The Importance Of Pre-K Courses

My family is Catholic and raised me as Catholic. I have been in classes at my church since pre school and continued to be in them all the way through sophomore year. In Catholicism, teenagers who have had their first communion go through three years of middle school Faith Formation and two years of high school Faith Formation before they can be confirmed. Being confirmed means that you confirm that you want to be Catholic and that you believe without a parent or guardian making you.

My parents have discovered a different religion since then, one even closer to God, and me not being religious drives a wedge between us. I believe that if I hadn’t gone to catholic school, there would be a possibility of me being religious, as I would have been taught a different mentality than Catholicism regarding religion.

Children may have to attend a school that is associated with their religion. It is always possible that this gives the child a different quality/balance of education. They may struggle to understand other people‘s religion or lifestyle choices. They may become confused or isolated and

I then went most of my junior without even thinking of what my beliefs were. I went to church a little more that year, basically whenever my parents wanted me to, but I kind of stopped listening to what the priest was saying. For awhile I considered myself agnostic; which is someone who recognizes God, but does not practice any religious

The first day a child attends pre-school they begin to reveal talents and potential as they get older. It’s a child responsibility to perform there best in his or her studies, but that cannot be achieved without the support and help of a teacher. Growing up as a child I’ve always attended a Catholic school. During freshman year of high school both of my grandparents died, this made me

Every morning, before we start the school day, our entire school gathers in the gym for a small prayer service. We start our day in the best way possible, by listening to God’s word and allowing him to empower us in our studies throughout the day. We also say grace before lunch together, even though we are in different classrooms. Another important aspect of our religious life is our celebration of first friday masses and holy days of obligation as a school community. Every month one of the classes gets to say the readings and assist Father in the celebration of the first friday mass; and if we are in school, everyone goes up to the church to celebrate a holy day of

Going to Catholic school allows me to grow in faith as one body of Christ. Our school, St. John Neumann, allows us to go to mass twice during the school week and on holy days of obligation. Also in our school we have religion class every day. This has allowed me to grow and flourish in my faith. This school has allowed me and my class mates to grow in the body of Christ.

For as long as I can remember my family and I have attended church almost every Sunday. Being from small town Iowa, everyone around me had always accepted the same ideas and beliefs as me, so I never had seen a different perspective. I had stayed within my comfort zone for fifteen years at this point in time, and I had no intentions of going outside of it any time soon. Part of being in this comfort zone was attending youth group every Wednesday night. Instead of being something I

The identity of a Catholic school is the key variable that sets that school apart from all others, and without a commitment to fostering the Catholic identity, a Catholic school becomes just a school. The Congregation for Catholic Education (1988) cited in Earl (2008) noted that if the Catholic identity "is not present, then there is little left which can make the school Catholic" (p. 197). Integral in developing and maintaining the Catholic identity of a school is the faith formation of both the adults who work in the building, as well as the students who attend. Nourishing the spirituality of these groups is the responsibility of the administration and those who lead the school. However, the faith formation needs of each group are unique, but nonetheless dependent on each other, to form the Catholic identity of the school.

In America today, Americans have progressively paid more attention to the schooling process, trying harder to get the best education possible for their children. Catholic schools and Public schools both have advantages and disadvantages. Today, parents choose whether they would like to have their child in a public or private school. Both schools provide education and opportunities for students, but the decision of where to go is based on preferences of the parents. As educational institutions, Catholic Schools and Public schools are similar, yet different.

There are many issues in my local community but one thing that stuck out to me was funding for schools and pre-k. Recently schools havent gotten the funding they need to make there schools the best they can be an have the things they need to provide for the kids. I can not believe that one of the most important grades pre-k didn’t have funding an that they had to close down there schools for 4 months and are just finally re-opening for kids to come back. I feel like pre-k is one of the most important grades because it starts you off in school and gets you used to going everyday.

Another reason why Catholic education is important to me is that since I have always attended Catholic school, it has become like a second family me. During religion class, my friends and I frequently pray for each other and we ask others to pray for our personal needs as well. Some of my classmates and I are so close, we are like siblings rather than teenagers who go to school together. If I attended a public school, with

Attending Catholic school from elementary to high school helped to shape and mold young D.I.V.A. I was taught how to love and help total strangers, pray for the sick and give unconditionally. I began a relationship with God and as it started to strengthen, then I became afraid and scared not understanding what was happening, I fell from grace. I turned from Christ, stopped praying and believing, soon I ventured down the wrong path.

As a writer, his or her name eludes me, once said, "The best preparation for tomorrow of a country starts with doing the best for today's children." Due to this fact, although quite a few things should be changed in my country, and some of them possibly seem extremely vital for my country's people and their today's lives, had I enough power to change or modify something, I would definitely begin modifications from education so as to contribute to the future's permanent and guaranteed fortunate life in my country.

Freshman year of high-school was a far different learning environment than the school I attended prior. Public high-school students have vast ethnic backgrounds, and personalities that I had never been with. Before high-school I was a student at the small Catholic school called Cathedral. For the most part my friends had the same or similar ethnic backgrounds that I had, and we all shared the same religion of Catholicism. Going into Ninth grade I was -albeit a little naive- and amazed at how many differing religious backgrounds and ethnicities all the students had, however I was greatly surprised when someone spoke out on how they thought their religious belief was right, and others were wrong.