Academics

Early Childhood

The Early Childhood Education Program at St. Clement’s School is a springboard for our youngest learners. Our program provides the first opportunity for children to develop a love for the process of learning. It provides a chance to show children that school is a place where a child can feel safe, loved and respected. Our Early Childhood Education Program gives young children the opportunity to understand boundaries and rise to expectations. Children learn how to form positive relationships with adults outside their families. They learn how to be a friend, how to handle change and how to function independently. This is the essence of our program – the springboard.

Beyond the springboard, our Early Childhood Education Program provides many more opportunities for our budding young learners. Our students enjoy learning through play, the language of learning for children. Learning Centers are created with intention to invite children to explore and discover independently. Learning Centers incorporate opportunities for children to acquire and broaden cognitive and language aptitudes.  Students in our program are challenged to create artistically and musically through purposeful learning opportunities in the classroom and during content specific enrichment classes. Children advance their fine motor skills using manipulatives and sensory materials. Gross motor skills are strengthened through practice during playground time, physical education classes and locomotor movement in the classroom setting.

The Creative Curriculum provides a framework for teachers to craft lessons designed to engage students in learning through purposeful play. Thematic units are also used to help generate well rounded lessons with current relevance for students and their families. Students in our program are also exposed to the Spanish language during Spanish enrichment as well as throughout the school day during regular classroom instruction.

Fostering healthy social and emotional development is a cornerstone of St. Clement’s Parish School’s Early Childhood Education Program. It is imperative for a child’s first school experience to provide a foundation for future learning. Our program promotes self-regulation, problem solving and conflict resolution.

In keeping with the school’s mission to promote each child’s academic, spiritual, artistic, physical and intellectual growth, the Early Childhood Education Program strives to nurture the whole child – to meet them where they are and walk with them along their way.

Additional programs and enrichment classes for Early Childhood students:
Christian Education
Library
Music
Physical Education
Spanish
Technology

The Early Childhood Curriculum includes the following programs:
The Creative Curriculum
enVision Mathematics
Fundations
Responsive Classroom practices are implemented schoolwide.

Early Childhood Faculty

List of 15 members.

  • Photo of Kimberly Barela

    Mrs. Kimberly Barela 

    Early Childhood Division Head
    Grand Canyon University - Master of Education
    Arizona State University - Master of Educational Studies
    Arizona State University - Bachelor of Education
  • Photo of Lisa Brock

    Mrs. Lisa Brock 

    Three-Year-Olds Teacher
    University of North Texas - Master of Education in Counselor Education
    Texas Tech University - Bachelor of Science
  • Photo of Jorge Cobos

    Mr. Jorge Cobos 

    Physical Education Teacher
    University of Texas at El Paso - Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology
  • Photo of Lucia De La Pena

    Ms. Lucia De La Pena 

    Administrative Assistant
    El Paso Community College - Paraprofessional Certification
  • Photo of Tania Dominguez

    Tania Dominguez 

    Pre-kindergarten Teacher
    University of Texas at El Paso - Master of Business Administration
    University of Texas at El Paso - Public Relations
  • Photo of Hannah Duarte

    Mrs. Hannah Duarte 

    Pre-kindergarten Teacher
    University of Texas at El Paso - Bachelor of Arts in Multidisciplinary Studies
  • Photo of Catalina Gutierrez

    Mrs. Catalina Gutierrez 

    Kindergarten Teacher
    University of Texas at El Paso - Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Photo of Trish Jacobes

    Ms. Trish Jacobes 

    Athletic Director and Physical Education Teacher
    University of Texas at El Paso - Bachelor of Arts in English and Kinesiology
  • Photo of Catherine Jalowiec

    Mrs. Catherine Jalowiec 

    Kindergarten Teacher
    University of Phoenix
    Grand Canyon University - Master of Education Early Childhood
    Marist College
  • Photo of Paige Mandell

    Mrs. Paige Mandell 

    Academic Technology Specialist
    Wayland Baptist University - Bachelor of Business Administration
  • Photo of Mahrla Manning

    Mrs. Mahrla Manning 

    Music Teacher
    University of Texas at El Paso - Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
  • Photo of Yoli Milliorn

    Mrs. Yoli Milliorn 

    Christian Education Teacher
    University of Texas at El Paso - Bachelor of Arts in Sociology/Music
  • Photo of Lynette Montes

    Mrs. Lynette Montes 

    Kindergarten Teacher
    University of Texas at El Paso - Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Photo of Daniela Rodriguez

    Ms. Daniela Rodriguez 

    Three-Year-Olds Teacher
    University of Texas at El Paso - Bachelor of Business Administration
  • Photo of Priscilla Pelking

    Mrs. Priscilla Pelking 

    Director of Curriculum and Innovative Technology
    University of Texas at El Paso - Master of Education
    Baylor University - Bachelor of Science in Education

St. Clement's Parish School

St. Clement's School is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS) and the Texas Education Agency through the Texas Private School Accrediting Commission (TEPSAC).