Kindergarten
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Kindergarten Start for the 2025-2026 School Year |
We are excited to welcome all our new Kindergarten families to Kenmore Elementary! To ensure the most balanced classrooms, we will have a Kindergarten soft start. This gives teachers a chance to get to know the students and will help in building classes where students can succeed. Please email one of the Kindergarten teachers, Michelle Gervais (mgervais@nsd.org), Ingrid Olson (iolson@nsd.org), or Mandy Comstock (mcomstock@nsd.org), if you have any questions.
Important Dates/Information:
- Wednesday-Friday, September 3th-5th-All Kenmore Elementary Kindergarten students will attend school and will rotate through each of the 3 classrooms learning what it looks like to be a Kindergartner at Kenmore Elementary.
- These three days your student will only need a snack, water bottle, and a home lunch if he/she is not getting school lunch.
- Friday, September 5th—Families will receive an email in the EVENING with your student’s classroom teacher assignment for the 2025-26 school year. This is also the time that you will sign up for your child’s WAKids family connections meeting. A ParentSquare sign-up form will be available that same evening.
- NO SCHOOL FOR KINDERGARTEN: Monday-Wednesday, September 8th, 9th, and 10th - There will be No School for Kenmore Elementary Kindergartners. Instead, Kindergarten families will be meeting with your child’s assigned teacher. This meeting gives you an opportunity to share information that will help us know how to best support your child during this school year. You will bring your child’s school supplies to this meeting.
- Thursday, September 11th: First Official day for ALL Kindergartners in their assigned classes.
- MUST DO: Please fill out the Google form linked here, so we know how your child goes home this week and what your child will eat for lunch.
Lastly, please complete the PERMISSION TO RELEASE form for our transportation department, this is required for all Kindergartners riding the school bus.
We appreciate your partnership and look forward to an amazing year ahead!
-Kenmore Elementary Kindergarten Team
ScheduleSeptember 3–12, 2025 |
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*The Family Connection component of WA KIDS, is a one-on-one meeting with a child’s family/guardian and the Kindergarten student. This component of WAKids acknowledges the family's role as their child's first teacher and invites them to share the unique insights they have about their child. These meetings offer families an opportunity to get to know the teacher, share information about their child, and ask questions.
*Disclaimer: For enrollment and reporting purposes students will be assigned to one of the three Kindergarten teachers for the first 3 full days of school. This placement will be based on alphabetical order and is not a final teacher assignment. Final placement will be determined on Friday, September 5th.
Kindergarten Supply List
- Backpack (10 x 13 inches or larger, no wheels or rolling backpacks), with a soft cloth loop for hanging on a closet hook (labeled with name)
- 1 package Crayola washable markers (8 count classic colors only)*
- 1 box 24 count Crayola crayons*
- 10 Elmer’s glue sticks*
- 1 reusable water bottle, labeled with name
- Headphones, labeled with name (no ear buds)
- 1 hard plastic pencil box (no zippers, 8.2 by 4.6)
- 5 dry Erase markers
Donation Wish List: - 1 box of Sandwich bags
- 1 box of Golf Pencils
- 1 box of gallon storage bags
Kenmore Elementary Kindergarten Tours
Bring your student and tour the campus with Principal Geetha George-Shapiro and Assistant Principal LaTisha Joseph.
Spanish interpretation will be available.
Please call the main office to RSVP.
To enter kindergarten, your student must be five years old on or before August 31.
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Registration
Kindergarten registration begins at your local school. Additional information on registering for kindergarten and forms can be found on the Register for Kindergarten page.
Philosophy
The kindergarten program in the Northshore School District provides children a foundation for academic success and develops an enthusiasm for life-long learning. Student outcomes are standards-based and focus on the whole child: academically, socially, emotionally, and physically.
Before school begins, kindergarten teachers will meet with families to get to know the students, their families, and their stories. Additionally, teachers evaluate students in many areas to determine students' strengths. This helps teachers plan a program based on the needs of the children.
The developmentally appropriate learning environment provides substantial opportunities to learn through purposeful play that honors student choice and provides teacher-guided, interactive small-group, and large group experiences. The kindergarten school year is an important time to provide students with rich, relevant learning experiences that allow them to reach goals that are both challenging and achievable regardless of their varied experiences and backgrounds upon entering kindergarten.
Kindergarten Readiness
Resources to help your kindergarten student:
Highly Capable Process for Kindergarten
The kindergarten eligibility process incorporates two steps--screening AND assessment. All kindergarten students will be automatically screened for potential highly capable eligibility.
Students meeting the criteria threshold on the screening tool will move on to assessment. Parents of students moving on to the assessment level will be notified. Per Washington state law, parent permission is required to assess a student. Assessments will occur during the school day and will be administered by trained proctors.
Visit the Highly Capable web page to learn more.
Early Entrance to Kindergarten
Although Northshore does not encourage early entry for the vast majority of students, application for testing for early entrance is available at parent expense for students who turn 5 between September 1 and November 30. Students who turn 5 on December 1 and beyond will enter kindergarten age appropriately.
- Please read the Early Entrance to Kindergarten FAQs before completing the application.
- Additional early entrance information is available through the Office of Elementary Education, 425.408.7705.
Contact the main office:
(424) 408-4800