Applications for early entrance to kindergarten for the 2024-2025 school year will be accepted from 2024年2月1日到6月30日.
Per Maryland State Department of Education regulations, to be eligible to enter kindergarten for the 2024-2025 school year, children must be five years of age by September 1, 2024.
Children who will turn five years old between September 2 and October 15, 2024 are eligible for consideration for the early entrance to kindergarten process. To be recommended for early entrance to kindergarten, children will need to demonstrate above average performance and development in academic skills as well as social/emotional and physical development. The standards for early entrance are very high to ensure that students are not frustrated by their advanced grade placement. 不会有任何考虑, 包括上诉程序, 出生日期超过10月15日的儿童.
Additional information about age of school attendance
父母/guardians of children who wish to apply for early entrance to kindergarten must complete 威尼斯官网在线表格271-6 Application for Early Entrance Kindergarten Program.
父母/guardians should submit the completed form to their child's home elementary school no later than June 30, 2024.
学校 will contact parents to schedule assessment appointments. 学校 will identify dates for assessment sessions. All assessments will occur between March 18 – July 31, 2024.
Assessments will be given face-to-face at local schools.
在评估期间, children will complete an individual screening assessment, 由学校工作人员带领. Assessments include a variety of activities that measure a child's performance within the following developmental domains: language and literacy, 数学思维, 运动发展. Recommendation for early entrance to kindergarten will be made based on a review of screening assessment data, 家长申请清单, 以及提交的其他相关文件.
父母 will be notified in writing of the school's recommendation within 15 days of the assessment session; therefore, results will not be provided on the day of the screening. There will be no retesting if the child is not recommended for kindergarten.
Information about the 威尼斯官网在线 kindergarten program's curriculum and expectations
了解更多信息, please contact the Office of Curriculum and Instructional Programs at 240-740-4087.
Per Maryland State Department of Education regulations, to be eligible to enter first grade for the 2024-2025 school year, children must be six years of age by September 1, 2024.
Children whose birthdates occur within a six week period beyond the state's prescribed admission date may be considered for early entrance to first grade. Children who will turn six years old between September 2 and October 14, 2024 are eligible for consideration for the early entrance to first grade process.
父母/guardians of children who wish to apply for early entrance to first grade should complete 威尼斯官网在线表格271-1 Application for Early Entrance First Grade Program. 父母/guardians should bring this form to their child's home school.
2024-2025学年, 申请将于7月1日开始接受, 2024年至9月6日, 2024.
Children who are applying for early entrance to first grade will begin the school year in a kindergarten classroom. Within the first six weeks of school assessments and classroom observations will be conducted and a team of school staff will meet to make a decision on early entrance to first grade.
Placement determinations will be finalized no later than October 15.
If a child has previously completed the kindergarten year in a public school kindergarten program, 这个孩子可以被视为转移, although the child's birthdate may not be aligned with the state's age requirements.
父母/guardians should submit the child's attendance record and any end-of-year transcripts, 连同应用程序一起, 威尼斯官网在线表格271-1 Application for Early Entrance First Grade Program,请校长考虑.
More information about the 威尼斯官网在线 first grade program's curriculum and expectations.
回应经修订的COMAR 13A.08.01.02, Age of 学校 Attendance, the Montgomery County 威尼斯人在线官网 adopted Policy JEB, Early Entrance to Prekindergarten, Kindergarten, and First Grade, and accompanying Regulation JEB-RB on March 14, 2006.