Kindergarten FAQs
No, the children do not have a rest period, but activities in the afternoon are usually less academic than the morning.
Parent volunteers and paid yard duty personnel help supervise all kindergarteners with lunch. Your child is learning to be independent and will be expected to carry his/her own lunchbox or order hot lunch and to feed him/herself. We do not heat food brought from home, so please pack lunch appropriately. Please use containers that your child can open independently. You might try practicing with them at home.
For the first six weeks of school, kindergarteners are dismissed Monday - Friday at 11:35 AM.
Kindergarten students begin full day on Monday, October 3, 2022.
Monday -Thursday 8:15 AM - 2:25 PM
Friday 8:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Class assignments will be sent home via email on the Friday before school starts.
Teachers look at gender and age along with the information from the Kindergarten Readiness Appointments, and then distribute the students as evenly as possible, so that each class has a similar composition. Parents cannot request a teacher. All our teachers are qualified professionals. Class assignments are subject to change after school begins to ensure classes are balanced.
They all have the same reading, math, science, and social studies standards. They all have their own unique personalities and may teach the same thing differently.