EARLY ENTRANCE TO KINDERGARTEN PACKET
If the parent requests early kindergarten admission, this packet must be completed and returned to the District no later than June 1st of the spring before fall enrollment to allow summer assessment to be completed.
Early Admission to Kindergarten
The following assessment procedure for determining if a child is capable of carrying the work of kindergarten is approved and shall be made available to interested persons: :
The kindergarten early entrance assessment procedures are designed to identify and place in kindergarten those children who:
a. will turn 5 years of age between August 1 and October 15;
b. are deemed by parents or guardians as being intellectually advanced and likely to benefit from advanced grade placement; and
c. are selected on the basis of testing by professionals trained to administer the assessment that will produce evidence of strength determined by achieving a score at the 25th percentile or greater on a composite of all subtests of the PreKindergarten Screen (PKS). Skills assessed by the PKS-Pre-Kindergarten Screen include fine- and gross-motor development, understanding of verbal directions, visual perception and discrimination, rudimentary letter and number identification, and impulse control; or
The assessment may be administered by the School District’s professional staff, or the parents or guardians may, at their own expense, have the required assessment completed by reputable professionals and submit the results of such assessment to the School District.
Parents will be notified in writing of the results of the Early Kindergarten Entrance assessment procedures and the determination of the School District in a timely fashion; not to exceed three weeks after the assessments are completed.
Families who seek early admission of their child into kindergarten must obtain an Early Entrance to Kindergarten Packet from the School District Administrative Office. The Early Entrance to Kindergarten Packet must be completed and returned to the School District Administrative Office no later than June 1st of the spring before fall enrollment to allow summer assessment to be completed.
