Apply NOW for PreK-3 Spring Semester 2026!
Sacred Heart Catholic School Montessori Program is accepting applications for PreK-3 students for the Spring Semester 2026!
Customize your child’s Montessori experience with the option to begin in January 2026. Half day or full day options are available!
(*Child must be 3 years old as of September 1, 2025.)
Half Day Option for PreK 3-4
Beginning in the 2025–2026 academic year, Sacred Heart is pleased to reintroduce the half-day option for our Montessori PreK 3–4 program!
The half day program offers flexibility for families with unique needs and schedules. Additionally, the half-day program presents a more affordable alternative, with tuition set at 50% of the full-day rate. Families can continue to enjoy the enriching benefits of our Montessori curriculum—now with increased convenience and affordability.
About
The Montessori program at Sacred Heart currently serves our PreK 3-4 students.
Our traditional Kindergarten program incorporates Montessori concepts into daily instruction.
For over 40 years, the Montessori program at Sacred Heart Catholic School has guided the young child in his/her spiritual, social, emotional and academic formation. Within the community of a multi-age classroom, designed to create natural opportunities for independent learning and exploration by the child, Sacred Heart Montessori children embrace multi-sensory learning and passionate inquiry. Individual students follow their own curiosity at their own pace, taking the time they need to fully understand each concept and meet individualized learning goals. Given the freedom and support to question, probe deeply and make connections, Montessori students grow up to be confident, enthusiastic and self-directed learners and citizens, accountable to both themselves and their community. They think critically, work collaboratively and act boldly with integrity.
History
In 1982, additional growth to the educational offerings of Sacred Heart Catholic School came in the establishment of a Montessori program. The first Sacred Heart Montessori building was located off the parish grounds in a converted home. In 1985, new facilities for the Montessori school were built on parish grounds, with expansions to that facility in 2012 for the kindergarten program. With the addition of the Montessori program, Sacred Heart offers a Catholic education to students as young as three years.
Parent Testimonials
Summer Reading
Our summer reading program has two main purposes. First, our summer reading program aims to benefit students by preventing the “summer slide” in literacy, so that students can have a happy and successful start to school next year. Second, our summer reading program aims to promote a love for reading books. For children entering pre-kindergarten, parents are encouraged to read aloud daily for at least 15-30 minutes from a wholesome book that you both enjoy. For children entering kindergarten, parents are encouraged to read aloud daily for at least 15-30 minutes from the summer reading list provided below.
kindergarten Summer reading list
- Aesop’s Fables by Aesop
- Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault
- Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel
- Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel
- Fables by Arnold Lobel
- Tales by Beatrix Potter
- Little Bear: Box Set – Else Holmelund Minarik & Maurice Sendak
- Mother Goose by Kate Greenway (w/coloring book) or standard Mother Goose Tales and Rhymes The Velveteen Rabbit by Marjorie Williams
- The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
- Clown of God by Tomie de Paola
- Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
- Saint Francis and the Friendly Beasts by Margaret Hodges
- Billy and Blaze books by C.W. Anderson
- Little Tim books by Edward Ardizzone & Stephen Fry
- Dogger by Shirley Hughes
Questions?
For questions about our Montessori Program, please contact Sacred Heart Catholic School at 940-759-2511.