St. Patrick PreK-3 and 4: A great start!
New in 2020-2021: Prek-3!
Age Requirements:
For the PreK-3 program, students must turn 3 by August 15, 2020.
For the PreK-4 program, students must turn 4 by August 15, 2020.
Attendance Options:
We believe that parents are the primary educators of their children and that because of each family's unique needs they should be given as much flexibility as possible in the education of their youngest children. Because of this, we offer a variety of attendance options for our PreK program. All options are available for both PreK-3 and PreK-4.
Full Time:
MTWTF (7:45-3:00)
Part Time:
MWF full day (7:45-3:00)
TTh full day
MTWTF am (7:45-11:15)
MWF am
TTh am
Click here for tuition rates.
Curriculum
•We follow the curriculum standards of the Diocese of Nashville. Our classroom curriculum is based and designed not only to prepare your child for kindergarten, but to provide a firm foundation on which to build a Christian life.
•We use a comprehensive approach to teaching, incorporating centers, music, and dramatic play to support a theme. Our art projects reflect our themes and are designed to teach a specific skill. Themes change every 1-2 weeks. Families will receive a weekly newsletter that contains what specific skills we will be working on that week, letter and number of the week, etc.
Our curriculum is designed to provide students with the early learning and literacy skills necessary for success in life!
Lunch
•Lunch is only offered for students in the full day program.
Your child may either bring a lunch or buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria. PreK4 students eat the cafeteria. PreK3 students eat in their classrooms.
•Cafeteria lunches are $15.00/week (five lunches) OR $3.00/lunch.
•Students may also purchase milk. This can be used with a lunch they bring from home, or if they would like extra milk with lunch purchased from school. Milk tickets are $3.00/week (five milks) or $0.60/milk. Students can choose from chocolate or white milk.
Snack
•All children have a morning snack each day.
Students may bring a snack from home or purchase a snack at school.
Arrival and Dismissal Times
Arrival occurs between 7:15-7:45 AM. Classes begin at 7:50 AM.
Dismissal occurs between 3:00-3:15. Parents pull up to the front of the school building and children are escorted to the cars a few at a time.
After-care is available to families needing extra childcare from 3:15-5:30 PM each day. There is an additional cost of $3 per hour for this service. This fee is paid monthly and charged to the FACTS tuition payments.
Bus Service to Dickson
St. Patrick's School owns a bus and runs a daily bus route between St. Christopher Church in Dickson and St. Patrick School. This service, due to state requirements, is available only for PreK-4 through eighth grade students. The bus picks up children in the morning at St. Christopher between 7:00-7:15. It arrives at St. Christopher in the afternoon at 3:15. All children must be picked up at the parking lot by 3:30 PM.
Communication
•A communication folder is sent home each day. One side is for their behavior calendar and important notes and memos. The other side will be used to send home papers, artwork, etc.
Discipline
• In our classroom we use a color coded behavior clip chart.
•Every child will start their day at “ready to learn”. During the day, they can move up or down the chart based on their behavior.
• If a child breaks one of the classroom rules, their clip will be moved down.
• If a child is being especially good, or the teacher catches him or her doing a good deed, their clip can be moved higher on the chart.
• The child’s behavior will be reported daily to parents via the Behavior Calendar in their daily folder.
Super Student (Blue)
Great Job (Green)
Ready to Learn (Yellow)
Think About It (Orange)
Try Harder (Red)
Uniforms
The uniform code can be found online at our website, www.sps-tn.org It is found in the parent/student handbook.)
•Khaki pants or shorts (shorts may be worn until Thanksgiving and after Spring Break). Belts must be worn unless the waist is elastic.
•White or forest green knit polos or white oxford button ups. White oxford button ups are worn every Friday.
•Forest green sweatshirts with school patch or forest green sweaters with school patch. School patches may be purchased in the office.
•Girls may also wear navy blue skorts, plaid jumpers, and shorts purchased from Dennis-Larose.
•Shoes must be white, brown, or black. Tennis shoes must be pull on or velcro. No shoe strings, please. Do not send your child in clogs, sandals, boots, etc.
Application and Registration:
There will be an online application in the Admissions tab of our website beginning February 3, 2020. We will have a rolling admissions process so we encourage you to apply early to ensure your child's seat!
