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Implementation of Free All Day Kindergarten

January 14, 2016

Mrs. Linda Palles Thompson, K12 Administrator

All I Really Need to Know I learned In KindergartenShare everything

Play fair Don’t hit Clean up your own mess

Wash your hands before you eat Take a nap every afternoon

When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together

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Kindergarten through the years

• 2007 – 2009– Paid by the State– All Day (Optional half day)

• 2010 - 2016– Half Day – Optional Academy

• August, 2016 – Paid by the local tax payer due to the passage of the 2015

override– All Day (optional half day)

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Kindergarten Curriculum• Review and Revise Curriculum – Current Kindergarten Curriculum

Half Day Core Curriculum» English Language Arts» Math

Kindergarten Academy» Art/Music/Physical Education» Centers» Extension/Remediation

– Revised Kindergarten Curriculum» Integration and Alignment

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Implement Free All Day Kindergarten• Review and Revise Curriculum • Secure Rooms/Resources• Attract Additional Teachers – Kindergarten Teachers– Special Area Teachers

• Publicize and Promote– Kindergarten Connection– Ongoing Registration– Parent Packets

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Every child deserves a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who

understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best

that they can possibly be. Rita Pierson

Questions

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