Kindergarten Screening Info. and Meet the K Teachers Video!

 

August 27, 2020


Dear Incoming Kindergarten Families,

Thank you for your flexibility and patience with us as we continue to be responsive to the guidelines surrounding the current pandemic. The big day is almost here! I look forward to meeting you and your child and want to provide some information regarding what Monday, August 31st’s Kindergarten screening will entail.

• Please arrive at the Great Falls campus 10 minutes prior to your Kindergarten screening appointment.

• If you or your child are not feeling well and are exhibiting any symptoms related to COVID, please remain home and call 222-1050 to reschedule.

• Enter through the front door and be sure that you and your child are wearing a face mask. (It is preferred that only one adult accompany their child into the building.)

• Please use hand sanitizer upon arrival and enter our cafeteria that is located directly to your left.

• You and your child will be seated at an open table.

• A staff member will greet you and your child at the entrance of the cafeteria.

• The adult that will be conducting the Kindergarten screening assessment may not necessarily be your child’s kindergarten teacher. The internal placement process will then transpire on Wednesday, September 2nd once all the screenings are complete and notification of your child’s teacher will occur on Thursday, September 3rd via email correspondence.

• Your child will be escorted to one of our kindergarten classrooms for their assessment while you remain seated in our cafeteria or you may choose to wait outside the school building.

• The Kindergarten screening assessment will take approximately 20 minutes.

• During the screening, your child will be asked to complete a series of activities that examine visual and motor abilities, language, cognition, and gross motor skills.

• The teacher that assesses your child will escort them back to the cafeteria. Your child will be reunited with you at the conclusion of the screening.

• A school bus will be parked on campus for parents and students to board to examine what the interior of the school bus will be like for your child.

• To help your child feel more comfortable with this process, please check out our “Meet the Great Falls Kindergarten Teachers” video.

I can’t wait to see you on Monday! If you have any questions or concerns not addressed in this communication, please reach out to me at any time at becky.fortier@gorhamschools.org.


Kindly,

Becky Fortier
Great Falls Principal