St. Luke's
School
Est. 1956

St. Luke's School
Celebrating 50years of excellence!

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Kindergarten Program

Carmelita Skoglund

Miss Carmie teaches our Kindergarten class and has been with St. Luke's for 8 years. She holds a BA Degree from Western State College, Gunnison, CO, and a Masters in Education from the University of North Texas, Denton, TX. Along with teaching certificates in Colorado, Texas and Arkansas, Carmie has taught grades K-5, facilitated workshops for parents & teachers, received a social studies grant to attend Austin College, and was a science representative to the Science Conference at Texas A&M. Carmie also researched, organized and authored practice of Texas Assessment of Academic Skills Writing prompts, archetypes, and criteria informational checklists for writing.

She enjoys reading , gardening, and cooking. Currently she serves as treasurer fort the Scandinavian Club, and is active in the HS/HSV Symphony association, HSV Concerts Association, and Tiburon Way Ladies Group

Kindergarten Program

St. Luke's has developed a child-centered learning program that strives to meet the basic needs of each child. A specific scope and sequence of learning leads the student from one level to the next. A literature-based reading and language program allows the children to learn basic skills while they discover a joy of reading, the power of writing, and the roles that listening and speaking play in their lives. This language program links together the disciplines of spelling, phonics, grammar, creative writing, poetry, and reading to form an integrated experience of effective learning.

Basic number concepts are developed through a sequentially planned math program that concentrates on a "hands-on" approach as the students manipulate objects to understand the number concepts. A combination of learning experiences is used to help students achieve to the best of their abilities.

Science and social studies are approached informally through units of study, sharing books, class discussions and current events.

A weekly outline of what will be covered during that period will be sent home with the kindergarten children.

Students of the St. Luke's Episcopal  School kindergarten rank in the 70th -93rd percentile on the Stanford 10 National Achievement tests.