St. Thomas' has a bridge class to our Kindergarten
program. Kindergarten bridge is for children who are five years old or are turning five in September or October, and tends to attract children with summer birthdays.
This class assists students who have mastered most of the material in a pre-school program, but would benefit from reinforcement in key areas to ensure their success in the kindergarten year and allow for growth in social maturity.
The teacher of the bridge class works to develop greater visual perception skills, visual motor integration, and auditory processing skills. Also included in this class are a multi-sensory approach in the reinforcement of numbers and phonics skills to enhance the first steps of reading. Development of these essential building blocks allows children to succeed at learning with greater ease and confidence. Bridging academic and social gaps allows students to develop into positive, productive classroom leaders.