The Pinecrest Van Nuys Junior Kindergarten program is designed for young people who are ready for a full day program; who demonstrate maturity and intellectual curiosity; and who exhibit a readiness and eagerness for a fuller academic program. Our goal is to provide a nurturing environment within which the developmental need of each child will be met. Readiness skills will be strengthened prior to the Kindergarten experience. We recognize the uniqueness of each child. The pace may differ from student to student, but all children will be guided to develop their thinking process to their fullest abilities. Our purpose is to enable the children to continue their enthusiasm to become self-motivated students, eager and ready to learn.

Philosophy

Each child's self-esteem is crucial to healthy, intellectual, and social growth. Successful learning experiences, based on the child's level of readiness, develop students and help them excel. We believe this program succeeds with a limited class size of twenty-four students, and two teachers. With our supportive and nurturing staff, the students experience a variety of academic and age appropriate challenges within the presented curriculum.

Curriculum

The curriculum, which is provided for the children, is designed to develop verbal skills, reading, writing, mathematics, phonics, environment and science. Children accepted into this program will use textbooks to gain knowledge.

General Information

Acceptance into Junior Kindergarten program is determined by the preschool teacher's evaluation, and the preschool's director's evaluation. All children will be assessed before acceptance into the program. Our Junior Kindergarten program will begin in September and conclude in June. Class starts promptly at 8:30 a.m. and concludes at 3:30 p.m. This is a five full day program.