Enrollment Information

         Qualifications:

• Children who are 4 on or before September 1st
• Children who speak little or no English
• Children who are economically disadvantaged
• Children who are considered homeless

          Documents required to enroll:

• Original Birth Certificate
• Proof of Address-Utility Bill, Lease Agreement
• Immunization Record
• Social Security Card

Students enrolling in Head Start may need to provide more information.

Attendance Policy

We expect your child to be at school everyday that attendance is possible.

Class Times

AM - 7:45 am - 10:45 am

PM - 11:45 pm - 2:45 pm

All Day Classes - 7:45am - 2:45 pm

Students are tardy if they arrive after:

 AM - 7:45 am 

 PM - 11:45 pm

All Day Classes - 7:45am

 Students are considered absent if they are not in class by the times listed below:

 AM - 9:05 am 

 PM - 1:05 pm

 All Day Classes - 10:00 am

• We do not expect or want your child to come to school if he or she is ill.

• When a child has been absent and returns to school, please send a note to explaining why your child was absent.

• When they are absent, they are not receiving the benefit of all the instruction the teacher has planned for them.  

• Attendance Policy for Sick Children

Uniforms

All students who attend Kinkeade Early Childhood School will be required to wear uniforms.  Uniforms can be worn from the beginning of school if parents have the opportunity to purchase them.

In accordance with the district uniform policy, students shall observe modesty, appropriateness, and neatness in clothing and personal appearance.

Mascot 

Kangaroo

The image of a leaping kangaroo with a joey in her pouch indelibly reminds us of how we, as educators, approach the fine task of teaching and "growing" our students.  The kangaroo naturally and instinctively carries her joey in the safety of her pouch and teaches to maturity by modeling appropriate behaviors and allowing him plenty of opportunity  to develop independence.  We are a bit more deliberate in our process, but much like the kangaroo and her joey, we seek to provide a safe environment for each child in which they can develop and grow by leaps and bounds.

 

School Colors 

Green and White

Our GREEN and WHITE school colors are most significant, particularly when the targeted age level of our students is considered.  As each four-year-old enters the educational system for their first school experience, they are, in fact, "green" as in 'not yet ripe'.  It is our privilege, as educators, to take the "clean slates" or "new beginnings" (these little ones), represented by the color white, give them ample opportunity and allow them to sprout and grow as healthy little green buds, thus our dual meaning of the color green: un ripe and growth.  So it is clear, via the white and green colors they appropriately represent our school.  We can say to each student with certainty:

"Your Future Begins At KINKEADE!"