Holy Trinity School Annex @ Saint Peter’s

Early Childhood Center

12 Father Cody Drive, Poughkeepsie , NY

845-471-6600

mainoffice.holytrinityannex.d520@catholicschoolsny.org

Early Education Tab on the Holy Trinity Website

(https://holy-trinity-school.com/early-childhood-1)

Dear Parents and Guardians of Hyde Park UPK students who were awarded spots at the Holy Trinity Early Childhood Annex at St. Peter’s School,

Welcome to the Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program at the Annex! Congratulations on receiving a spot for your child and for completing your registration with the Hyde Park Central School District. We have received your child’s registration records from Hyde Park and are working on completing your child’s enrollment here.  In the meantime, we wanted to introduce you to our program. We have information about our program on the Holy Trinity website under the Early Childhood Tab ( https://holy-trinity-school.com/early-childhood-1 ). 

We are attaching some information and forms to this email.  One of the forms is the Emergency Contact Sheet for our school.  If you can print it out, complete it and return it to the school it will help us to be ready to welcome your child.  You can return it via email, by dropping it off at our main office, or by bringing it on orientation day.  If you don’t have access to a printer, a hard copy is available at the main office. Our current summer hours are Tuesday-Thursday 9 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.

Mr. Roach, Director, Holy Trinity Annex, and Mrs. Snipe, the school administrator, will be working to complete the process so your child is set to begin UPK in September.

If your plans about having your child enrolled in the UPK program have changed or you have moved out of the Hyde Park School District please notify both the district and the school. 

Below is some important information about the UPK program. 

The HTS Annex at St. Peter's has been host to the Hyde Park UPK program for 11 years, and this is our third year hosting both Wappingers Central School District’s and Arlington Central School District’s UPK programs. This is our second year hosting Poughkeepsie UPK students.  We use Creative Curriculum, an established center-based, early childhood curriculum, in all of our UPK classrooms. The UPK program is not faith-based.

The HPCSD UPK funding from NYS is for a a full day program

·         Operating Monday through Friday

·         7:50am-2:50pm 

·         If your child is a car rider, Drop Off begins at 7:45 A.M. and pick up is at 2:50 P.M.

      If your child is a bus rider the Transportation Office in Hyde Park will contact you with     

       bus route information.

Supplies: Learning and classroom materials are provided.  Students need just the basics- a backpack, a folder for note, a water bottle and a change of clothes.  When teachers contact you later in August they give you more details and will be able to answer any supply questions.

·           Please be sure to alert  the school and your child’s classroom teacher about any special needs your child may have. Due to FERPA law, IEP/504, and other special education needs records, are not provided to the school by the district without express written consent from the parent. It is the parent’s responsibility to secure and provide this documentation to the school.

·         School uniforms are not required; comfortable clothing is recommended.

·         UPK classroom staffing follows NYS guidelines.

o   The maximum UPK class size is 20 students.

o   1 full-time Teacher and 1 Teacher's Aide for 18 students.

o   An additional Teacher's Assistant is added, if there are 19 or 20 students.

o   Our teachers are certified in early childhood education, or will be certified within the NYS mandated time frame, as specified in the HPCSD UPK contract.

You will receive separate correspondence from the school office as information becomes available and from your child’s classroom teacher near the end of August introducing themselves.  Items such as  our parent/student handbook and the 23-24 school year calendar are posted on our website as well as newsletters as they are updated. 

 ( https://holy-trinity-school.com/early-childhood-1 )

We plan to have a Parent/Students Orientation on Thursday September 7th so you can see the school and classroom and meet your child’s teacher.  The first full day of school will be Friday September 8th.

 If you need further assistance, the best method to reach us is to email Mrs. Snipe, the school administrator, at mainoffice.holytrinityannex.d520@catholicschoolsny.org 

We truly look forward to welcoming your family to our school community.