APPLETON — Kindergarten is a big year. Just ask any 5- or 6-year-old — or their teacher. “Kindergarten is such an important grade because it’s the foundation for the rest of their schooling,” said Karissa Ring, a kindergarten teacher at Appleton’s Johnston Elementary School. While curriculum varies from district to district, local educators say there […]
This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. ASTON, Pa.— In Jodie Murphy’s kindergarten class, math lessons go beyond the basics of counting and recognizing numbers. On a recent morning, the children used plastic red and yellow dots for a counting exercise: One student tossed the coin-sized dots onto a cookie sheet while another […]
Pinellas County Kindergarten teacher retires after 40 years, gets surprise from students ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A Pinellas County teacher who dedicated 40 years to teaching the students of Lakeview Fundamental Elementary not only celebrated her retirement but got a special surprise from her students. Former students and colleagues of Debbie Panico gathered last […]
May 20—For 40 years, Lakeside Elementary kindergarten teacher Coleene Torgerson has been “at the beginning” of students’ education, sending hundreds of children off on a path of learning and discovery. This year, she has reached the destination of her teaching journey as she begins a new one in retirement. During a May 13 interview at […]
MUNCIE, Ind. — Muncie Community Schools will hold kindergarten roundup at all six of its elementary schools from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 11. This is an opportunity for families to register their 5-year-olds for the 2024-25 school year while getting a firsthand look at classrooms and having questions answered directly by teachers and […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Organizations across Franklin County are working to address what experts are calling a kindergarten readiness crisis. More than 60 percent of children in the county are not ready for kindergarten. Those numbers are even higher in minority communities. Two-thirds of Ohio kindergarteners falling behind, data shows Experts say kindergarten readiness can have […]
Kindergarten registration for Madison Local Schools will be held April 2-30. Children are eligible to attend kindergarten during the 2024-25 school year if they are 5 years of age on or before Aug. 1. The first step in the registration process is to complete the online registration through FinalForms at mlsd.net. Those without internet access […]
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Mar. 2—GROTON — Kids in a transitional kindergarten class at Thames River Magnet School on a recent afternoon made pizza and salad at a play kitchen, drew and cut out hearts from construction paper, and built towers for a marble game. Teacher Meg Walker said that while to the students, it’s just playing ― there […]
The Florida Senate on Friday passed a measure that could lead to the history of communism being taught in grades as low as kindergarten. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS The proposal (SB 1264) was approved in a 25-7 vote, and would need approval from the House before it could go to the desk of […]
Russia’s missile attack of Lviv left two schools and a kindergarten damaged, while shattering over 400 windows in the city in the early hours of Feb. 15, said Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyy. The attack on civilian infrastructure damaged injured three people – a woman and two men – and damaged 18 residential buildings. No one […]
A California teacher who publicly criticized his school district’s investment in a “Woke Kindergarten” program was placed on administrative leave Thursday, the teacher said. Hayward Unified School District teacher Tiger Craven-Neeley told the San Francisco Chronicle he was asked to hand over his keys and laptop and not return to his classroom at Glassbrook Elementary […]