Classroom News

Preschool: Miss Prozega

Teaching is what I have always wanted to do -- I had very good elementary school teachers who influenced me. As a child, I was always playing school or teacher. My mom often said she wished she could have videotaped me."

Those are the words of Nicole Pozega, St. Peter School's new preschool teacher, as she talked about becoming a teacher.

The only child of Carol and Mike Prozega, Nicole attended St. Mary Elementary School in Lorain and then Lorain Catholic High School in Lorain. She earned a degree in early childhood education from Ashland University and is also certified in reading from grades K through 12. During her college years, she worked at Elyria Memorial Hospital's Kids Club, which is a day care for children from six weeks to 12 years of age.

"It was a great experience -- it really prepared me for working with preschoolers," she said.

Upon graduation, she taught a combined first and second grade class for one year in the Lorain City School District, another experience she believes has prepared her well for the upcoming school year. Last year, Pozega worked part-time at St. Peter School as a reading intervention specialist, and was also a nanny to a "great family" with two preschool-aged children. She hopes to continue working for them as a tutor in reading and math.

Prozega loves to travel "anywhere that's tropical" and has visited the Bahamas, St. Thomas, and Mexico, and is considering taking a trip over the Christmas break. She is very close to her family and enjoys spending time with them and with her friends. She also likes to play volleyball and basketball just for fun.

She is currently studying for a master's degree in gifted and talented education at Cleveland State University. Ultimately, she hopes to become a college professor in the area of teacher education and move somewhere coastal, maybe one of the Carolinas.

Prozega is excited about the approaching school year. "I am really looking forward to meeting my students, and getting to know each of them and their individual needs. I hope to develop a good rapport with my students and their parents, and make learning fun. I want them to enjoy coming to schools."

"Inspiring the Youngest  Hearts and Minds through Faith and Education"

Pre-K Goals:

  • Individualized goals
  • To increase independence, especially during work.
  • Improve basic readiness skills and math
  • Promote a positive attitude and good self image
  • To keep students interested so they are eager to come to school
  • Encourage fairness, kindness, patience, friendship, awareness of behavior and respect
  • Establish a belief that God made the world and to be thankful for each gift God has given us.
  • Math, science, social studies, religion and language arts will also be a part of the curriculum

Four-year-old Goals:

  • Individualized goals
  • To increase independence and social/emotional development (manners, communication, increased attention span, knows about health and safety)
  • Develop social competence among peers
  • Promote language and reading skills (rhyming words, opposites, introduction to phonics, recognizing lowercase and uppercase letters, etc)
  • Improve large and fine motor skills
  • Promote respect, kindness, and friendship
  • Establish a belief that God made the world and to be thankful for each gift God has given us
  • Math, science, social studies, religion, and language arts will also be a part of the curriculum

Three-year-old Goals:

  • Individualized goals
  • To increase fine motor development
  • To increase independence and to establish responsibility with their possessions
  • Develop social competence among peers
  • To be able to express thoughts and feelings
  • Emphasize language, activity, and movement
  • Promote respect, kindness, and friendship
  • Establish a belief that God made the world and to be thankful for each gift God has given us
  • Math, science, social studies, religion, and language arts will also be a part of the curriculum