Pre-School

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Our pre-school program serves children ages three and four. Our qualified Pre-K staff provides a safe and happy learning environment so your child's days may be filled with the joy of discovery and learning!  Intentionally-designed centers encourage exploration, imagination, discovery, and collaboration with opportunities that focus on the five early-learning development domains: language, social, physical, cognitive and social-emotional.

Young children gradually grow in readiness for schooling. Curiosity makes them eager to know and learn, and their exploration of the world raises many questions! As they learn about themselves and their surroundings, as well as God's gifts, they develop a caring attitude towards others.

St. Anastasia's Pre-K Program focuses on enabling children to discover their world through sensory experiences. The children learn through activities related to seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, manipulating and climbing. Our young children are given opportunities to explore inside and outside and to work alone and in small groups. 

The Vincent and Lillian Guettler Early Childhood Learning Center (Pre-K) curriculum is developed within an active learning environment with emphasis on religious experiences, language arts, problem solving and positive social behavior.  The comprehensive preschool curriculum, "Let's Begin with the Letter People" by Abrams Learning,  utilizes and supports our pre-schooler's need to explore and discover, while challenging each child to become a critical thinker.

A consistent daily routine includes the morning circle time, small group time, large group time, and independent play both in the classroom and on the playground. Children have time to learn and explore through play, while small and large group time is used for developmeing letter recognition, phonemic awareness, rhymes, songs, number concepts and pre-writing skills. Our Pre-K enviornment provides all the ingredients for learning along with support from a team of highly qualified teachers, assistant teachers and administration.

St. Anastasia Catholic School is a Voluntary Prekindergarten Program (VPK) provider. The qualifications for free VPK are that you must live in the state of Florida and your child must turn four years of age by Sept. 1. This program is administered by the Early Learning Coalition of St. Lucie County. 

Our Pre-K program offers extended care for children enrolled in St. Anastasia from 7:15-8 a.m., and from 3-5:30 p.m. each day that school is in session. Inside and outside activities are provided during this time.

St. Anastasia offers a hot lunch option on a daily basis provided by an on-campus staffing from St. Lucie County School District. 

Students applying for the three-year-old program must be 3 on or before September 1 of the school year for which they are registering. Students applying for the four-year-old program must be 4 on or before September 1 of the school year for which they are registering. Children must be potty trained. For additional details on admissions, registration and tuition, please click here.

Pre-K Parent/Student Handbook