PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School District will open a district-wide transitional kindergarten starting Tuesday, Jan. 28.
The program, for students not currently enrolled in a pre-school program, will be housed at Dry Creek Elementary School.
The all-day program, which includes breakfast and transportation, will be limited to 17 students.
Registration paperwork will be available at all Port Angeles elementary schools starting Monday and must be completed and turned in no later than Jan. 20, a press release said.
Student screening will be conducted from Jan. 13 through Jan. 22 and parents will be notified on Jan. 23 if their children qualify.
The program is open to children who were younger than 5 years old at midnight on Aug. 31, 2019 and are deemed to be in need of additional preparation before beginning kindergarten in the 2020-2021 school year.
In most cases, students will advance to kindergarten from transitional kindergarten, however there may be cases where transitional kindergarten students will be placed into first grade instead.
For more information, call Chuck Lisk, deputy superintendent for teaching and learning, at 360-457-8575 or Michelle Olsen, principal at Dry Creek Elementary School, at 360-457-5050.
