Nativity
of Our Lord
Parish
Religious Education Program
Mrs.
215-672-5316
Classes
Kindergarten through Level 6
(Confirmation)
Wednesdays - 6:00 P.M. 7:30 P.M.
Levels 7 12
Tuesdays 6:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
Normal Office Hours
Monday and Thursday
9:00 A.M. 4:30 P.M.
Tuesday and Wednesday
12:00 noon 7:00 P.M.
Registration
New Families please call the PREP Office for an appointment. Please bring each childs Baptismal
Certificate.
Re-registration for students currently enrolled in PREP begins in March. Information
will be sent home prior to re-registration.
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2008-2009 PREP
Calendar (revised 8-13-08)
September 21 Catechetical Sunday
24
PREP Opens Back to PREP Night
October 1
Class
8 Class Prayer
Service 7:00 p.m.
15
Class Fire Drill
22
Class Confessions Grades 3-6
29
No Class Faculty Meeting
November 5 Class
12
Class- Mass
19
Class
26 No Class Thanksgiving
Break
December 3 Class
10
Class Confessions Grades
3-6
17 Class
Prayer Service 6:15 p.m.
24 No
Class Christmas Break
January 7 No
Class Faculty Christmas Party
14 Class
21 Class
28 Class
February 4 Class
11
No Class Faculty Meeting
18 Class
25
Ash Wednesday No Class
March 4 Class
11 Class
18 No Class PREP Faculty Retreat
25 Class Confessions Grades 2-6
April 1 Class
8 No Class Holy Week
15
Class
22
Class - Mass
29
Class
May 2 First Communion
6 Last Class
Confessions prior to
Sacraments will be scheduled for retreat days.
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Nativity of
Our Lord Parish
Sacrament
Schedule
2008-2009
First
Penance
Day School Tuesday, February 3, 2009 7:00 p.m.
PREP
- Thursday, February 5,
2009 7:00 p.m.
Confirmation
Ceremony
- Monday, March 2, 2009,
4:00 p.m.
Bishop
Robert P. Maginnis
Retreat Thursday, February 19, 2009,
9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Practices Monday, February 23,
2009, 3:45
5:00 p.m. -
Candidates only parent
transportation
Sunday, March 1, 2008, 2:00 4:00 p.m.
Candidates and Sponsors
Interviews Dates to be determined
First Holy
Communion
Ceremony Saturday, May 2, 2009
Day School 9:30 a.m. Mass
PREP 12:00 p.m. Mass
Retreats
Day School Tuesday, April 28, 2009
PREP Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:00 a.m. 2:30 p.m.
(practice)
Nativity
of Our Lord
Parish
Religious Education Program
(215)
672-5316
Family Handbook
Purpose:
This handbook is designed to
familiarize families with the policies and procedures of Nativity of Our Lord
PREP.
What is PREP?
PREP (Parish Religious
Education Program) is a program, in place at Nativity of Our Lord Parish, to
assist parents in a more formal way, meet the religious education needs of
their children in grades K 12 who do not attend a Catholic elementary or high
school.
Structure of PREP
The pastor appoints a
Director of Religious Education who is responsible for the overall operation of
PREP. Trained and screened volunteers
act as catechists, assistants and monitors in the program.
Curriculum
PREP follows a curriculum for
each level established by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and stated in the
Religion Guidelines of the Archdiocese.
Text books are selected from a list of Archdiocese approved texts that
are found to be in conformance with the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Classes generally cover one
chapter a week. Both written and study homework is usually assigned for each
level. This gives the parents an
opportunity to reinforce and expand upon concepts and doctrine being taught in
class. Prayers are assigned for
memorization at each level.
Classes
v
Classes are held
on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 7:30 P.M.
v
Classes are held
in Nativity of Our Lord School.
v
Children are
usually assigned to a level corresponding to their public school grade, BUT if
they have started late or have missed a year or more of religious instruction,
they may be assigned to a more appropriate religious education level.
Assessment
Assessment is a necessary
component of instruction. Assessment may
be formal or informal. Along with
informal assessment, the following formal assessments are part of the Nativity
of Our Lord PREP:
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Mid-year tests
are given to students in grades 1-6 in January.
These tests are designed by the catechists.
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End of year tests
are written in conformance with the Religion Guidelines of the Archdiocese of
Philadelphia. They are administered to
students in Grades 1 6 in April.
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Progress Reports
are sent home in January and May.
Promotion and Retention
Promotion is based on the
following criteria,
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Consistent
attendance and displaying knowledge of the Catholic faith appropriate for
level.
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A student may not
be promoted if s/he has missed 4 or more classes and does not display
sufficient knowledge of the faith on the end of year test.
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A student may
re-take an end of year test during the summer, and if s/he passes this test,
the DRE may consider promotion.
Parental Responsibilities
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Send children to
all classes on time.
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Check the childs
school bag for assignments, notices and calendar updates.
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Help the child
learn the assigned prayers for his or her grade level. (The National Directory
for Catechesis states that parents are the most effective catechists of
prayer
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Supervise
completion of homework.
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Help the child
make up any work missed on account of absence.
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Attend Back to
PREP Night.
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Attend all
required sacrament preparation meetings.
