kindergarten admissions

All Kindergarten applicants visit our campus for a kindergarten-readiness screening. These screenings include a 30-minute session with the Director of Admissions and an hour-long playgroup observation and take place on two separate days.

In addition, members of the Admissions team will look at the applicant’s preschool environment and solicit feedback from the child’s current teachers.

We strongly recommend that applicants for kindergarten turn 5 years old by September 1. However, chronological age is not the only, or best, indicator of developmental readiness. Thus, we might recommend that some children who meet the age cut-off wait a year before beginning our Kindergarten program.

Developmental readiness is based on measuring cognitive and social maturity, not an academic achievement or intelligence test. Research has shown that children mature at varying paces, and not all children are ready for the same challenges and activities at the same age. Similarly, we can not rush readiness—it is part of a child’s intrinsic nature. For more information on readiness, please visit the following site: http://www.kindergartenreadiness.net/html/articles.html.