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PHILOSOPHY
PAREF Preschools offer a Personal Integral Education to their students, in close collaboration with the home. Through its unique mentoring program and by working closely with the parents, each PAREF Preschool aims to help students become responsible persons capable of acting freely out of love for God and others. At the same time, PAREF education seeks to address the whole person by helping students reach the peak of academic excellence as they strive to grow in virtue.
HOME-SCHOOL COLLABORATION
An important feature of PAREF Preschools is the mentoring given to each child and his or her parents. Each child is assigned a mentor as a means of personal guidance and formation in standards of learning and behavior, relations with peers and superiors, and management of emotions, difficulties, and the other challenges of growing up. This mentor will be with him or her throughout the entire stay at the preschool ensuring a deeper, more realistic and relevant support to the child.
“Mentoring chats” between parent and mentors occur three times a year. This is where the child’s academic progress is discussed. But what sets these chats apart is the emphasis given to the virtues and values that the child is able to learn and practice in school and at home. Action plans are drawn, reviewed and modified accordingly through the course of the school year.