Preschools with a Kindergarten Classroom

[Anonymous]

Not looking to jump into the full private school world, but trying to hedge our bets if schools don't open in the fall. I know Communikids has a kindergarten class. Does anyone know of others? Language immersion and Montessori are both good (coming from Spanish immersion, not sure if Montessori would take a K student without the prior 2 years of Montessori experience). Willing to drive 25 min from EOTP NW DC.

[Anonymous]

Don't know its current operating status, but SEEC, the daycare at the Smithsonian, runs through kindergarten.

[Anonymous]

Goddard Silver Spring.

[Anonymous]

Country Day School in McLean has kindergarten.

[Anonymous]

Be careful, there's a difference between having a kindergarten-age classroom and being considered a kindergarten as far as the legal requirement to send children age 5 and older to school. Check with your jurisdiction to see if sending your child to a daycare center or preschool with such a classroom qualifies. Some children age 5 and older who are going to preschool with a K classroom are still enrolled in their public school system and attending distance learning classes from their daycare center, in order to comply with that legal requirement.

[Anonymous]

Montessori schools usually see a bunch of kids leaving for kindergarten, so space isn’t necessarily an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be careful, there's a difference between having a kindergarten-age classroom and being considered a kindergarten as far as the legal requirement to send children age 5 and older to school. Check with your jurisdiction to see if sending your child to a daycare center or preschool with such a classroom qualifies. Some children age 5 and older who are going to preschool with a K classroom are still enrolled in their public school system and attending distance learning classes from their daycare center, in order to comply with that legal requirement.

There's no requirement to attend kindergarten unless the kid is already 6 by the cutoff date.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be careful, there's a difference between having a kindergarten-age classroom and being considered a kindergarten as far as the legal requirement to send children age 5 and older to school. Check with your jurisdiction to see if sending your child to a daycare center or preschool with such a classroom qualifies. Some children age 5 and older who are going to preschool with a K classroom are still enrolled in their public school system and attending distance learning classes from their daycare center, in order to comply with that legal requirement.

There's no requirement to attend kindergarten unless the kid is already 6 by the cutoff date.

Kindergarten is mandatory in DC, MD and VA starting at the age of 5.

https://internal-search.ecs.org/comparisons/state-k-3-policies-06

DC: "(a) Every parent, guardian, or other person, who resides permanently or temporarily in the District during any school year and who has custody or control of a minor who has reached the age of 5 years or will become 5 years of age on or before September 30th of the current school year shall place the minor in regular attendance in an educational institution during the period of each year when the public schools of the District are in session. This obligation of the parent, guardian, or other person having custody extends until the minor reaches the age of 18 years. For the purpose of this section placement in summer school is not required."

MD: "Except as otherwise provided in this section, each child who resides in this State and is 5 years old or older and under 16 shall attend a public school regularly during the entire school year unless the child is otherwise receiving regular, thorough instruction during the school year in the studies usually taught in the public schools to children of the same age. "

VA: "Except as otherwise provided in this article, every parent, guardian, or other person in the Commonwealth having control or charge of any child who will have reached the fifth birthday on or before September 30 of any school year and who has not passed the eighteenth birthday shall, during the period of each year the public schools are in session and for the same number of days and hours per day as the public schools, cause such child to attend a public school or a private, denominational, or parochial school or have such child taught by a tutor or teacher of qualifications prescribed by the Board of Education and approved by the division superintendent, or provide for home instruction of such child as described in § 22.1-254.1."

[Anonymous]

The Falls Church Episcopal Day School has a private K.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be careful, there's a difference between having a kindergarten-age classroom and being considered a kindergarten as far as the legal requirement to send children age 5 and older to school. Check with your jurisdiction to see if sending your child to a daycare center or preschool with such a classroom qualifies. Some children age 5 and older who are going to preschool with a K classroom are still enrolled in their public school system and attending distance learning classes from their daycare center, in order to comply with that legal requirement.

There's no requirement to attend kindergarten unless the kid is already 6 by the cutoff date.

Kindergarten is mandatory in DC, MD and VA starting at the age of 5.

https://internal-search.ecs.org/comparisons/state-k-3-policies-06

DC: "(a) Every parent, guardian, or other person, who resides permanently or temporarily in the District during any school year and who has custody or control of a minor who has reached the age of 5 years or will become 5 years of age on or before September 30th of the current school year shall place the minor in regular attendance in an educational institution during the period of each year when the public schools of the District are in session. This obligation of the parent, guardian, or other person having custody extends until the minor reaches the age of 18 years. For the purpose of this section placement in summer school is not required."

