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(973)627-8276
Mrs. PJ Miller, Director
 The parish elementary CCD program endeavors to assist
parents as the primary religious educators of their children. The program
staffed by over fifty teachers and 12 aides provides for the formal religious
education of children from Pre-K - 4 year olds through students in grade 8.
Classes take place during the summer, on Sundays and Mondays during three time sessions
and
Sunday nights.
- Pre-K and Kindergarten - Sundays,
8:30-9:45 (K only)...........10:00-11:15am(Pre-K only)
- Elementary - Sundays, 8:30-9:45am; 10:00-11:15am;
Mondays, 3:45-5:00pm
- Grades 4-8 - 2 Week
Summer Session.....9:00am-!2noon
- High School & Grade 8 - 6:45-9:00 pm
(See
Horizons program for confirmation class details)
CCD is
never a substitute for attending Mass. Parents should arrange the family
schedule so that regular mass attendance does not interfere with class time. The
school cafeteria is available for parents to wait during class time. Classes
begin the second Sunday/Monday at the end of September/October and continue through the end of
April.
Please refer to the Calendar for details and specific dates.
Children on the elementary
level are prepared to receive the sacraments of First Holy Communion and First Reconciliation.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
- All second graders who attended grade 1 regularly are prepared to
receive First Communion. Preparation takes place during the regular
Sunday/Monday class session. The entire year’s program is devoted to this
preparation. A one hour tour of our church is part of the curriculum. Two parent meetings are held
in January and March. Parents will be notified of dates. Rehearsals will
take place as assigned.
There will be Three First Communion Masses
the
first Weekend in May:
Saturday
at 10:00am and
12:00pm and Sunday at 11:30am First
Communicants are expected to participate in the May Crowing,
May 15,
2008-details
to follow.
FIRST RECONCILIATION
-
prior to receiving First Communion the children in Gr 2 are prepared for
Reconciliation which is made with their family.
Preparation takes place during six regular Sunday/Monday sessions
beginning
in October.
One
additional preparation/rehearsal class will be held
in conjunction with the Church - date
to be announced.
One parent meeting will be held in
October.
Details to follow.
CONFIRMATION
- All students who have completed eight years of formal religious instruction
and have passed the grade 8 test on Catholic Doctrine are admitted into the High
School Confirmation preparation program. Details on the confirmation program may
be found on the
Horizons
program page on this site.
GENERAL
CCD CURRICULUM
PRE-K 4 YEAR OLDS
This program is designed to help
very young children know themselves as special people. Songs, stories, puppets,
finger-plays, spontaneous prayers and sensorial activities are used to encourage
the child's developing sense of his/her own uniqueness as a person. Through a
heightened awareness of their importance in God's creation, their sense of God's
love for them can begin to bloom.
ELEMENTARY
The elementary program seeks to
assist parents in their task of instructing children in the Catholic faith - our
beliefs, values and practices. It also strives to assist parents in teaching the
children what it means to be a follower of Jesus.
The program of instruction for
children in kindergarten through grade 8 presents the concepts of God, the
Commandments, the Sacraments, Works of Mercy, Mary, Saints and Church in a
manner appropriate to the children's level of understanding.
The "
We Believe"
series of the Sadlier Publishing Company is used with children in
Kindergarten through grade 6. Brown-Roa "Crossroads" program is used
with grade 7 students. Grade 8 students review the previous 7 years of
course work as part of their preparation to pass the test on Catholic
doctrine before entering the High School Confirmation program.
Our program encourages full
participation in the prayer life of the parish. All children will learn the
various prayers, experience different ways of praying, and will study the Mass,
the greatest form of prayer and worship. A Young People's Mass is celebrated at
10:00am every first Sunday of the month. All children and teenagers are
encouraged to attend this Mass.
Two Penance services are conducted
during Advent and Lent on Monday, December
3, 2007
and in Lent, on Monday, March 3,
2008,
both at
4:00pm
in the church. Parental and family support and attendance is crucial and
encouraged.
The program also encourages service
to the Christian community. Children are invited to participate in the monthly
parish food drive for the needy and in the Lenten collection for the poor.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Our Special Education program makes
provisions for achieving the above-mentioned goals for children with special
needs. If possible, the child is mainstreamed into a regular class. Where it is
in the best interests of the child to receive individualized instruction,
arrangements are so made and special materials appropriate to the child's
ability are provided.
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