REGISTRATION FOR 2012/2013 SCHOOL YEAR
Dates:
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Times: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Cali Gym
Must Bring: Your child's birth certificate, immunization records

Children must have been born on or before November 2, 2007

MANDATORY MEETINGS
In order for your child to be considered for enrollment in Cali Calmécac's Kindergarten program, you must attend a Program Orientation meeting AND a Kindergarten Information meeting.

Program Orientation (Administration)
Date: Tuesday March 6, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Cali Gym

Kindergarten Information (Kinder Teachers)
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Cali Gym

MEETINGS CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH

Program Orientation (Administration)
Date: Thursday March 1, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Cali Gym

Kindergarten Information (Kinder Teachers)
Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Cali Gym

SCHOOL TOURS
Please sign in at the office and get a visitor tag before going to classrooms. These dates have been set aside for parents to come to school and observe kindergarten classes while they are in session. These visits are for PARENTS ONLY.

Kindergarten only visitation days - Meet in the office - Adults only
Date: Thursday, April 5, 2012
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m

Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m

PREPARING FOR KINDERGARTEN
Kindergarten will be a new and exciting experience for your child. Take this opportunity to expose them to Spanish – Check out a Spanish book at the library, go over any words or numbers you know, listen to Spanish children’s CD’s – Jose Luis Orozco, Tatiana, or switch the language track on your child’s favorite video to Spanish for a while. 

Finally, your child should be able to do most of the following to get the most out of Kindergarten:

• Listen to stories without interrupting 

• Recognize rhyming sounds 

• Pay attention for short periods of time to adult-directed tasks 

• Understand actions have both causes and effects 

• Show understanding of general times of day 

• Cut with scissors 

• Trace basic shapes 

• Begin to share with others 

• Start to follow rules 

• Be able to recognize authority 

• Manage bathroom needs 

• Button shirts, pants, coats, and zip up zippers 

• Begin to control oneself 

• Separate from parents without being upset 

• Speak understandably 

• Talk in complete sentences of five to six words 

• Look at pictures and then tell stories 

• Identify rhyming words 

• Identify the beginning sound of some words 

• Identify some alphabet letters 

• Recognize some common sight words like "stop" 

• Sort similar objects by color, size, and shape 

• Recognize groups of one, two, three, four, and five objects 

• Count to ten 

• Bounce a ball 

If your child has acquired most of the skills on this list and will be at least four years old at the start of the summer before he or she starts kindergarten, he or she is probably ready for kindergarten. What teachers want to see on the first day of school are children who are healthy, mature, capable, and eager to learn. 

Occasionally, we do find that students born later in the year (September to December) are sometimes not ready to begin our program. Social maturity, language development, and attention span all are important traits for incoming students.  We fully recognize that every student is different and that parents know their child best, but do ask that if your child has a late birthday, that you consider whether he or she is ready for kindergarten or if s/he may benefit from an additional year of pre-school. Feel free to contact us with any questions you may have.