Pre-School & Pre-Kinder

Preescolar y Pre-Kinder

​The Spanish Language Immersion pre-school (3-year-old) and pre-kindergarten (4-year-old) program at St. Vincent de Paul exists to set students up for success in our Dual Language Immersion program in our elementary school. Students from English-only, Spanish-only, and bilingual households are set on a path of bilingualism, as well as, biliteracy in academic content areas.  This occurs in our classroom through interaction, instruction, songs, colors, and theme vocabulary words. Our program integrates Catholic values of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Students experience and participate in faith traditions including daily prayer and other relevant cultural celebrations.   Students from our program are well-prepared to enter the bilingual educational environment in kindergarten. 

Curriculum

• Based on Oregon’s Early Learning Guidelines 
• Whole Child development in social-emotional and emergent language and communication.
• Students engage in the comprehensive Listos y Adelante program that includes emergent literacy reading and writing, social studies, mathematics and science, physical development and technology, and fine arts.

• Physically, mentally, emotionally safe and engaging classroom environment
• Healthy snacks provided: can include grains, dairy, and fruit
• Daily physical activity with music 

• Children’s progress is followed throughout the year and formally documented twice a year
• It is our belief that learning is a continuum and  all students will meet their developmental milestones with love and support from teachers and parents

 
WHO WE ARE
St. Vincent de Paul provides a nurturing, diverse environment where children can develop socially, emotionally, cognitively and physically. Our daily practices incorporate emergent curriculum and anti-bias curriculum which stimulate each child’s unique interests, curiosity and sense of discovery. Come visit and find out why we are the best Spanish language immersion preschool in Salem!

Ultimately, our mission is to enhance the development of social skills, relationships, respect for others and oneself, self-help skills, autonomy, peaceful conflict resolution and the empowerment of one’s own ideas and feelings leading to success in school and life and most importantly, instill the love of learning. Our students emerge from our program ready for our Kindergarten Dual Language Immersion program.
 
OUR PHILOSOPHY OF LEARNING
Our early childhood philosophy is based on the idea that each child is a unique individual who develops physically, cognitively, emotionally and socially at his or her own pace. We see children as competent learners, capable of engaging with ideas and the world around them. They are fully capable of developing through Spanish Immersion.