Getting Ready for Kindergarten

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Getting Ready for Kindergarten

• North Reading Public Schools

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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

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Agenda

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

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Kindergarten Programs

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

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Timeline

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

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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.

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Developmental Considerations

• Social
• Cognitive
• Emotional
• Physical

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Social Development

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

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Emotional Development

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

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Cognitive Development

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

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Physical Development

• Gross Motor
• Fine Motor
• Perceptual Skills
• Sensory Integration

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Speech And Language

• Articulation
• Vocabulary Concepts
• Conversational skills

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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

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Curriculum Experiences

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

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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.

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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

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Kindergarten ScreeningAll screening will take
place in September 2011

• Purpose
• Schedule
• Results

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Parent Involvement

• Importance of home-school connection
• Parent Teacher Organization

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What You Can Do...

• Read, Read, Read!!!!
• It supports
• Listening
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Positive feelings about print

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The End of the Day...
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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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
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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

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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 [phone] 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 [phone] 7 Barberry
Road 900AM-1100AM Last names beginning with
A-K 1200PM-230PM Last names beginning with L-Z