ADMISSION CALENDAR ADMISSION OPEN HOUSES Preschool - 8th Grade Saturday, October 24, 2009 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Preschool - 8th Grade Sunday, January 10, 2010 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. ECD Only Thursday, January 21, 2010 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. APPLICATION DEADLINE January 29, 2010 FINANCIAL AID DEADLINE January 29, 2010 FIRST ROUND OF DECISIONS MAILED: March 18, 2010 PLEASE CALL THE ADMISSION OFFICE AT 650-342-5436 ext.205 TO SCHEDULE A TOUR TOUR DATES: (8:15 - 10:00 a.m.) September 24 October 1, 8, 22 November 5, 12, 19 December 3, 10 January (2010) 7, 14, 21, 28

Early Childhood - Where the Journey Begins

PRESCHOOL, PRE-KINDERGARTEN AND KINDERGARTEN

Core Curriculum

Reading & Writing
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Spanish

Extended Curriculum
Library
Physical Education/Athletics
Religion
Computer Skills
Foreign Language (Spanish)

School Days

PRESCHOOL - Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 12:15 to 2:45
Starting with the 2010-2011 School Year, the Preschool schedule will be 12:30 to 3:15 p.m.

PRE-KINDERGARTEN - Monday to Friday - 8:05 to 11:15

Beginning mid-year, Tuesday and Thursday class extends to 12:15

KINDERGARTEN - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - 8:05 to 2:30, Wednesday - 9:00 to 2:30

The life-long journey of learning begins long before our youngest students arrive in preschool at the age of three. The early childhood program at St. Matthew's spans three years and provides a nurturing, safe and enriched environment in which young children begin their formal educational journey.

To lay a firm foundation for future years while developing an eagerness for learning, the curriculum is rich in exploration, play, literature and oral expression and enhanced through an array of enrichment classes. To help young children develop self-confidence and comfort with their school environment as they progress from Preschool to Kindergarten, the curriculum is sequential and interrelated.

The early childhood program is based on a developmental philosophy that takes into account the essential readiness skills students naturally acquire as they mature. The curriculum is constructivist in design; students' discoveries, explorations and learning through doing forms the basis for the acquisition of academic and social skills.