Our History

The History of St. Catherine's Preschool

In 1988 on Ben King Road, Mother's Morning Out started so we've been told.

St. Catherine of Siena - a Catholic Church for us all - had a space on it's grounds - a tin-walled "Herbert Hall."

Joy, Jan and Debbie first directed the clan.  Then Linda and now Karen continued the plan.

With eight simple classrooms and an office beneath the stairs - bright teachers were summoned with smart lessons to share.

Classes were in session from 9 until noon.  Science and math and art with balloons.

In the early years, for an additional fee, "lunch bunch" was formed as the children shouted with glee.

More classrooms were needed as the Mother's Morning Out grew.  A new name for our group was suggested too.

St. Catherine's Preschool was the name that we chose and out of the parking lot a new building arose.

Housing twos, threes, fours and early five year olds too - music and movement - all rooms with a view.

An office for meetings, a fully stocked closet, a library with books to check out or deposit.

A garden for teaching, an outdoor classroom for sprawling, a playground with slides and tunnels for crawling.

A Grotto for praying, a Church for our Mass, a Chapel for Bible and a Rosary in each class.

Our day still begins precisely at nine and ends around one with three carpool lines.

"Wee Twos" have been added to keep up the needs of our growing young families and current trends, indeed.

After 22 years of remembering when - our Preschool is thriving  in 2010!