Primary School

Pre-School, Pre-Kindergarten, and Junior Kindergarten

The Primary School provides a safe and nurturing environment for a child's first educational experiences.  It is important to instill a sense of wonder and an excitement for learning at this young age.  Children are eager to learn and their school experiences during this important time will create a foundation upon which their future education will be based.  Each child's day is filled with activities that are interesting, challenging, and fun while the program helps create a structure for learning.

The Primary School programs are only offered five days per week.

In the Carden program we instill:

  • The development of your child's perception and their mental image
  • Improvement in their attention span
  • Growth in vocabulary
  • Growth in verbal phraseology
  • The ability to tell a story in sequence
  • Growth of the child's ability to respond verbally with sequential thinking

Our Primary School offers you:

  • Class size of no more than 12 per teacher and a teacher assistant for two classrooms
  • A wholesome nurturing environment
  • Before and after-school play program for an additional fee
  • Manners and Morals
  • Tranquil classroom atmosphere
  • Loving and supportive teaching staff

The Carden program is balanced and includes indoor and outdoor play, French, art and music.  There is an emphasis on language development, spatial arithmetic concepts, listening discrimination, motor perception, and coordination.  Our program was developed by Miss Mae Carden and our teachers are trained by representatives of the Carden Educational foundation.  Our staff is chosen for their loving concern to help each child live up to their potential.

To qualify for admittance, children must be three years old by September for our Pre-School program and four years old before entering the Pre-Kindergarten program.  All children must be toilet-trained.