Building Strong Foundations in Faith, Academics, and Community

In Kindergarten at Holy Family School, students begin their elementary school journey in a nurturing environment rooted in Catholic values and academic excellence. Our well-rounded program balances hands-on learning, spiritual development, and joyful discovery — helping young learners grow into confident, compassionate children of God.

What Your Child Will Learn in Kindergarten

Our Kindergarten students grow in their Catholic faith through daily lessons and weekly Mass attendance.
Using the RCL Benziger “Blessed Are We” program, students learn:

  • Living out the Gospel through kindness, service projects, and classroom community
  • How to participate in and understand the Mass
  • Bible stories and the life of Jesus
  • Catholic teachings, beliefs, and traditions (Advent, Lent, saints, rosary, Holy Trinity, vocations, sacraments)
  • Core prayers and the importance of prayer

Using Indiana Reveal by McGraw Hill, students develop math fluency in:

  • Number Sense: counting to 100, place value, comparing numbers
  • Operations & Algebraic Thinking: adding and subtracting, composing/decomposing numbers, patterns
  • Geometry: identifying and describing 2D and 3D shapes, positional words
  • Measurement: length, weight, time, temperature, and coin identification
  • Data Analysis: sorting and classifying information

We build strong literacy skills using CKLA by Amplify, Orton-Gillingham, and guided reading instruction. Kindergarteners will develop:

  • Foundational Skills: phonics, decoding, rhyming, sight words, left-to-right tracking
  • Reading Comprehension: retelling, identifying characters and setting, making predictions
  • Nonfiction Skills: main idea, key details, author’s purpose
  • Writing: sentence formation, punctuation, capitalization, and parts of speech
  • Speaking & Listening: conversation skills, asking questions, following directions
  • Vocabulary: sorting words into categories and identifying word relationships
  • Media Literacy: understanding logos, signs, and types of media

Kindergarteners learn about community, history, and the world around them:

  • Comparing past and present
  • Learning about holidays and national symbols
  • Understanding maps, globes, and location words
  • Community helpers and basic economics (jobs, wants vs. needs)
  • Ecology and caring for the environment

Students explore the natural world with hands-on inquiry:

  • Forces and motion
  • Energy
  • Plants and animals
  • Weather and seasons
  • Engineering simple tools to solve environmental problems
  • Special Classes: Art, Music, Physical Education, Spanish, Library, and Computers
  • Movement & Focus: Daily Minds in Motion activities support motor skills and brain development
  • Technology Integration: Google Classroom, Sonic ViewBoard, and digital learning tools

Kindergarten Highlights

  • 21st-Century Learning Environment with classroom technology
  • Field Trip: Fall visit to Huber’s Orchard & Winery
  • Athletics Available: Basketball, Soccer, Cheerleading, Volleyball, Wrestling, and Football

Meet Our Kindergarten Teachers

Miss Cara Farmer

Teacher

Miss Farmer is a proud Holy Family graduate and has been teaching at HFS since 2015. She loves sharing her passion for reading and crafting with her students — and watching them grow into lifelong learners and faith-filled friends.

Mrs. Maria Jacobs

Teacher

With a Master of Science in Elementary Education and a concentration in Reading, Mrs. Jacobs has taught at Holy Family since 2016. She brings creativity and care into the classroom, encouraging each child to grow academically, spiritually, and socially.

Take the First Step Toward Your Child’s Bright Future

We’d love to welcome you into our Holy Family! If you are interested in our Kindergarten program, contact our principal, Amy Huber at ahuber@holyfamilyeagles.com or (812) 944-6090.

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