For the PreK-3 program, students must turn 3 by August 15, 2020.
For the PreK-4 program, students must turn 4 by August 15, 2020.
Attendance Options:
We believe that parents are the primary educators of their children and that because of each family's unique needs they should be given as much flexibility as possible in the education of their youngest children. Because of this, we offer a variety of attendance options for our PreK program. All options are available for both PreK-3 and PreK-4.
Full Time:
MTWTF (7:45-3:00)
Part Time:
MWF full day (7:45-3:00)
TTh full day
MTWTF am (7:45-11:15)
MWF am
TTh am
Click here for tuition rates.
Curriculum
•We follow the curriculum standards of the Diocese of Nashville. Our classroom curriculum is based and designed not only to prepare your child for kindergarten, but to provide a firm foundation on which to build a Christian life.
•We use a comprehensive approach to teaching, incorporating centers, music, and dramatic play to support a theme. Our art projects reflect our themes and are designed to teach a specific skill. Themes change every 1-2 weeks. Families will receive a weekly newsletter that contains what specific skills we will be working on that week, letter and number of the week, etc.
Our curriculum is designed to provide students with the early learning and literacy skills necessary for success in life!
Lunch
•Lunch is only offered for students in the full day program.
Your child may either bring a lunch or buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria. PreK4 students eat the cafeteria. PreK3 students eat in their classrooms.
•Cafeteria lunches are $15.00/week (five lunches) OR $3.00/lunch.
•Students may also purchase milk. This can be used with a lunch they bring from home, or if they would like extra milk with lunch purchased from school. Milk tickets are $3.00/week (five milks) or $0.60/milk. Students can choose from chocolate or white milk.
Snack
•All children have a morning snack each day.
Students may bring a snack from home or purchase a snack at school.
Arrival and Dismissal Times
Arrival occurs between 7:15-7:45 AM. Classes begin at 7:50 AM.
Dismissal occurs between 3:00-3:15. Parents pull up to the front of the school building and children are escorted to the cars a few at a time.
After-care is available to families needing extra childcare from 3:15-5:30 PM each day. There is an additional cost of $3 per hour for this service. This fee is paid monthly and charged to the FACTS tuition payments.
Bus Service to Dickson
St. Patrick's School owns a bus and runs a daily bus route between St. Christopher Church in Dickson and St. Patrick School. This service, due to state requirements, is available only for PreK-4 through eighth grade students. The bus picks up children in the morning at St. Christopher between 7:00-7:15. It arrives at St. Christopher in the afternoon at 3:15. All children must be picked up at the parking lot by 3:30 PM.
Communication
•A communication folder is sent home each day. One side is for their behavior calendar and important notes and memos. The other side will be used to send home papers, artwork, etc.
Discipline
• In our classroom we use a color coded behavior clip chart.
•Every child will start their day at “ready to learn”. During the day, they can move up or down the chart based on their behavior.
• If a child breaks one of the classroom rules, their clip will be moved down.
• If a child is being especially good, or the teacher catches him or her doing a good deed, their clip can be moved higher on the chart.
• The child’s behavior will be reported daily to parents via the Behavior Calendar in their daily folder.
Super Student (Blue)
Great Job (Green)
Ready to Learn (Yellow)
Think About It (Orange)
Try Harder (Red)
Uniforms
The uniform code can be found online at our website, www.sps-tn.org It is found in the parent/student handbook.)
•Khaki pants or shorts (shorts may be worn until Thanksgiving and after Spring Break). Belts must be worn unless the waist is elastic.
•White or forest green knit polos or white oxford button ups. White oxford button ups are worn every Friday.
•Forest green sweatshirts with school patch or forest green sweaters with school patch. School patches may be purchased in the office.
•Girls may also wear navy blue skorts, plaid jumpers, and shorts purchased from Dennis-Larose.
•Shoes must be white, brown, or black. Tennis shoes must be pull on or velcro. No shoe strings, please. Do not send your child in clogs, sandals, boots, etc.
Application and Registration:
There will be an online application in the Admissions tab of our website beginning February 3, 2020. We will have a rolling admissions process so we encourage you to apply early to ensure your child's seat!