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Enrollment for Kindergarten
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Frequently Asked Questions
Kindergarten Supply List
Uniform Policy
Academic Integrity Policy
Code of Conduct
Arrival & Dismissal


Ms. Christine Carlson


Mrs. Bernadette Costanzo


Ms. Heather Herritt
BA in Elementary/Early Childhood Education-Temple University



Art Teacher
Ms. Amber Ganzelli
BFA in Art Education-
Moore College of Art in Design


Physical Education
Mr. Chris Clark


Music Teacher
Allison Goldberg
BS, Music Education-
West Chester University


LANGUAGE ARTS
Instructional Level Skills Kindergarten- Download .pdf

MATHEMATICS
Reading and writing numbers 1-100
Counting forwards and backwards
Counting by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s
Length, weight, temperature, time
Estimating, guessing, and checking
Money recognition
Joining and separating sets
Ordinal numbers and comparatives
Understanding plus and minus signs
Concepts of addition and subtraction with pictures and objects

SCIENCE
Life Science
Characteristics of living things
Physical Science
The senses
Pushes and pulls
Properties of matter
Earth Science
Looking at the sky
Land resources
Human Body
Body parts
Nutrition
Investigation and experimentation
The five senses

SOCIAL STUDIES
Self, Family, Friends
School
Local community
Different cultures
50 states
The United States
Continent and maps
History of past events, stories of other times
Recognizing symbols of the United States



Bloom's Taxonomy:
Bloom’s Taxonomy attempts to divide cognitive objectives into subdivisions ranging from the simplest behavior to the most complex. Knowing students’ levels is central to being able to meet their needs and move them forward. Traditional grading is not able to accomplish this to the degree that we feel is necessary, therefore, students are assessed according to this taxonomy. This allows us to communicate with parents on their child’s specific understanding of a skill or concept.



Our Grading System:
E – EMERGING:
The student is at a "readiness" level and is prepared to begin to learn skill/concept.

K – KNOWING:
The student demonstrates the ability to know, remember, or recall specific bits of information. This is shown through the student's ability to list, define, state, repeat, name and recognize.

C – COMPREHENDING:
The student can explain and understand a new skill/concept. This is shown through the student's ability to explain, demonstrate, paraphrase, interpret, restate and describe.

A – APPLYING:
The student uses the demonstrated skills/concepts in new situations. This is shown through the student's ability to apply solve, demonstrate, show and report.

TBA – TO BE ADDRESSED:
Skill has not yet been introduced, covered or assessed.


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