To be eligible to attend kindergarten in the fall of 2017, a child must be 5 years old on or before Aug. 1...
Kindergarten Registration
To be eligible to attend kindergarten in the fall of 2017, a child must be 5 years old on or before Aug. 1.
The district offers two educational options. All-day-every-other-day kindergarten is where students attend Tuesday/Thursday or Wednesday/Friday and alternating Mondays.
The tuition based all-day-every-day (ADEK) kindergarten class is currently housed at Park Elementary School.
Parents and guardians of children entering kindergarten are invited to attend a special Kindergarten Information Night on Feb. 1 to learn about the kindergarten program, meet the principals, teachers and fellow parents, and begin the registration process. Join at 6:30 p.m. in the middle school large group instruction room (LGIR).
Begin the registration process by going to the Chardon Schools homepage at www.chardonschools.org and completing the online registration form. To complete the registration process, schedule an appointment with the elementary school one’s child will be attending. If unsure of what school one’s child will be attending, please call the Transportation Department at 440-285-4069.
This appointment will take approximately 20 minutes. Bring the child’s original birth certificate, one proof of residency (driver’s license, voter registration card, utility bill, credit card statement, lease agreement or affidavit of residence), immunization records and any legal documents pertaining to family situations (guardianship, custody) to registration. It is permissible, but not necessary, to bring the child to registration.
To schedule a registration appointment time, call the school office beginning Feb. 6.
Registration dates are as follows:
- Hambden (440-286-7503): Feb. 16, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Feb. 21, 5-8 p.m.
- Maple (440-285-4065): Feb. 16, 5-8 p.m.; and Feb. 22, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Munson (440-286-5901): Feb. 16, 5-8 p.m.; and Feb. 22, 8:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
- Park (440-285-4067): Feb. 16, 5-8 p.m.; and Feb. 22, 8:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Students Learn Wildlife Preservation
Hawk Creek Wildlife Preserve, of East Aurora, N.Y., recently visited Park fifth-graders to share its mission of preserving wildlife and their ecosystems through rehabilitation, reproduction, research and education. Representatives explained to the students that vulture populations are in steep decline all around the world. Vultures are keystone species and the only animals that specialize on eating carrion. They help to regulate disease by consuming waste in the environment.
Maple Buddies Program
Students in Dianne Robinson’s child development class at Chardon High School were at Maple School last week working with their “buddies” in Ed Mulallay’s second-grade classroom. The high school students routinely visit the students to play math games, proofread writing assignments and provide other helpful tutoring services. It’s a win-win situation, with the older students gaining important insights into child development, and the younger students benefiting from the one-on-one assistance.
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Park Elementary School fifth-graders display their prizes from their classroom’s Save the Vulture contest following a presentation by Hawk Creek Wildlife Preserve.
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Chardon High School students interact with their second-grade “buddies” at Maple Elementary School.
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Chardon High School’s AC4P group brought the original play “Complete and Total” to the high school during a morning assembly on Jan. 6. Local play writer Greg Vovos wrote the play about the dangers of heroin and drug addiction.
It follows the story of a high school student with a bright future ahead of him, but heroin and addiction quickly become his top priority. The mind, the only sober part left of his brain, believes in his ability to become clean, but it’s not that simple.
It was a powerful play with a powerful message and the school appreciates the student actors who presented this timely story to the student body.
