St. John Little Treasures Pre-K Program, Frederick

The mission of St. John Regional Catholic School is to provide a Christ-centered environment and an exemplary education to each and every student within the framework of the Gospel and the traditions of the Catholic Church. The goal of our faith community is to develop future leadership for the 21st century through academic excellence, service to others, and a firm foundation of Christian virtues.

Why Little Treasures at St. John?
We will help your “Little Treasures” grow and develop!

• Love Learning New Things. Our teachers encourage laughter and sharing while children develop a love for learning that we believe endures for years to come.
• Learn with the Best Teachers. We believe our preschool teachers are the most nurturing educators in the area, as evidenced by our recent recognition as one of the 50 best private schools by the U.S. Department of Education.
• Assemble a Solid Foundation. Day by day, our incredibly dedicated teachers work with your young child to methodically develop and then gradually strengthen a solid and lasting foundation of knowledge, imagination, and self-confidence.
• Be More than Just Another Student. Our teachers and staff will know your child’s name, their budding learning style, and their unique personality. We will engage them daily with focused expertise, unwavering commitment, and genuine love.

Little Treasures Pre-K 3 Curriculum
The Investigators Club Curriculum offers your child everything that educational researchers say a good program must provide: Oral language development through speaking and listening, a print rich environment, quality children’s fiction and nonfiction books, early reading and writing experiences, problems to solve, exposure to math and science processes, opportunities for social and emotional growth, ongoing assessment to keep children on task and support for second language learners. Your child will acquire basic readiness skills in literacy, math, science, social studies, oral language, fine arts and music while exploring many topics.

Little Treasure Pre-K 4 Curriculum
Splash into Pre-K is a comprehensive and integrated bilingual early learning program designed to ensure success for today's 3 and 4 year old learners through the latest research and interactive learning philosophies. Splash into Pre-K helps teachers build a community of learners using Conscious Discipline Strategies and includes all the core domains of learning including Emotional, Physical, Cognitive and Linguistic. Splash into Pre-K also integrates all of the curricular areas including Reading and Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Health, and Art into the daily instruction. What makes Splash into Pre-K stand out? Thorough and comprehensive lessons and high interest activities that thoroughly engage children along with a flexible instruction plan that allows children to learn and explore at many different levels. Teachers can pick and choose activities depending on individual child interest. Children also have the opportunity to participate in extensive and fun real-world Center Activities that maximize their experiences with the real world around them as shown in recent Early Childhood research. Furthermore, the classroom management provides the right tools for success with large and small group activities. Splash into Pre-K weaves science and science exploration into each theme. Science is integrated into every week of instruction and all experiments and exploratory learning can be done with regular classroom materials or easy to access materials.