SPRINGFIELD — Students are talking about saving for retirement, learning how to invest in the stock market and creating a budget to decorate a dorm room — all in middle school.
Concerned children may be graduating with few financial skills, getting into debt and facing financial problems because of it, the school department has started a new program to teach students how to manage money before they graduate.
It is being implemented across the district in phases.
The program, which came from the long-term Portrait of a Graduate project, has been piloted in different schools over the past two years.… Read More
In a surprise announcement on Tuesday, Jan. 9, Alpine School District Superintendent Shane Farnsworth announced that the district will offer full-day kindergarten at every elementary school in the 2024-25 school year. The all-day expansion is several years ahead of the original projected schedule. State law requires that districts continue to offer half-day options, so parents may pick their children up at lunch each day if half-day is desired.
“I appreciate all the work of our elementary supervisors, physical facilities teams and business teams in looking at the financial support. All-day kindergarten has been funded by the state legislature, and we… Read More
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California is rolling out its transitional kindergarten program, with the goal of offering it to all 4-year-olds by 2025-26. While some schools have had programs in place for years, others are just starting to create teaching guidelines.
Thanks to TikTok videos, billboards and other creative marketing techniques, enrollment in transitional kindergarten in California appears to be climbing. But advocates are keeping an eye on how those 4-year-olds are spending their class time — which they say will be a key factor in whether the $2.7 billion program is a success.
“Quality is top of mind for us. Some… Read More
HUMBLE, Texas — A kindergarten teacher in Humble, Texas was caught slipping melatonin gummies to students in a special education class.
A parent of one of the students who was given melatonin told ABC Houston affiliate KTRK the principal called her to tell her what happened.
The mother, who doesn’t want her name used, says her 5-year-old son is nonverbal, and this is her worst nightmare: something happened at school, and her son is unable to communicate.
She said her son’s teacher had called him before asking for advice on how to calm him down.
“She called me a few… Read More
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How is it that the Quebec education minister seems to have no idea what goes into teaching a kindergarten class?
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Bianca Ferrara • Special to the Montreal Gazette
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Four-year-old kindergartener Adam Salama and his mom Fajr Choucair are welcomed to Clearpoint Elementary School on the first full day of school for kindergarten students with a special balloon parade and welcoming… Read More
Teachers in one Pennsylvania school district might be seeing double a little more often this school year. That’s because 17 sets of twins are all heading to their first day of kindergarten in the Colonial School District Monday.
The district, which serves Conshohocken, Plymouth Township and Whitemarsh Township, is welcoming 34 “twin-dergarteners” to three of their five elementary schools. Ridge Park Elementary School has enrolled seven sets of twins, while Whitemarsh Elementary will have six sets of twins and Plymouth Elementary will see four sets join their class, the school district confirmed to “Good Morning America.”
The school district, northwest… Read More
The former Short Elementary School in San Rafael will reopen in the fall as an early childhood education center.
“The space will be designed specifically for our youngest learners,” Stephanie Kloos, executive director for elementary education at San Rafael City Schools. “The new playground, the bathrooms and the classes themselves will be sized for kids ages 3, 4 and 5.”
The building in the Gerstle Park neighborhood previously housed kindergarten through fifth grade, but was closed in 2020 because of declining enrollment.
In its new iteration, the site will have three to four transitional kindergarten classes, four half-day early intervention… Read More
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The School District of Philadelphia hopes parents will begin enrolling students in their kindergarten classes sooner rather than later.
A new campaign to bolster enrollment and increase early registration for kindergarteners for the upcoming school year kicked off Monday.
Superintendent Tony B. Watlington, Sr., joined staff and teachers at Ellwood School to announce their “Thrive At Five” campaign.
Children must be five years old by September 1 to start kindergarten in the fall.
The program encourages parents to… Read More
