2025 SBSUM Parent Kick-Off: Full Schedule

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10:35am CDT

Setting the Precedent: PreK and Kinder introduction: PreGrammar Years

Saturday August 16, 2025 10:35am - 11:25am CDT

The PreGrammar (PreK and Kindergarten) years are formative. Children at these ages are amazed and wonder at God's creation daily. Come and discuss the important considerations for spiritual, physical, emotional, and social formation at this age.

Speakers

Pamela Dollins

Head of University-Model, Second Baptist School University Model

Pam and her husband, Beau, founded a classical christian university-model school in Houston, Texas in 2012. They now serve five campuses with Second Baptist Church and spend most of their time working together to train families and faculty in this unique model of education. Pam is... Read More →

Chassidy Parce

Pre-Grammar Academic Coordinator

Chassidy has been teaching Kindergarten for 10 years and has served in education for 15 years. She has completed her Provisional Certification in classical education with SBSUM. Additionally, she a certified teacher in the state of Texas ECP-6. Chassidy and her husband, Freddie and... Read More →

Saturday August 16, 2025 10:35am - 11:25am CDT
J-High Room (SE Lobby)

PreK-Kindergarten

Company Pre-Kindergarten
Audience Kindergarten

12:30pm CDT

Satellite Days with Only Child and First Borns

Saturday August 16, 2025 12:30pm - 1:20pm CDT

J-High Room (SE Lobby)

Everything is new with a first born! it can also be rich and thorough approach to a satellite day which will udergo many flexible transitions in later years as subsequent children are added to the family. Likewise, families with an only child have unique opportunities in a University-Model of which to take advantage, and also some pitfalls.

Speakers

Kevin Puckett

Dean of Campus - North

Kevin is beginning his his tenth year in Private Christian School administration and his 4th year as Dean of North Campus at SBSUM. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Biblical Studies from Moody Bible Institute, and a Master of Arts in Biblical Theological Studies from Western Seminary... Read More →

Saturday August 16, 2025 12:30pm - 1:20pm CDT
J-High Room (SE Lobby)

Pre-4th Grade

Company 1st Grade
Audience 2nd Grade
Subject 3rd Grade
Area 4th Grade

1:25pm CDT

PG Habits & Routines

Saturday August 16, 2025 1:25pm - 2:15pm CDT

J-High Room (SE Lobby)

Building good habits and routines for a lifetime of learning begin at home. We are teaching and training our children to one day leave us and to be able to contribute well to their family, church, business, and community. The training of solid habits starts at the PreGrammar (Prek and Kindergarten) level. Come and learn how to teach with consistency and solid concise practice at home to complement the formal classroom setting on campus.

Speakers

Tiffnie Lotts

Faculty

Pre-k teacher, wife, mother to 4 (8th, 5th, 4th, Kinder)

Chassidy Parce

Pre-Grammar Academic Coordinator

Saturday August 16, 2025 1:25pm - 2:15pm CDT
J-High Room (SE Lobby)

PreK-Kindergarten

Company Pre-Kindergarten
Audience Kindergarten

2:30pm CDT

Procedural Math : The Transition from KNOWING your work to SHOWING your work

Saturday August 16, 2025 2:30pm - 3:10pm CDT

J-High Room (SE Lobby)

This session is designed to bring you in the loop as parent partners in the Saxon phase of our mathematics curriculum here at SBSUM. The transition from conceptual to procedual math is a big change for your students, but with the right guidelines, the tools they have been equipped with in Rightstart will begin to look more polished as they are tasked with demonstrating the mental math they have been performing since Pre-K in a more logical manner. Your role as a parent will begin to shift from an mathematics instructor to a format trainer, guiding them in important concepts like proper headings, boxed answers, and labelled units. These guidelines will seem trivial to your student at first, but homework legibility is piviotal in pre-algebra all the way through advanced calculus and statistics.

Speakers

Megan Stivers

Lower School Academic Coordinator - North Campus

Megan Stivers holds a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies and a master's degree in educational leadership. Her academic background strongly supports her dedication to academic excellence and leadership in the lower school. Megan has been married to Chase Stivers for ten... Read More →

Saturday August 16, 2025 2:30pm - 3:10pm CDT
J-High Room (SE Lobby)

1st-4th Grade

Company 3rd Grade
Audience 4th Grade
Subject 5th Grade
Area 6th Grade

3:20pm CDT

Campus Particulars: North

Saturday August 16, 2025 3:20pm - 4:00pm CDT

J-High Room (SE Lobby)

This session is for NORTH campus families only. Come and learn about North campus aspirations and goals for this years as well as particulars for the first day of school.

Speakers

Kevin Puckett

Dean of Campus - North

Saturday August 16, 2025 3:20pm - 4:00pm CDT
J-High Room (SE Lobby)

Company North Campus

2025 SBSUM Parent Kick-Off