Program

Philosophy For Our Children

At St. Michael Academy Preschool, we have created a beautiful self-contained environment designed to be an extension of the Christian home.

We believe:

Every child is a unique gift from God whose individuality in ethnicity, culture and ability is celebrated.
Children are nurtured to become self-directed and enthusiastic learners, problem solvers and creative thinkers.
We allow children to be involved in their own process of growth and learning.
Children have the right to be free and to feel their worth, not because of what they know or own, rather because they exist as human beings who will one day discover they can learn, think and manage their own lives.
Children will have activities that are age-appropriate.
Children can experience success and develop positive feelings about themselves.
Children will learn best in a consistent, safe and loving environment that builds self-confidence and instills a caring attitude toward others.
Children are nurtured to become self-directed and enthusiastic learner, problem solving and conflict and creative thinkers.
We can encourage their individual emotional growth by allowing children to operate independently, cooperatively, securely and completely.

Goals

To satisfy the child’s human and intellectual needs.
To respect the child’s ethnicity and culture
To sharpen the powers of seeing, hearing and speaking.
To develop the ability to think and to live consciously.
To provide a strong moral foundation in the light of God’s teaching.
To enrich the social, emotional, and physical growth of the child through art, music, language and play.
To provide a trusting environment in which it can be safe, reliable and appropriate to lay the foundation for faith formation, development and cognitive growth.