Welcome back to the
2018/2019 school year!
The first week of ECFE
classes, 3-year-old preschool and 4-year-old preK is in the books. We had so
much fun meeting all of the families and kids who will be participating in our
fabulous program this year. There are a lot of exciting things happening this
year in our South Washington County Schools Early Learning program. Keep
reading to learn more.
3-year-old preschool and
4-year-old preK
Our preschool teachers
are working hard to continue the alignment work that began last year. Teachers
are continuing to learn more about our new assessment tool, TS Gold. We are
also excited that last spring and over the summer our teachers and coordinators
created a brand new Progress Report that will be shared with parents during
parent-teacher conferences. This new Progress Report is linked to our TS Gold
assessment tool by clearly showing specific developmental skills that kids in
our 3-year-old and 4-year-old preschoolers are working on developing.
We are continuing our
focus on supporting the social emotional development of all our students.
Research shows that a child's social and behavioral competency predicts their
future academic success to a greater extent than their cognitive skills.
Helping our students feel safe and connected at school is key to preparing them
for the next big step, Kindergarten.
Parents of our
preschoolers will also have the opportunity to participate in our Preschool
Text to Connect program. We started this program last year and are excited to
be able to continue offering it this school year. Parents who sign up for this
program will receive weekly texts that provide facts about social emotional
development and easy to implement activities and tools to support that
development. Watch for more information on how to sign up coming soon.
ECFE
This year, our ECFE
program is continuing to offer all of your age specific classes as well as some
exciting new options.
We are continuing to
offer an online parent education class, No Drama Discipline. If you are
interested in taking a deeper look at what discipline is, how our brains impact
our behavior and practical ideas for effective discipline, this is the class
for you. Our hybrid online class starts on Thursday, Oct. 4th with families
meeting together to get to know one another. The next four weeks are
exclusively online. We meet in person again for the final week to wrap up the
topic. Registration is available here.
We also have new drop-in
playtimes throughout the week.
Central Park
Wednesdays for 24-36
months, 12:00-1:00 pm, Cost $3/child or $10/family
Thursdays for birth to
5 years, 3:00-4:30 pm, Cost $4/child or $10/family
Fridays for birth to 5
years, 11:30-1:00 pm, Cost $4/child or $10/family
DPC
Tuesdays for birth to
5 years, 12:30-2:30 pm, Cost $5/child or $10/family
Thursdays for birth to
5 years, 12:30-2:30 pm, Cost $5/child or $10/family
Valley Crossing
New Parent Connection - Tuesdays
for 6-12 months, 4:30-5:45 pm (FREE)
Wednesdays for birth
to 5 years, 9:15-11:15 am, Cost $5/child or $10/family
We are looking forward to a wonderful school year with all the families participating in our program.
