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305-388-8059
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Hours of Operation
Preschool & VPK: 9:00am-12:00pm
Grade School: 8:30am-2:30pm
Daily Childcare: 7:30am-5:30pm
(Childcare offered during Holidays)
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We want you to know more about the people you have entrusted your child’s care and education. Here is where you can get to understand who we are and what we truly believe in: The love and nurturing of our greatest treasure – our children, and most important to you – your child.
Lifted Academy is established for the purpose of training up our children so they will know the way to go in this world. In a culture that is showing little conviction to see this way as the way God would have us go, it is private schools like LA that are holding the line against the changing social, intellectual, and cultural influences that will shape our children’s future. We believe this includes our children’s eternal future as well.
My name is Catalina del Real and I am your child’s VPK-A teacher. Having been a VPK teacher since 2006, I am excited about getting to know each and every one of your children this year. Originally, I moved here from Colombia, South America in 1992, and have actually been working with children in some capacity ever since. I truly feel this is my calling and I am so blessed to be working here at Lifted Academy.
The beginning of the VPK year is primarily review and helping the children to understand the rules and procedures of their new environment. The first month is focused on social and emotional skills in dealing with new friends and new schedules. Since play is the first language of a child, I will make sure that they are always having fun in the process.
Our curriculum is focuses around three major areas: Bible, Language Arts, and Math. We include Art, PE, Social Studies and Science along the way in our learning centers and during outdoor play, but our primary focus is the character and overall development of your child’s critical thinking skills. Immediately, your child will begin to recognize his/her name and various sight words around the room, as well as master the phonetic sounds of each letters of the alphabet.
In Math they will begin to visually recognize the numbers 1-30, and be able to count, one-to-one correspondence, with those numbers as well. They will be also learning about graphs, sorting and simple addition and subtraction with objects. Kids love Math!
In regard to our Character Development Curriculum, we will begin this month by learning about how much God loves us and how we need to respect and obey Him and our parents, as that is what God desires in our lives.
Each month you will see the “Star Student” who clearly exhibits the character traits that we have been working on throughout the month. Also you will see a “Student of the Month” who is greatly improving in their academic studies. So stay tuned to see if your child is the one to be highlighted the next month’s newsletter.
God bless you greatly!
Mrs. Catalina del Real
Educational Philosophy: I am positive that love is the most important tool you need to teach a child. If you love your students first, they will respond with the right attitude to learn.
Education: Bachelor of Teaching Language Education in Spanish/English from Central University of Chile.
Teaching certifications: Child Development Associate (CDA) for ages 3-5 years old | TESOL/ ELE Certification to teach all ages
Teaching experience: While I lived in my home country, Chile, I had the opportunity to teach elementary, middle and high school for several years. I also got to teach college students and adults for a long period of time.
I moved to Miami in 2013 with the idea of taking some courses and to return to my country but God had other plans for my life. I met my husband and decided to stay to form our family, which is my greatest blessing. I started working at Miami Baptist School in 2017. I have had the chance to work and learn from wonderful teachers and from an amazing team at this school. Every day I enjoy more the ability to work with little kids and to have the blessing to teach them about Gods word. I am so grateful to Lifted Academy for the opportunity to teach here and for being given the chance to work with the age group that I love the most.
305-388-8059
[email protected]
Hours of Operation
Preschool & VPK: 9:00am-12:00pm
Grade School: 8:30am-2:30pm
Daily Childcare: 7:30am-5:30pm
(Childcare offered during Holidays)
