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Title: Getting Ready for Kindergarten


1
Getting Ready for Kindergarten
  • North Reading Public Schools

2
Kindergarten Philosophy
  • Children are like tiny flowers they are varied
    and need care, but each is beautiful alone and
    glorious when seen in the community of peers .
  • -Friedrich Froebel

3
Agenda
  • Kindergarten Programs
  • Timeline
  • Transportation
  • Developmental Considerations
  • Kindergarten Expectations
  • Curriculum Experiences
  • Kindergarten Screening

4
Kindergarten Programs
  • Half Day Kindergarten
  • A.M. and P.M. sessions
  • Mid-year switch
  • Full Day Kindergarten
  • Tuition-based
  • Payment schedule
  • Enrollment-based

5
Timeline
  • District Wide Kindergarten Orientation
  • Kindergarten Registration
  • Parent/Student Orientation

6
Transportation
  • A. M. Classes
  • Transported to school with school population
  • When possible, transported home on K bus
    door-to-door
  • P. M. Classes
  • When possible,transported to school on K bus
  • (door-to-door pick-up)
  • Transported home with school population
  • Full Day Classes
  • Transported to and from school with school
    population.

7
Developmental Considerations
  • Social
  • Cognitive
  • Emotional
  • Physical

8
Social Development
  • Tolerance
  • Turn-taking skills
  • Hurt feelings
  • Sharing information
  • Feelings of safety
  • Cooperative and dramatic play
  • Friendships

9
Emotional Development
  • Letting Go
  • Experiences without parents
  • Familiarity with school community
  • Attitude toward school

10
Cognitive Development
  • Games, rhymes, repetition
  • Manipulatives, blocks, paints, sand, water,
    concrete materials
  • Process, not product, oriented
  • Discovery learning-asking questions rather than
    giving answers

11
Physical Development
  • Gross Motor
  • Fine Motor
  • Perceptual Skills
  • Sensory Integration

12
Speech And Language
  • Articulation
  • Vocabulary Concepts
  • Conversational skills

13
Health Information
  • Immunization
  • Physical Exams
  • Vision Hearing
  • Vision Screen should be completed by pediatrician
    prior to the start of the school year.
  • Attendance
  • Emergency Forms
  • Allergy Information

14
Curriculum Experiences
  • Exploration and imagination
  • English / Language arts
  • Math
  • Science/ Technology
  • Social Studies

15
Kindergarten Expectations
  • Your child should come to school
  • Well-rested
  • Healthy
  • Well-fed
  • On time
  • Your child will find school a happy, comfortable
    place to be.

16
Parent/Student Orientation
  • Summer Letter
  • Classroom Assignment
  • Time and Date for
  • Parent/Student Orientation
  • 15 minute session
  • Parent and child only
  • Informal screening
  • Completion of parent forms

17
Kindergarten ScreeningAll screening will take
place in September 2011
  • Purpose
  • Schedule
  • Results

18
Parent Involvement
  • Importance of home-school connection
  • Parent Teacher Organization

19
What You Can Do...
  • Read, Read, Read!!!!
  • It supports
  • Listening
  • Vocabulary
  • Comprehension
  • Positive feelings about print

20
The End of the Day...
21
Kindergarten RegistrationFast Facts
  • Children do not need to attend, but are more than
    welcome.
  • All necessary forms you now have them!
  • Needed Documents
  • Birth Certificate, Health Information, Residency
    Paperwork (see packet )
  • If interested in FDK - 250 Deposit made payable
    to North Reading Public Schools

22
Full Day Kindergarten Tuition Payment
  • Payments established by the School Committee each
    Spring.
  • Payments made by check or money order to North
    Reading Public Schools.
  • Payment schedule
  • Initial deposit (250)due at kindergarten
    registration.
  • Second payment (2,000) due by June 1, 2011.
  • Third payment (2,000) due September 30, 2011.

23
Full Day Kindergarten Tuition Payment
  • Late payments
  • Payments must be received/postmarked by due date.
  • Extenuating circumstances contact school
    principal in writing to request alternative
    payment arrangement.
  • After consultation with parent/ guardian and
    administration, principal shall render decision.

24
Full Day Kindergarten
  • Reduced rates
  • School committee will establish a reduced rate
    for students who are eligible for reduced or free
    lunch.
  • Rate shall be 50 of the full rate as set by the
    School Committee.
  • Applications for free or reduced lunch are
    available in each schools main office.

25
Full Day Kindergarten Withdrawal

Refund Policy Registration Fee
Not Refundable June payment
75 if withdrawn by 8/1
50 if withdrawn by 9/1
25 if
withdrawn by 10/1 October payment
50 if withdrawn by 1/1
No refund after 1/1
26
Before and After School Care
  • Before School Care
  • Coordinated by NRPS at each site
  • 730AM Start of the school day
  • Forms and more information available at
  • http//www.north-reading.k12.ma.us
  • AFTER SCHOOL CARE
  • Contracted by Burbank and Merrimack Valley YMCA
  • Hood School Merrimack Valley YMCA
  • For More Information Call 978-685-3541
  • Little Batchelder Schools Burbank YMCA
  • For More Information Call 781-944-9622

27
Thank you for coming REGISTRATION DATES
Snow date 2/10/11 All Schools Batchelder
School Tuesday, February 8, 2011 (978)
664-7814 175 Park Street 930AM-1100AM Last
names beginning with A-K 1230PM-230PM Last
names beginning with L-Z Hood School Tuesday,
February 8, 2011 (978) 664-7817 298 Haverhill
Street 900AM-1100AM Last Names beginning with
A-K 1230PM-230PM Last Names beginning with
L-Z Little School Tuesday, February 8,
2011 (978) 664-7820 7 Barberry
Road 900AM-1100AM Last names beginning with
A-K 1200PM-230PM Last names beginning with L-Z
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