]

Last week, Mrs. Anders' class went on an adventure to the school library. The children discovered many, MANY books and learned how to explore and re-shelve the books when finished. The children then had the opportunity to each select a book to bring […]

This year at St. Mary's, we have two classes for two-year-olds, broken into younger and older twos who come to school either Mondays/Wednesdays or Tuesdays/Thursdays. Both classes have been very busy exploring everything in their classroom and ou[…]

Did you know that reading your child's favorite stories to them (again! and again!) actually promotes comprehension and boosts vocabulary acquisition? "Every morning during circle time, we participate in repeated reading," said Mrs. Jones, teacher[…]

The children in Mrs. Anders' Pre-K class are loving a new set-up this year: two classrooms! The bonus room allows the children a special space for building, creating and process art...things that sometimes can't be picked up at the end of the day or […]