Kindergarten
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Kindergarten Program:
We follow the Groton-Dunstable Public School guidelines for Kindergarten entrance age: five years old by August 31 of year entered. Kindergarten students at Groton Community School benefit from the individualized attention made possible with a ratio of sixteen children to two teachers. It is a five-day morning program. Many Kindergarten families also take advantage of our Extended Day Program before and after class as well. Five-year-olds are more independent in accepting responsibility, making choices, and cooperating. Kindergarten children develop both a sense of empathy for others and a concern for fairness. Their fine and gross motor skills are typically well-developed, as are their abilities to count, sort, identify initial sounds and letters, and understand and recognize a growing collection of sight words.
Kindergarten
at GCS embraces the philosophy of all our programs for young children –
we pride ourselves in providing a warm, creative, and language-rich
environment where each child can develop to their full potential. While
still offering choices and opportunities for creative expression, the
Kindergarten program has greater individualized expectations for the
children to complete specific, structured curriculum activities. The
Kindergarten schedule also affords more whole-group activity time, in
accordance with the increasing capabilities of five and six-year-old
children to be attentive for longer periods of time.
Highlights of our Kindergarten Program include:
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Small class size
and a
close-knit environment
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Kindergarten Teacher, Jolene
Zukauskas, celebrating 20 years
of teaching excellence at GCS
with 15 years experience as the Kindergarten Teacher
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Innovative, nationally
accredited curriculum and learning environment
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Enhanced reading literacy
instruction
including the Telian-Cas Lively Letters Program
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Formalized writing literacy
instruction through
the Kindergarten Handwriting Without Tears Program
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New! Formal foreign language
instruction
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Intergenerational musical
experiences at
Rivercourt Extended Care Center
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Global outreach
through participation in such
programs as the Heifer Project
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“Kindness, Peace and Love
Day” each
September 11th
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Memorial Day
Observance led by
the Kindergarten Class
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Hot lunch program
in the spring to aid in the
transition to elementary school
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Individualized
attention and assessment
including initial screening
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