IHM: Catholic Preschool in Glen Arm, MD
At Immaculate Heart of Mary School, we provide a safe, nurturing, and enriching environment for families looking for a Catholic Preschool in Glen Arm, MD. Our PreK-3 and PreK-4 classrooms provide each child with an opportunity to learn and grow spiritually, physically, and emotionally. All within a nurturing and loving environment.
Experience Preschool at Immaculate Heart of Mary School
- We recognize and support each child’s individuality and unique qualities
- Families and teachers work together as partners to encourage your child’s initial adjustment and continuing development

“IHM in my experience is a school that cares about not only the education of your child, but his/her overall well being. The school is a best bet for an excellent Catholic education.”
– IHM Parent
The IHM Preschool Curriculum
Immaculate Heart of Mary’s Catholic Preschool in Glen Arm provides children with vital learning and social skills while being cared for by highly qualified, professionally trained, and certified teachers. IHM students grow their vocabularies, learn fundamental math principles, and develop a love of reading as they prepare for elementary school, according to The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s innovative and age-appropriate curriculum. This approach helps our Preschool program to be a social experience as well as an academic experience in help with the following developments:
Spiritual Development
Cognitive Development
Social and Emotional Development



Preschool Subject Areas
Students in the PreK-3 and PreK-4 classrooms also learn the following academic subjects over the course of the school year.
Religion
“Bringing Good News” is the Archdiocese of Baltimore Religion Curriculum for Elementary Schools. This standards-based curriculum serves as a guide, a roadmap for both teachers and students as they embark on a journey, which will provide them with the knowledge and understanding of the faith as witnessed in the teachings and the traditions of the Catholic Church. The curriculum is built on the Six Tasks of Catechesis: Promoting Knowledge of the Faith; Liturgical Education; Moral Formation; Teaching to Pray; Education for Community Life; and Missionary Initiation and is aligned with the Assessment of Catholic Religious Education (IFG:ACRE). By the completion of preschool, students will master a variety of skills including:
- Identify self and my family as belonging to God’s family.
- Identify the Bible as a special book about God.
- Dramatize the stories about Jesus from the Bible, i.e. The Last Supper, The Christ Child in the Temple, The Good Samaritan.
- Demonstrate how we show our love by using kind words and positive actions.
- Participate in prayer with the family, alone, in class and at Church.
- Identify the saints as God’s special friends who are part of the family of the Church in heaven.
- Discover that God has made each of them special and that individual differences are gifts from God.
- Understand when we help our family and friends we are showing love to others like Jesus did.
Mathematics
The curriculum for all elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore include the following units:
- Counting and Cardinality
- Operations and Algebraic Thinking
- Measurement and Data
- Numbers and Operations in Base Ten
- Geometry
- Numbers and Operations
Catholic educators never forget that our schools exist to bring our students to Christ. By continuing to implement new standards that are challenging, we work to fulfill the promise of quality Catholic education that educates the whole child, both mind and soul. By the completion of preschool, students will master a variety of skills including:
- Count groups of objects to 10 in order to solve a problem.
- Subitize: immediate recognition of the number of a group without counting.
- Manipulate actual, physical objects to represent the problem when working on a solution (e.g. apples to represent apples).
- Use measurement vocabulary when describing the attributes of objects.
- Recognize shapes in their real-world environment.
English Language Arts
The English Language Arts Curriculum for the Archdiocese of Baltimore is designed using the Catholic, College and Career Ready clusters as its foundation. Through literature, this course of study fosters students’ Catholic identity, shaping them to be models of Christian living for others. This curriculum is fully integrated with our Catholic faith. We provide students with a curriculum that is rigorous and rich in literature, oral and written language, grammar, writing, vocabulary, informational literature, and multimedia/technology. By the completion of preschool, students will master a variety of skills including:
- Exhibit curiosity and interest in learning new vocabulary (e.g. ask questions about unfamiliar vocabulary).
- Describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).
- Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
- Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
- Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing the same general action (e.g., walk, march, strut, prance) by acting out the meanings.
Additional Subject Areas
While there are not defined standards in preschool for the following subject areas, Catholic schools offer exploration and introduction to the content that will be learned in future grade levels:
- Science
- Instructional Technology
- Social Studies
- Visual and Performing Arts
- Physical Education/Health
- World Languages
“Learning has no age but it’s important where it begins. In the Pre-K 3’s, the students are continuously learning to shape the future.“
– Angela Pinto

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“My goal is to create a friendly and positive classroom environment that promotes a true love for learning while nurturing each child’s development through exploration, play, and imagination. I am grateful for the opportunity to guide the children in my care at the beginning of their lifelong journey of growth and discovery.”
– Kristin McKenna

Learn More About Our Preschool in Glen Arm
Thank you for your interest in The Immaculate Heart of Mary Preschool in Glen Arm! To learn more about our school please fill out the inquiry form via the button below to schedule a tour, learn more about specific programs, and to start the admissions process.
Once we have received your initial inquiry, an Immaculate Heart of Mary Admissions Officer will reach out to discuss next steps. We look forward to meeting you and your family, and sharing the joys of the IHM Preschool experience!