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Western Dubuque Schools

Western Dubuque Schools. Prekindergarten Orientation February 23, 2011. Agenda. District and building overview Program overview Nursing and health Registration Procedures Questions. District Overview. Western Dubuque School District • Size: 555 square miles

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Western Dubuque Schools

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  1. Western Dubuque Schools • PrekindergartenOrientation February 23, 2011

  2. Agenda • District and building overview • Program overview • Nursing and health • Registration Procedures • Questions

  3. District Overview Western Dubuque School District • Size: 555 square miles • Largest Geographical District in Iowa (1/2 size of Rhode Island) Schools • 2010-11 total: 9 • Elementary (preK-5): 5 • Middle (6-8): 2 • High (9-12): 2 Employees • Total: 473 • Teachers: 223 • 42.5 percent of teachers have a master's degree or equivalent. Demographics • African American: 2% • Asian American: 1% • Hispanic: 2% • White: 95%

  4. Services • Students receiving free & reduced-price meals: 31.7% • English for speakers of other languages (ESOL): 1% • Students receiving special education services: 15% Transportation & Meals • 58 buses transport 2940 students • Number of centers bussed to: 20 • Total miles per day driven: 5,057 • 520,627 million meals served Enrollment • 2010-11 Projected: 2,968 • 32 Largest in Iowa • Pre-K: 158 • Elementary (K–5): 1,174 • Middle (6–8): 578 • High (9–12): 1,036 Performance • Graduation rate: 98.5% • Post Secondary enrollment: 56% • Average combined ACT Score: 22.9

  5. Building Overview- EpworthElementary Enrollment ECSE- 6 students Shared Visions- 16 students PK- 40 students K- 43 students 1st- 39 students 2nd- 43 students 3rd- 40 students 4th- 52 students 5th- 54 students

  6. Programming • Early Childhood Special Education • Guidance Counselor • Reading Support • Technology • Special Education support- reading, writing, math and behavior • Library/Media/TAG • Nursing • Physical Education, Art, Music • Breakfast and lunch programs • Before and after school care

  7. Epworth Elementary Pre-Kindergarten Angie Christensen Matt Kennedy

  8. Just Playing by Anita Wadley When I am playing in the block room, Please don’t say I’m just playing. For, you see, I’m learning as I play About balance and shapes.

  9. When I am getting all dressed up, • Setting the table, caring for the babies, • Don’t get the idea I am just playing. • For, you see, I am learning as I play. • I may be a mother or father someday.

  10. When you see me up to my elbows in paint, or • Standing at an easel, or molding and shaping clay, • Please don’t let me hear you say I am just playing, • For, you see, I am learning as I play.

  11. When you see me sitting in a chair • Reading to an imaginary audience, • Please don’t laugh and think I am just playing, • I may be teacher someday.

  12. When you see me looking for bugs, • Or packing my pockets • with choice things I find, • Don’t pass it off as just playing, • I may be a scientist someday.

  13. When you see me engrossed in a puzzle, • Or some plaything at my school, • Please don’t feel the time is wasted in play. • For, you see, I am learning as I play. • I am learning to solve problems and concentrate. • I may be in business someday.

  14. When you see me cooking or tasting foods, • Please don’t think that because I enjoy it, it is play. • I am learning to follow directions and see differences. • I may be a chef someday.

  15. When you see me learning to skip, hop, run, • and move my body, • Please don’t say I am just playing. • I’m learning how my body works. • I may be a doctor, nurse or athlete someday.

  16. When you ask me what I have done at school today, • And I say I have played, • Please don’t misunderstand me. • For, you see, I am learning as I play. • I am learning to enjoy and be successful in work, • I am preparing for tomorrow. • Today I am a child and my work is play.

  17. Iowa Early Learning Standards • physical well being & motor development • approaches to learning • social & emotional development • communication, language & literacy • math & science • creative arts • (early childhood’s “core curriculum”)

  18. Program standards: • QPPS & preschool grant

  19. PreK • 4 & 5 year olds • 40 students / 2 rooms / 4 adults • 3 days / 4 days per week

  20. typical schedule: • free play recess • calendar story time • music lunch • snack rest time • large group free play • small group large motor time

  21. literacy development

  22. math

  23. manipulative activities

  24. large group

  25. art

  26. sensory

  27. dramatic play

  28. music

  29. science

  30. block play

  31. gross motor

  32. fine motor

  33. integration

  34. Pre-Kindergarten Services • There are many unknowns at the state level • in conjunction with prekindergarten funding. • Even with the unknowns, Western Dubuque is committed to quality early childhood education. • Western Dubuque School District will offer prekindergarten programming at the elementary centers where the enrollment allows for a viable sized classroom (s) for the 2011-12 school year. • We plan on offering programming that will be available 3-5 days per week. The cost for the program will likely range between $250-$350. • While the program may have to be tweaked based on state decisions, the core program will be similar. Philosophy, • curriculum, and general operating guidelines will continue.

  35. In the event the Governor’s proposal for decreased funding and tuition assistance becomes a reality, what programs will be offered at Western Dubuque and at what cost?

  36. Maintain programming for three days (Monday-Wednesday) at a cost of $250 per month for families not eligible for tuition assistance. • Offer an optional fourth day (Thursday) to those interested at an additional cost of $85 per month. • The Western Dubuque program will continue to meet or exceed state preschool requirements. • Y-Care services may be available on Fridays depending on need. *Programming and cost are subject to change upon State finalization of program requirements and funding allocations.

  37. Nursing and Health Required Forms • Health Assessment Record • Certificate of Immunization • Certificate of Dental Screening • Pre-K/Kindergarten Medical History • Supplemental Health History • Student Vision Card

  38. Registration Procedures Questions

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