![]() "My daughter has flourished under a system that begins with a great deal of structure and then allows a child freedom to make choices." "I've seen her transition from being the youngest child, modeling herself on the older kids, to taking on a leadership role in the group," Sarah says. Sending her child to the Casa program, aimed at preschoolers, at Bannockburn school, in Toronto, Ontario, is one of the best decisions she has made, Sarah says. Giving preschoolers a head startįrom the ages of three-and-a-half to six, Sarah Graves has watched her daughter blossom into a confident and self-assured learner. "It's just that we all want to give our children the best start we can and I think we're doing that at a private school," she says. You need to be very involved wherever they go to school." You can't just put your children in a private school and think they are going to take care of everything. Still, Stacey says she doesn't see private education as the "be all and the end all. ![]() "We have friends that take a huge family holiday every year, but I would rather invest the money in my children's education every day." Her younger daughter Kate will be joining Cole at the school as she enters JK. "It's gearing children to be well rounded right from the beginning," Stacey says. "Cole had French every day in JK and he'll start taking Spanish in Grade 1 or Grade 2," says Stacey, describing what appealed to her about sending him for kindergarten to Glenfir School in Summerland, BC. " Music is also a big component at the school and I think they do it every day." These are some of the reasons that Stacey enrolled her son Cole into a private school in junior kindergarten after her family moved to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Small class sizes and increased focused on language and the arts. (Full day childcare during winter and spring breaks are available for an additional fee.)Ĭlick here to download our Kindergarten curriculum.These are also the years of emerging academic skills as youngsters start to acquire early reading and writing skills. After school care is available from 2:00pm – 6:00pm. Before school care is available from 6:45am – 9:00am. *All pre-school/child care accounts must be in good standing prior to enrollment.Įxtended care is available to those enrolled in our Kindergarten Program at a rate of just $40.00 a week (the rate for before/after school care for children who attend Kindergarten at a public school is $67.00/week). Lisa to help you with this process. If you already are using Tuition Express, your payments can be adjusted accordingly come August of the year your child starts Kindergarten. Families who do not pay tuition in full by August, are required to set up a Tuition Express account for payments. Tuition is $4,000, with a $300 registration fee to be paid at the time of booking a student in the class. This means that we operate as an exempt school under the provision of NRS 394.211 and as such, our Kindergarten is exempt from the provisions of the Private Elementary and Secondary Education Authorization Act. The extra educational hours allow for more opportunities to learn academic skills such as reading, math, science, art, music, P.E., and social skill development. We provide extended learning hours based on statistical evidence that young learners require additional educational opportunities at this point in their academic development. This means that our Kindergarten is held between the hours of 9:00am and 2:00pm. ![]() Trinity Lutheran Kindergarten Program begins in mid-August and ends the first week in June. (Our pupil-teacher ratios are well below state requirements in order to ensure a quality educational Kindergarten Program in the Carson Valley.) We are pleased to offer families an enriched Kindergarten experience through our small class sizes, extended educational hours and learning opportunities as well as through our commitment to providing a socially and spiritually stimulating Christian atmosphere.Įnrollment is limited to just 20 students in order to maintain a low pupil-teacher ratio. Families have been trusting their children to our care for over 30 years! Welcome to our Kindergarten Program, which serves children in Douglas County and surrounding areas including Gardnerville, Minden, Genoa Lakes, Indian Hills, Carson City, and more! In fact, our Child Care Center, Preschool and Kindergarten programs have an outstanding reputation in the valley.
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