Category: Kindergarten

What should my child be able to know and do?   Social / Emotional Development We want to inform parents of what we are assessing across the course of 2 years of preschool (these are expectations for children leaving preschool for kindergarten). Here’s a summary of the skills children need to have mastered by the end […]

Monday, April 1 School resumes after Spring Break Monday, April 1 Tuition payments due April 1 – 30 STEM Profile focus for April 2019– Creative April 1 – 5th Read Across America Week-long Celebration: This is a week, celebrated since 1997, where people bring reading excitement to children of all ages!   Month-long READING CHALLENGE:  […]

Welcome Back! Themes:  Welcome back from the winter break! I hope everyone enjoyed the time off and we are excited to be back at school.  This month we will be learning about Winter the first week. The children will be making snowflakes, painting the winter sky with puff paint, creating a snowman with the letters of their name and […]

Hi!   Here are this week’s announcements and reminders: Concepts: L, H, Five (5), square, purple Show and Share Letter of the Week: Each week, once a week, students may bring one or two objects that go with our letters of the week. For example, this week your child could bring a lion and a […]

Ms. Nicky and Ms. Julie’s News Can you believe the year is almost over?!  Time is going so fast! We learned a lot during our Music Unit and got to do some really fun things!  Hopefully, your child shared some of the things they learned with you. We are now studying the Life Cycle of […]

Dear Parents and Families: In the spring of the 2017-2018 school year, we sent an electronic school-wide parent survey home to gain feedback from our community about various topics related to our programming.  We’d like to accomplish three things in this communication today: Share the results of the 2017-2018 survey. Highlight improvements and actions taken based […]

Welcome Back!   I hope you enjoyed your break and are ready to get back into the swing of things. Here are this weeks announcements and reminders:   Concepts – W, X, two (2), prism, yellow; continuing to learn about different kinds of feelings: uncomfortable vs comfortable We are requesting food donations for our Healthy […]

Happy Snowy Sunday! Here are this week’s announcements and reminders: Concepts – M,N, one, pyramid, orange, different kinds of feelings: uncomfortable vs comfortable This Tuesday, Nov 13th is our walking trip to Thunder Valley K8. Please remember good walking shoes and a warm jacket. Picture retakes are on Wednesday this week. Please let us know […]

Important Information About the 2019-2020 School Year Dear Spark! Discovery Preschool families: It is time to start thinking about transitioning to kindergarten. For the 2019-2020 school year, kindergarten applications will be accepted between December 3-17, 2018. Registration continues after December 17, 2018, but choice of AM, PM or Full Day may be limited. If you’re like me, […]

Hello There! Here are this week’s reminders and announcements: Concepts we’re working on – A, V, zero, sphere, red, feeling uncomfortable Open enrollment/registration for Kindergarten starts on Monday, December 3rd. Re-enrollment for preschool by Dec 20th. Applications will be sent home. Reference the email sent by Spark entitled “Important Information About the 2019-2020 School Year” […]