Pre-Kindergarten
St. Jude Preschool is committed to providing high quality preschool programming that advances our mission of living for Christ, learning for life.
St. Jude Preschool is a developmentally appropriate early childhood room focusing on creating an excellent environment to begin a child’s educational journey at St. Jude. Opened in the fall of 2015, the preschool provides full and half day options for children who turn four by August 1st.
St. Jude Preschool is nationally accredited through Cognia.
St. Jude Preschool is also an Indiana On My Way Pre-K provider, allowing qualifying families to receive grants to attend our program the year before kindergarten.
Preschool Curriculum
Seeking to provide a high-quality program on par with the high-quality education, St. Jude Preschool utilizes HighScope Curriculum. HighScope is a model preschool program based on the ground-breaking research of the Perry Preschool Experiment. HighScope is well regarded in research communities for its child-centered, standards-based approach to early childhood education, and it consistently demonstrates evidence of lifelong academic, social, and behavioral success for children of all backgrounds. Additionally, faith development and religious education can easily be incorporated into the standard HighScope curriculum. Preschool children attend Mass and each day students' experiences are enriched by celebrating their faith through prayers, stories, art work and the lives of the saints. Students also participate in physical education, library, computer, art and music each week.