Kindergarten registration is almost here - Thursday, March 15, 2018! Two sessions will be offered: 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at each of our four elementary schools. Families need to only attend one session. During the hour-long Kindergarten Roundup, parents will meet with administrators and fill out registration forms while the children meet with teachers for kindergarten screening.
We look forward to welcoming the Class of 2031! Please take a peek inside our kindergarten classrooms by watching the video below.
For more information on our corporation-wide Kindergarten Roundup event visit this link: www.plymouth.k12.in.us/parents/kindergarten-roundup-information
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Webster Elementary School's Kindergarten Roundup Video
Transcript for Video
Eloise Walters, Webster Elementary School Kindergarten Student
“You do take your ipad home and you charge it so in the next morning you use it it’s just at 100 percent.”
Cheryl Splix, Webster Elementary School Kindergarten Teacher
“My next counter, wooo whooo - there’s some big ones - a four and a five.”
Splix: “My name is Cheryl Splix and I teach Kindergarten at Webster Elementary School in Plymouth, Indiana.”
Splix in the background says: “Four plus five is 9.”
Splix: “They take a pretest when they first come to Webster and then the computer program sets them on their own unique path.
Student says, “1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - and then you put a five.”
Splix: “We want everybody to get through the kindergarten level which is up to level five, then level six starts first grade and we do get kids progressing to first grade and even some to the second grade level. They have a username and password, and then I can go in my computer and I can check how they are doing. At this age, when that little light bulb is ready to come on - it could be at the beginning of the year it could be at the end of the year, you just adapt your groups according to how they are progressing.”
Walters: “You play games that is going to make you smarter.”
Splix: “A lot of time kids don’t get to play like they used to so it is an important part of what we do, and again they don't realize they are learning. A lot of us have used the center rotations, keeping the kids engaged, in different modalities - kids learn by play. I just strongly believe in what we do here, and in fact my kids all came through Webster as well. The staff, the camaraderie with the staff and the unique advanced opportunities that we have here in Plymouth make it a special place.”
Ashley Nan, Webster Elementary School
“I’m Mrs. Nan and I teach kindergarten here at Webster Elementary. I love Webster Elementary, we’re just a big family and we all work together, for the student’s success.”
Nan: “For as long as I’ve been teaching here, for eleven years, we have always done a center sort of rotation, they’re just too, you know they need that movement. They need to move around and that way we can address more skills, in a short amount of time, rather than having them sit, and try to focus on one thing. We’re very hands-on, interactive.”
Nan: “We had treasure chests and they were to roll the dice and put the jewels in. So, they’re having fun and they don’t know at the same time that they’re learning and practicing counting skills. They thought those were real jewels, so they are talking about their imagination to at the same time so it is fun.
Nan: “I love them, everyday is a new day for them, a new start and they just love school. It is a big step - trusting that person, that is their first experience so you want to make it the best you can make it because it kind of sets their mindset for the rest of the grades.”
Walters: “I made lots of friends, everyday you might get a new one or you just might play with the best one you have… like my best one she’s in my class, and I think we'll be together and we’ll never forget each other.”
