The biggest night of the school year is almost here! Our Annual Pasta Dinner Fundraiser is on February 28th, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. This fun-filled family event offers delicious food, activities for the kids, and amazing auction and raffle items from community sponsors and St. Mark families, including sporting event tickets, museum passes, local gift cards, fantastic gift baskets, and once-in-a-lifetime experiences, like a ride to school on a Mount Prospect firetruck! 

Ticket order forms will be distributed in student cubbies this week and are due back February 21st. Don't miss this St. Mark tradition!

A big thank-you goes the sponsors of this year's silent auction items:

Registration for the 2020–2021 school year is now closed. To be placed on our waitlist for any of our classes, please call 847.873.1110 or email bzediker@stmarkmp.org. 

Open registration for the 2020–21 school year begins February 1. Come see all that St. Mark Preschool and Enrichment Center has to offer your child. Group tours are available on the following dates:

• Tuesday, January 14, at 4:30 pm
• Wednesday, January 15, at 6 pm
• Wednesday, January 22, at 6 pm
• Thursday January 23, at 6 pm
• Tuesday, January 28, at 4:30 pm
• Wednesday, January 29, at 6 pm
• Thursday, January 30, at 6 pm

Email bzediker@stmarkmp.org or call 847.873.1110 to sign up for a tour.

Open registration for the upcoming 2020–21 school year begins on Saturday, February 1, 2020, at 10 a.m. and will be conducted on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information about our programs or availability, please call 847-873-1110 or email stmarkpreschool@stmarkpmp.org.

'Tis the season for holiday shopping. Did you know that St. Mark Preschool & Enrichment Center is an AmazonSmile charity? You can raise money for the school just by clicking on the banner above and selecting the school as your designated charity. Once you signup, you can head to www.amazonsmile.com and shop all of Amazon's offerings, and a portion of every dollar you spend will be donated to St. Mark Preschool & Enrichment Center—a gift that keeps on giving!

All parents are invited to attend the Back to School Coffee from 10 a.m.–11 a.m. on Tuesday, September 3rd, in the Great Room of the church. Siblings are welcome.

St. Mark Preschool has a few remaining spots available in its summer mini camps. Running from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with lunch included, each day of mini camp has a different, exciting theme, including cooking, bugs, water play, science, and more. Sessions run throughout June, July, and into August. After-care is not available at this time.
Please email Director Barb Zediker or call 847-873-1110 for availability.

Due to the extreme cold temperatures, St. Mark Preschool and Enrichment Center will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday, January 30th and 31st.  Stay safe.

Join us for our annual open house on Saturday, February 2, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. We welcome all children and their families to come meet our staff, tour the classrooms, complete a craft, and learn about our preschool and STEAM kindergarten-enrichment programs and extended-care options for the 2019–20 school year.

St. Mark Preschool & Enrichment Center is on the leading edge of early childhood education, featuring updated curriculums that focus on creative and critical thinking in a nurturing, fun, safe, and playful learning environment. Kids not only learn how to "play nice in the sandbox" but also practice real-world problem-solving in a collaborative setting to help develop social skills and foster a love for learning.

Can’t make it on the 2nd? Please call 847.873.1110 or email stmarkpreschool@stmarkpmp.org for a personal tour and visit with our director, Barb Zediker.

Hot off the presses! Don't miss the recent Daily Herald article about the importance of STEAM education for young learners and how St. Mark Preschool and Enrichment Center's kindergarten-enrichment program is encouraging critical-thinking skills and creativity with their updated STEAM curriculum.