MD: "Except as otherwise provided in this section, each child who resides in this State and is 5 years old or older and under 16 shall attend a public school regularly during the entire school year unless the child is otherwise receiving regular, thorough instruction during the school year in the studies usually taught in the public schools to children of the same age. "

VA: "Except as otherwise provided in this article, every parent, guardian, or other person in the Commonwealth having control or charge of any child who will have reached the fifth birthday on or before September 30 of any school year and who has not passed the eighteenth birthday shall, during the period of each year the public schools are in session and for the same number of days and hours per day as the public schools, cause such child to attend a public school or a private, denominational, or parochial school or have such child taught by a tutor or teacher of qualifications prescribed by the Board of Education and approved by the division superintendent, or provide for home instruction of such child as described in § 22.1-254.1."

There’s no requirement in those jurisdictions that a kindergarten program be accredited. I don’t see anything wrong—based on those rules—with sending a kid to a kindergarten age classroom.

[Anonymous]

If a private preschool is NAEYC-accredited, their Kindergarten class is accredited. NAEYC considers early childhood to be from birth to age 8 and in the accreditation process, NAEYC will inspect all aspects of the program and visit the class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be careful, there's a difference between having a kindergarten-age classroom and being considered a kindergarten as far as the legal requirement to send children age 5 and older to school. Check with your jurisdiction to see if sending your child to a daycare center or preschool with such a classroom qualifies. Some children age 5 and older who are going to preschool with a K classroom are still enrolled in their public school system and attending distance learning classes from their daycare center, in order to comply with that legal requirement.

What on earth are you talking about?! Can you give one example of a kindergarten program at a preschool/daycare in our area that doesn’t count as kindergarten and requires the child to simultaneously enroll in their public school. Never heard this in my life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be careful, there's a difference between having a kindergarten-age classroom and being considered a kindergarten as far as the legal requirement to send children age 5 and older to school. Check with your jurisdiction to see if sending your child to a daycare center or preschool with such a classroom qualifies. Some children age 5 and older who are going to preschool with a K classroom are still enrolled in their public school system and attending distance learning classes from their daycare center, in order to comply with that legal requirement.

What on earth are you talking about?! Can you give one example of a kindergarten program at a preschool/daycare in our area that doesn’t count as kindergarten and requires the child to simultaneously enroll in their public school. Never heard this in my life.

Call your local department of education and ask. A daycare center is not required to comply with any particular curriculum for its kindergarten-age classroom, so there's no way for the governemnt to ensure the child is getting the required Kindergarten-level academic content. This doesn't take away for the level of care that the daycare center or preschool may be providing, and some of them may also be providing great academic content, but since the legal requirement is not there for them to comply with a specific curriculum, sending your children there and not also enrolling them in a bona-fide kindergarten program, even if it's virtual and your children attend from their daycare center, may not satisfy the legal requirement to send your children to kindergarten at age 5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be careful, there's a difference between having a kindergarten-age classroom and being considered a kindergarten as far as the legal requirement to send children age 5 and older to school. Check with your jurisdiction to see if sending your child to a daycare center or preschool with such a classroom qualifies. Some children age 5 and older who are going to preschool with a K classroom are still enrolled in their public school system and attending distance learning classes from their daycare center, in order to comply with that legal requirement.

What on earth are you talking about?! Can you give one example of a kindergarten program at a preschool/daycare in our area that doesn’t count as kindergarten and requires the child to simultaneously enroll in their public school. Never heard this in my life.

Call your local department of education and ask. A daycare center is not required to comply with any particular curriculum for its kindergarten-age classroom, so there's no way for the governemnt to ensure the child is getting the required Kindergarten-level academic content. This doesn't take away for the level of care that the daycare center or preschool may be providing, and some of them may also be providing great academic content, but since the legal requirement is not there for them to comply with a specific curriculum, sending your children there and not also enrolling them in a bona-fide kindergarten program, even if it's virtual and your children attend from their daycare center, may not satisfy the legal requirement to send your children to kindergarten at age 5.

Are you the person who said that some people are sending their kids to daycare while they are enrolled in distance learning classes? If so, why don’t you give at least one example of this happening. Or did you just make this up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Montessori schools usually see a bunch of kids leaving for kindergarten, so space isn’t necessarily an issue.

Do Montessori schools backfill those spots? It seems hard to jump into the third year of a school class (or whatever they call it in Montessori) since it's supposed to be cumulative. I guess it depends on the school?