Genesis Early Childhood Program

Registration

We conduct registration for the next program year immediately following the new year.

Typical Registration Timeline
Current Student Registration:  mid-January
Parishioner Registration:  mid-February
Open Registration:  end of February

Genesis is separate from CtR Catholic School. 

Genesis Registration

Program Days & Hours

Monday/Wednesday/Friday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Tuesday/Thursday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Extended care is available for children with certain eligibility.  Children with siblings who attend CtR Catholic School or parents that are on staff at CtR School qualify.

Front Desk Hours: 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m.

Summer Office Hours: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Monday - Thursday

Genesis is separate from CtR Catholic School. 

Contact Us

Melanie Gehrt, Director
melanie.gehrt@ctrcc.com
832-678-5433

Tamra Wilson, Assistant Director
tamra.wilson@ctrcc.com
832-678-5424

Christina Auippa, Office Manager
genesis@ctrcc.com
832-678-5432

Mailing Address
11507 Huffmeister Rd. 
Houston, TX 77065

We share a building with the CtR Catholic School. The Genesis entrance is toward the back of the school building next to the playground.

Mission

Goals

• To provide a place where each child can grow spiritually, cognitively, socially, physically, and emotionally in a safe and structured environment.
• To provide, within the daily schedule, an opportunity for each child to create, explore, and problem-solve through a balance of teacher, group, and self-directed activities.
•  To provide children the opportunity to develop a positive self-concept through a balance of peer and teacher interaction and promotion of self-help skills.
• To provide a staff who serve as role models and provide care that is supportive, nurturing, warm and responsive to each child’s needs.
• To respect parents as the child’s primary and most important providers of care, nurturing, and education.
• To provide a program in which both parents and teachers are partners in the child’s care and education.

Ages Served

Children ages 18 months through 5-years-old as of Sept. 1 of the current program year

Center-Based Learning

Children learn independently and in small groups through hands-on activities within centers. Students engage in active learning that may appear more like play than structured learning. Students benefit from center-based learning because it encourages independence, social interaction and offers a multi-sensory learning experience while teaching problem-solving skills. Center-based learning offers opportunities to move around, make choices and encourage individual responsibility. Play is the work of children and this approach works within the natural inclinations of children’s development. Centers include:

• Art
• Dramatic Play
• Language and Literacy
• Fine Motor and Writing
• Math and Manipulatives
• Building Blocks
• Science/Sensory
• Gross Motor and Outdoor

Our curriculum objectives and lesson plans are based on the Pre-K Guidelines and Outcomes from the Texas Education Agency.

view Our Curriculum page
 

Enrichment at Genesis ECP

Faith Formation
Through engaging activities, children are introduced to the goodness and love of God.  They are exposed to simple prayers, Bible stories, saints and the church environment.  This forms a foundation for future learning.  We use materials from Loyola Press God Made the World and God Made Me series.

Music and Movement
This class immerses children in an atmosphere of play, song and dance while developing large motor skills.  This class nurtures a child’s natural enthusiasm for music and movement.

STEM - For students that attend Genesis on MWF or M-F.
Children explore many different aspects of the world around them through experiential learning activities.  A few topics covered include the Life Cycles of organisms and their relations to their environments, investigation through measuring and pouring, building with various materials and manipulating simple machines.


View Our Curriculum Page

Special Events

We have monthly events at Genesis. These have had to be amended due to the pandemic, but we hope to enjoy these events in new and different ways until we can resume them as normal.

Typical monthly events:

• Mother’s Blessing
• Donuts with Dad
• Fall Fun Day
• Rodeo Day
• Fun in the Sun
• Pizza and Pajama Day
• End of the Year Program and Graduation
• Class/Individual Pictures

Staff Qualifications & Training

2023-24 Staff