St. Eugene’s Preschool
Welcome
Open since 1995 St. Eugene Cathedral Preschool is a place as special as your child! Our program serves children ages 2.9-Kindergarten entry who are fully potty trained and offers an appropriate balance of teacher directed and child initiated learning. We include large and small group instruction on a daily basis. We strive to make every child's first school experience a positive one that will foster a lifetime love of learning.
Mission statement
Our mission is to provide a caring, quality Catholic educational program for your child. We want them to learn in a rich and challenging environment. Our program encourages social, emotional, physical, cognitive and spiritual growth, respect and sensitivity towards others and maximizes kindergarten readiness.
Preschool Program
At St. Eugene Cathedral Preschool, we offer full and part day options for your child 2-5 days a week. Our hours of operation are 8:00-5:00 with a daily 9:00-12:00 preschool component. Our school also offers an 8 week Summer School program. St. Eugene Preschool is the feeder school to our elementary school and children enrolled in our program receive priority into our Kindergarten program.
Meet Our Staff
At St. Eugene Cathedral Preschool we pride ourselves on our outstanding teacher qualifications.
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Tess has a BA in Early Childhood Education from Sonoma State University as well as a Master’s Degree in the Art of Teaching from the University of San Francisco. She holds a current Multiple Subject Teaching Credential (Preschool-8th grade) as well a Program Director Permit both issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Tess is a certified Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) practitioner and is trained in the Teaching Pyramid Framework which supports social-emotional competence and prevents challenging behavior in young children. The St. Eugene’s campus holds a very special place in her heart as she started her own educational journey right here at the preschool.
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Erin is a graduate of Chico State University who holds a BA in Communications and went back to school to focus on Early Childhood Education. She has many years working with young children as a nanny. Erin holds a current Associate Teachers Permit issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
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Jamie is a graduate of Cal Berkeley and is a parent of 3 St. Eugene's Preschool and Elementary School alumni. Jamie has years of experience working with children of all ages from her involvement in United Soccer as well as working as an instructional aide for 8 years at our elementary school. Jamie is currently taking Child Development classes at SRJC.
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Emma is a graduate of Southern New Hampshire University with a BA in History. She has a TEFL certificate from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Emma is currently going back to school to focus on Early Childhood Education.
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Sharry was the director of St. Eugene’s Preschool for 10 years and has over 25 years of teaching and administrative experience. Sharry served on the Board of Directors for our local R&R-4C’s The Community Child Care Council for many years. She is also a former Validator for the National Association for Education of Young Children (N.A.E.Y.C). She currently does consultant work as an independent Contractor for Sonoma County Office of Education in their Quality Counts program. She and her husband are both parishioners of St. Eugene Cathedral Church as well as former preschool parents and elementary school parents.
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Birte has over 30 years of working as a Preschool Teacher (10 years as a substitute teacher for our program) and is one of our substitute extraordinaires.
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Caroline started volunteering at the preschool when her son, Sam attended here in 2008 and has never left. She is a big help with our fundraisers at the preschool, running the silent auctions and soliciting donations. Caroline works with the Preschool Parent Board to help ensure our fundraisers run smoothly and are successful.
Admissions Policies & Procedures
St. Eugene's Cathedral Preschool in the Diocese of Santa Rosa, mindful of its mission to be a witness to the love of Christ for all, admits students of any race, color and national and/or ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. The Catholic schools in the Diocese of Santa Rosa do not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of color, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, or disability in the administration of educational policies, admissions policies or hiring practices.
St. Eugene's Cathedral Preschool is part of St. Eugene's Cathedral Elementary School. The preschool director handles the day-to-day running of the preschool, develops the curricular program, supervises the employees, enrolls new families and oversees all fundraisers . The Parish Bookkeeper handles all the financial aspects for the preschool, including tuition billing and management.
Admission into St. Eugene's Cathedral Preschool automatically ensures admission into St. Eugene's Cathedral Elementary School. The preschool is seen as a feeder school to St. Eugene's kindergarten.
St. Eugene's Preschool comes under the domain of the Diocese of Santa Rosa. St. Eugene's Cathedral Preschool is licensed by the State Department of Social Services. License #493000678
Parent Involvement
Our school asks that each family volunteer 10 hours of their time to our school on an annual basis. Parent Encouraged Participation (P.E.P) can be obtained in many ways; we have two large fundraisers: our Halloween/Harvest Event and Pancake Breakfast. These are fun events that generate revenue for our program and are fun ways for our families to come together as a community. You can also contribute your time by signing up to bring snacks, helping with Picture Day or other special classroom events.
Any parent who joins our Parent’s Club will automatically receive their 10 P.E.P. hours. This club meets on a monthly basis and works yearlong on planning and soliciting donations for the two larger fundraisers mentioned above. Each year we seek 6 parents who are willing to serve on this board.