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22ndCenturyMedia.com private school guide<br />
22nd century media | August 9, 2018 | 27<br />
top ranked<br />
From Page 26<br />
“Christian Heritage<br />
Academy is unique among<br />
schools in this region, combining<br />
academic excellence<br />
with a Christian worldview.<br />
CHA partners with parents<br />
to develop leaders who will<br />
take their faith into the world<br />
and serve their communities<br />
with excellence,” CHA President<br />
Hutz Hertzberg said.<br />
Visit Christian Heritage<br />
Academy and discover the<br />
difference a Christ-centered<br />
education can make<br />
in your child’s life.<br />
Now accepting applications<br />
for the 2019-2020<br />
school year, Pre-K-12th<br />
grade.<br />
Submitted by Christian Heritage<br />
Academy, 315 Waukegan<br />
Road, Northfield, contact<br />
Admissions Director Cynthia<br />
Strull at (847) 446-5252 or<br />
visit www.christianheritage.<br />
The Goddard School offers families<br />
different educational options<br />
For nearly 30 years, The Goddard<br />
School has been a trusted name<br />
among parents and families. Its<br />
classrooms are safe, nurturing environments<br />
for children 6 weeks-6<br />
years, offering age-appropriate<br />
opportunities to explore and discover.<br />
From infants to toddlers, preschoolers<br />
to kindergarteners, highly<br />
trained teachers lead each child to<br />
reach developmental milestones,<br />
preparing the children for social and<br />
academic success.<br />
At The Goddard School, the<br />
on-site owners, Andrew and Mary<br />
Fratini, work to make sure every<br />
family enjoys a warm, positive experience.<br />
They strive to provide the<br />
best quality program for each child<br />
year-round, offering full-time and<br />
part-time schedules with open enrollment.<br />
The F.L.EX.® Learning<br />
Program (Fun Learning Experience)<br />
ensures that they meet high<br />
standards specific to early learning,<br />
development and care.<br />
The F.L.EX.® Learning Program<br />
is grounded in research on how children<br />
learn best: children experience<br />
the deepest, most genuine learning<br />
when they are having fun. It’s<br />
designed to help build each child’s<br />
emotional, academic, social, creative<br />
and physical skills – including<br />
21st century skills such as communication,<br />
collaboration, creativity<br />
and critical thinking - to provide a<br />
well-rounded experience and help<br />
each one become school-ready, career-ready<br />
and life-ready.<br />
Twenty-first century skills also tie<br />
in directly with STEAM learning<br />
(science, technology, engineering,<br />
arts and mathematics). Introducing<br />
these subjects early on helps promote<br />
children’s natural curiosity<br />
in them, increasing the chance that<br />
children will pursue STEAM-related<br />
careers later on in life.<br />
“Supporting STEAM learning at<br />
the preschool level involves identifying<br />
activities children naturally<br />
do for opportunities to further guide<br />
them,” Andrew Fratini said. “When<br />
children solve puzzles or play with<br />
blocks, they create pathways in<br />
their brains that help with more<br />
advanced STEAM skills later on.”<br />
The preschool and pre-kindergarten<br />
classrooms integrate this play-based<br />
learning philosophy into their lesson<br />
plans.<br />
In the preschool classroom, children<br />
use a variety of interesting,<br />
hands-on learning and reading materials<br />
to make play more complex<br />
and challenging. Their play also<br />
becomes more social and cooperative<br />
as they build their social skills,<br />
make friends and learn to collaborate.<br />
Children continue their journey<br />
of exploration and discovery in the<br />
pre-kindergarten classroom. Teachers<br />
help them apply their developing<br />
literacy and math skills through fun,<br />
purposeful learning experiences.<br />
Play-based learning is so effective<br />
that the results of a recent review<br />
by the Children’s Progress Academic<br />
Assessment (CPAA) show<br />
that Goddard School students score<br />
45 percent higher on mathematics<br />
and literacy assessments compared<br />
to non-Goddard peers. CPAA is an<br />
early childhood assessment system<br />
that assists teachers in making informed<br />
and individualized instructional<br />
decisions.<br />
Submitted by The Goddard School,<br />
9651 Gross Point Road, Skokie, www.<br />
GoddardSchool.com/SkokieIL, (847)<br />
773-0200.<br />
LOVE<br />
whereyou<br />
LEARN<br />
"Not only will your child receive a<br />
phenomenal education, your entire<br />
family will be welcomed into a<br />
supportive and social enviornment.<br />
We love that all our kids are in the<br />
same building from preschool<br />
through 8th grade, it really builds<br />
community!" SJS Parent<br />
Schedule atour today!<br />
847.256.7870<br />
Or email Mike Kendrick<br />
mkendrick@stjosephwilmette.com<br />
Academic Excellence -Personal Development -Social Enrichment<br />
2year olds through 8th grade<br />
Full-Day Kindergarten<br />
Flexible Before and Aftercare<br />
After School Enrichment<br />
Buddy system to foster leadership<br />
New science lab<br />
Gifted and advanced math programs<br />
1:1 iPad program<br />
15:1 student teacher ratio<br />
Team sports, art, music, community service<br />
Recognized as a2017 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence<br />
St Joseph Catholic School warmly welcomes families of all faiths<br />
St. Joseph School -1740 Lake Avenue Wilmette IL 60091 -www.sjswilmette.com
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