Parents also will be asked to register their children for kindergarten and should bring proof of the child’s birthdate, immunization records and emergency contact information. on the first day of Jump Start or any day after that. School offices are closed for the summer, but parents can register children beginning at 9 a.m. 17-21: Chinook, Eisenhower, Felida, Franklin, Hough, Lake Shore, Sacajawea, Salmon Creek and Truman elementary schools. 10-21: Minnehaha and Walnut Grove elementary schools. 3-25: Anderson, Fruit Valley, Harney, Hazel Dell, King, Lincoln, Marshall, Ogden, Roosevelt and Washington elementary schools. Jump Start programs run from 9 to 11:30 a.m. However, the length of the program varies by school. Transportation is not provided, so parents need to drop off and pick up children.Īll Vancouver district elementary schools offer Jump Start. When they come in the fall, they have friendly faces.”įull participation is encouraged, but not required. “The children feel so much more comfortable in their surroundings, especially those who haven’t attended preschool.
“Students in Jump Start do so much better in school,” said Charity Nunnelley, Jump Start coordinator.
Students also can learn basic school routines and become familiar with school surroundings before the organized mayhem of the first day of school. They receive a free, nutritious breakfast daily. Jump Start students engage in math, literacy and hands-on learning activities.
Parents of incoming kindergartners are encouraged to register their children for Kindergarten Jump Start, a free program that occurs at all Vancouver Public Schools elementary schools a few weeks before the school year begins. Kindergarten Jump Start gives incoming kindergartners extra help to be ready to start school. Some kids can write their first and last names and recite and write the alphabet. Some attended preschool and have interacted with other children in a classroom setting. Some kindergartners are more ready to start school than others. O Children from low-income backgrounds enter kindergarten with a listening vocabulary of 3,000 words compared with 20,000 words for children from middle-income households.
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