Where are you on sending your '05er to kindy this fall?

Alison · Guru

RE: Where are you on sending your '05er to kindy this fall?

daisy · Guru

R's going to full day public K.
we live in a great district, and i am so looking forward to her getting her education here. this is the school system i went through, so that's sort of neat too.
her teachers think she's definitely ready.

supergrover · Guru

Koda is already the tallest in his class, my one concern about next another year of preK, but I don't think he cares at all, tbh. I think I worry about things like that far more than he does.

CoffeeQueen · Guru

Full day, private. Same school she currently is in.

Lizzy · Guru

this is so depressing for me. we live in one of the worst school districts and i am so envious of those who live in a good school district where the kids all go to school togehter and make friends that live in the neighborhood, etc. but it is what it is :sigh

our choices are: send her to another year of pre-k at the preschools he is currently in;
send her to a private school but there are not any close by (most would be about 20 minutes away)
apply for a magnet school (part of the public school district and free but a lotter system)
look into charter schools ??

so, at this point, idk.

Michele · Senior Member

Fingers crossed Lauren will get in to a technology charter school here. Registration starts on Tuesday. It is a lottery but I am hopeful she will get in. *cough* I've heard making sizable donations help. *cough*. If not, we are planning to move anyway so I will make sure it is in a good public school district until I can get her in. It is a full day - they don't have the half day option here.

Juanita · Guru

public kindergarten about 3 blocks from our house

mctex · Guru

Alexandra is staying at the International Baccalaureate school we currently have her in. We're pretty excited about it... I really love the curriculum and approach, and her comprehension of Spanish is pretty amazing (it's an immersion program). I wanted to hold her back a year (I was young for my grade, and was hoping she wouldn't be), but her teachers feel pretty strongly about putting her into K next year.

The public school near us is supposed to be fantastic... but the school is HUGE, with 21 kindergarten classes (each with the normal 21-ish students) and over 1,000 students in the elementary school. Does that seem crazy big to anyone else? (My elementary school had 2 kindergartens, LOL)

apies · Guru

mctex wrote:

Alexandra is staying at the International Baccalaureate school we currently have her in. We're pretty excited about it... I really love the curriculum and approach, and her comprehension of Spanish is pretty amazing (it's an immersion program). I wanted to hold her back a year (I was young for my grade, and was hoping she wouldn't be), but her teachers feel pretty strongly about putting her into K next year.

The public school near us is supposed to be fantastic... but the school is HUGE, with 21 kindergarten classes (each with the normal 21-ish students) and over 1,000 students in the elementary school. Does that seem crazy big to anyone else? (My elementary school had 2 kindergartens, LOL)

UM, YES!

i think typical is 2-4 K classes. 21?!?!?!?! that is NUTS!

Chrissie · Guru

M2 will be going to public kindergarten. The only question is which one. We are not sure if we are going to move before the start of the school year or not. Around here there are some 1/2 day kindergarten classes and some full day. Where we live currently, it is full day. I want him to go to full day.

Chrissie · Guru

mctex wrote:

Alexandra is staying at the International Baccalaureate school we currently have her in. We're pretty excited about it... I really love the curriculum and approach, and her comprehension of Spanish is pretty amazing (it's an immersion program). I wanted to hold her back a year (I was young for my grade, and was hoping she wouldn't be), but her teachers feel pretty strongly about putting her into K next year.

The public school near us is supposed to be fantastic... but the school is HUGE, with 21 kindergarten classes (each with the normal 21-ish students) and over 1,000 students in the elementary school. Does that seem crazy big to anyone else? (My elementary school had 2 kindergartens, LOL)

Yes that is huge!!!

Alison · Guru

mctex wrote:

Alexandra is staying at the International Baccalaureate school we currently have her in. We're pretty excited about it... I really love the curriculum and approach, and her comprehension of Spanish is pretty amazing (it's an immersion program). I wanted to hold her back a year (I was young for my grade, and was hoping she wouldn't be), but her teachers feel pretty strongly about putting her into K next year.

The public school near us is supposed to be fantastic... but the school is HUGE, with 21 kindergarten classes (each with the normal 21-ish students) and over 1,000 students in the elementary school. Does that seem crazy big to anyone else? (My elementary school had 2 kindergartens, LOL)

Holy crap, that IS crazy big!

a_mastermom · Guru

Full day public k. It's the same elementary school my boys are in and the only year they will all be in the same school at the same time. Our cut off is Dec 1st and her teachers say she is definitely ready.

a_mastermom · Guru

And yes, Texx, that is a ridiculously large district.

CoffeeQueen · Guru

Wow, 21 k's is insane!

sbucking · Guru

apies wrote:

sbucking wrote:

One of my good friends taught a K class like the one you described. It was specifically for summer birthday kiddos. Based on how they did, some went on to first grade and some stayed another year in K.

Kaylin will be going to K every day for half days. She'll be going to the Charter School that Braydon attends. We just love it. I know she'd love to go full time, but I can't justify the price when I'm at home.

confused...

paying for charter school? can you expand on this?

We have to pay if we want to send our child to all day Kindergarten. That's how it is at all the schools around here. Half day is free.

-- Edited by sbucking on Saturday 16th of January 2010 11:26:44 PM

crystal · Guru

i *think* mason will be starting K, but we aren't sure where yet. there is a possibility that we will stay one more year in amsterdam, and if that happens he will stay in the school he is in how. but, likely we will move back to the states, but we aren't sure back to indy. i would like to go to indy but efe thinks it wouldn't be the best move for his career, so we will see.

muffy · Guru

Clara is already in her first year of kindergarden. it is a 2 year program, it's the Luxembourg national school system.

Its interesting - there are 12 children in each class. as it is a 2 year program, it is a mixture of children who are 4 and 5 years old. (50% of each) so this year, she is in the youngest half of the class, and next year when the older 6 go to first grade she will be in the older half (same group of 6 kids, same teacher) and 6 new 4 year olds will join.

then in sept 2011 she will start first grade.

the program is full time, and the curriculum is amazing. she is even going away to "camp" for 4 days/3 nights in May - yikes! imagine being a kindy teacher and going camping with 12 4-5 year olds for nearly a week!!! (there is a school dedicated campground in the forest/countryside about 20 min away from home - there is additional staff of specialists who lead the camp curriculum, and the teacher has 2 additional assistants so there is a ratio of 3 adults dedicated to the 12 kids, plus the additional activity leaders.)

sappy · Guru

Mikey isn't ready for K but our school system is great and has something called Early Childhood Kindergarten. It's basically a pre-Kindergarten at the elementary school (instead of the separate district preschool building) for kids who aren't ready for K or who are special needs. You have to qualify and I am sure Mikey will - so it's free. 5 days a week 2.5 hours a day. I wish it was longer because I think my kids need more and thrive on the schedule.

Next year I'll have 3 of my 4 kids in school at least 1/2 days 5 days a week!

Alyssa · Guru

Jo wrote:

We need to get our butts in gear and find a house. I'm not even sure when registration opens up, but Kyle will most likely be going to public K full-day. Just depends on where we decide to live. The cutoff here is Sept 1st.

This is us. Ethan is going to public kindergarten. We are hoping to move before our lease is up in June and I'm not sure what district we will be in. Very excited though!