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Message from Our Principal, Paige Gordon
Good morning – I wanted to update parents and families with some timely information. Have a great day! Paige Gordon
- Pre-Registration Placement Letters for 2024 – 2025:
For any families that completed the pre-registration process during December and January for the 2024 – 2025 school year, we are mailing home placement letters via US MAIL today. Here are some things to know regarding placements.
AM or PM Schedules: Most students have been placed in an AM or PM schedule. We generally place older students in the PM (those heading to full day kindergarten after the 2024-2025 school year), as we need to have space available for children who are as young as two years old, turning three by October 1, 2024, as it is generally more developmentally appropriate for children who are very young (as young as 2 and 3) to have an AM spot for napping in the PM.
FULL DAY: At this time, the school and school district cannot guarantee we will be offering full day programming, as we are awaiting an update from the State to ensure it is an option for participating UPK locations for the 24-25 school year. We have conducted a tentative lottery process for a limited number of spots in full day programming. If a child has been placed in the full day program, documentation showing how a child has qualified for full-day UPK funding will be required. The Early Childhood Department placement committee will be reaching out for this information from each family. A fee of $404.00 per month (September through May) may be required to cover the remaining portion of the day for families who qualify for half-time UPK but desire a full day placement. If for some reason full day programming is not available from the state, the children we tentatively placed in the full day classes will be guaranteed placement in another classroom at Spark! for a half-day session. Anyone’s child not drawn in the full day lottery process has been placed on a waitlist for full day.
Retention Process: Our school district highly supports students moving on into kindergarten when they are age qualified. St. Vrain believes in the concept of each elementary school being a “ready school” for all children entering kindergarten, with no prerequisite skills/knowledge expected to enter kindergarten. It is on a rare occasion that retentions are accepted. If you’re interested in discussing retention, please let your child’s teacher know after the winter conferences, and a meeting will be scheduled with families/parents, the teacher, the principal, and the Early Childhood Coordinator for SVVSD.
I didn’t get a letter – what do I do? These are being mailed today, 1/29/24. Give it a day or two, and if you didn’t get a letter, please call Amy Yanez at 720-652-7906. If you haven’t completed a pre-registration, they can be completed here: https://sdpk.svvsd.org/2023/11/15/2024-2025-fall-preschoolpre-registration/
2. Valentine’s Day celebrations:
AM class celebrations: Wednesday, 2/14/2023, 10:30 – 11:10 am – for Monday – Thursday AM classes in classrooms
PM class celebrations: Wednesday, 2/14/2023, 2:25 – 3:05 pm – for Monday – Thursday PM classes in classrooms
Full day Preschool Class celebrations: Wednesday, 2/14/2023, 2:25 – 3:05 pm – for students enrolled in Ms. Noreen and Ms. Kaylee’s classes
Please feel free to come to school for the celebration; we welcome you to celebrate with your child(ren)! Your child’s preschool teacher will sent out specific directions about what to bring, what not do bring (due to individual class allergy or health conditions), specifics of the classroom party, including the need for help. Please contact your child’s teacher (instead of another parent) if you have questions about what food, snacks, or treats can and cannot be brought into the classroom based on the health needs of all students. We would love to see our families at school!
3. Our front office will be closed this Friday, 2/2/2024 from 9:00 am – 9:40 am for a staff meeting.
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We invite our families to join us on social media and on the web:
Facebook: Spark-Discovery-Preschool-of-St-Vrain
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sparkdiscoverypreschool/
Twitter: @SparkDPS
Website: https://sdpk.svvsd.org/
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