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Meeting Date:
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5/7/2021 - 7:00 PM
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Category:
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Teaching, Learning and Leadership
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Type:
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Info
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Subject:
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Kindergarten - First Grade Student Orientation; Grades 2-5 New Student Orientation
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ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal:
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Goal 2: Instructional Excellence ACPS will ensure that all students have access to and engagement with high-quality instruction.
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Funding Source or Fiscal Impact (where applicable)
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File Attachment:
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Agenda Item Summary:
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Kindergarten Prep (KPrep) is an annual summer learning experience offered to rising Kindergarten students in ACPS elementary schools, with the exception of Samuel Tucker Elementary School (modified calendar). The program is normally held the third week of August for a period of four half-day sessions. It is used to orient students to the school site, offer an opportunity for teachers to informally assess students for class placement, and provide a brief introduction to the Kindergarten curriculum. Due to the pandemic closure of schools for 2019-2020, the in-person KPrep program was not offered last summer. A virtual one-on-one ZOOM meeting was provided to each Kindergarten student/family for orientation/assessment by the student’s assigned school staff.
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Background:
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Looking at the early school start date of August 24, 2021, for the 2021-2022 school year (with new teachers reporting on August 9, 2021; all other teachers returning on August 13, 2021) and the ending of the Summer Learning Academy on July 30, 2021, a proposal was developed by principals to restructure KPrep to a half-day, morning Kindergarten/First Grade Orientation to school to be held on August 20, 2021. Similarly, new to school students in grades 2-5 would be offered an orientation in the afternoon. In addition, Kindergarten teachers would be provided with in-class staff support the first two weeks of school (August 24, 2021 - September 3, 2021) to allow the teachers to conduct individual student assessments.
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Recommendation:
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The Superintendent recommends that the School Board review the information within this brief as it relates to orientation for rising kindergartens, rising first grader students, and new second-fifth grade students.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Dr. Terri H. Mozingo - Chief Academic Officer
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Signed By:
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Dominic Turner - Chief Financial Officer
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Signed By:
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Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. - Superintendent
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