a big audience today and some of the
cutest faces that you have ever seen
look at these ones and they're all
dressed up the gentlemen in their white
shirts and khaki pants and the young
ladies in their beautiful dresses they
are from take Mary Magdalene school
that's is the first dual-language
Catholic school in Texas and joining us
on set right now is principal William
Daley welcome welcome thanks for
bringing the cuteness with you no
problem and by the way they are gonna be
performing in just a minute but first of
all okay for somebody that doesn't know
about st. Mary Magdalen explain your
school so big things about our school is
that number one we're Catholic number
two were dual language and we're dual
language actually starting as early as
three years old so we have a great
academic experience for that age that
sometimes a lot of parents think I'll
just put them in daycare and leave it at
that but we have a great academic
experience as early as the pre-k for
them so dual language is one classes
taught in Spanish one in English or do
you alternate sentences or that's pretty
much it that it's divided by subjects
okay for the most part in the pre-k is
they get more Spanish immersion because
their brains are little sponges at that
age so they they capture the Spanish
really early and then towards the later
grades it's more 50/50 half of the
subjects in Spanish half the subjects in
English now when folks think of Catholic
school they think oh my goodness that
tuition must be really high but it's
probably around the same as daycare
right if not yeah I would say for the
for the pre-k is it's cheaper more
affordable than daycare for sure and we
still have similar hours to accommodate
working parents so from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
we're available and then you also get
the academic rigor that comes with
certified teachers with college degrees
and your usual core subjects of language
arts math religion social studies
science and like you said because kids
are three years old again they are
sponges so you know do that good
education in a fun environment and
there's gonna love it and speaking of
love it you ever know the outdoor
learning centers pre-k right so we
warded a grant by pre-k for ese and they
have emphasized for their own programs
outdoor learning and the benefits of
learning outside and being outside
especially in this day and age where of
course technology is not all bad but to
be outside it is great so we have two
centers that we're building currently so
one is a stem focused science technology
engineering and math and the other is
more nature based learning again to get
the kids outside and have a more
comprehensive education so some kids
would kind of gravitate this direction
maybe some more information on st. Mary
Magdalen school you can call to ten
seven three five thirteen eighty one
that's 210 73 5:13 81 or visit their
website st mmm sa org and now what
you've been waiting for the kids sing
and take it away
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in school you can call 735 1381 that's
735 1381 or head to st mms a.org