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Welcome to

Albany Unified School District

The mission of the Albany Unified School District is to provide excellent public education,

empowering all to achieve their fullest potential as productive

citizens.

Kindergarten Information Night

Preparing for Kindergarten Academic Expectations

A Day in the Life of a Kindergartener Transitional Kindergarten Registration Information After Care Information

Susan Stevenson, Albany Children’s Center Director

Heather Dunca, Cornell Principal Alexia Ritchie, Marin Principal

Terry Georgeson, Ocean View Principal Marsha Brown, Student Services Director

Linda Williams, Student Services Coordinator

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Preparing for Kindergarten

Emotional readiness Academic readiness Social readiness

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Emotional Readiness

• Takes guidance from other adults • Toilet Trained • Has confidence to try new things • Demonstrates empathy • Can relate to other students and shows

maturity

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Academic Readiness

Offer your child exposure to books and reading, holding writing instruments, using scissors and glue sticks, counting, noticing letters

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Social Readiness

Social readiness – waits his/her turn and shares (in a play situation)

Considerations – class size, social/emotional skills critical, am/pm hours of sleep needed for your child’s success

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Kindergarten Standards • Academic Standards:

Math Language Arts

• Behavior Expectations

• Social Expectations

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Mathematics • Counting and Cardinality Know number names and counts sequence by 1s and 10s to 100, count to 20 to tell the number of objects, compare numbers between 1 and 10, write numbers from 0 to 20

• Operations and Algebraic Thinking Understand addition and subtraction (representation); fluently add and subtract up to five, recognize ways to get to 10

• Numbers and Operations in Base 10 Work with numbers 11 through 19 to get a sense of place value

• Measurement and Data Describe and compare measurable attributes (i.e. length or weight); classify objects and count number of objects in each category

• Geometry Identify and describe shapes (2-D or 3-D); analyze, compare, create and composes single shapes to create larger shapes (i.e. two triangles to make a rectangle)

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English Language Arts • Reading • Writing • Speaking • Listening

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Life Skills-Work Habits

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Social Expectations

School Rules The Three Bs:

– Be Safe

– Be Respectful

– Be Responsible

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Our Kindergarten Program

• Early Bird Kindergarten begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 1:00 p.m.

• Lunch: 45 minutes (between 11 a.m. and 12 noon)

• Late Bird Kindergarten begins at 9:30 a.m. and ends at 2:00 p.m.

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A Typical Day

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Snack and Lunch

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Library, PE & Enrichment

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English Language Development

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Before & After School Care • Albany Children’s Center: serves ages 3 - 5

• Cornell Elementary: serves K-5 1 - 6:00 p.m.

Chinese Language & Culture Class • Marin Elementary: serves K-3 7:30 to 6:00 p.m.

Tupelo/Spanish • Ocean View Elementary: serves K-3 7:30 to 6:00 p.m.

Cedars K-1 grade …………7:30 – 6:00 p.m. Maples 2-5 grade ………1:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Chinese Language & Culture Class K-3 ……12:50 - 6:00 p.m.

Other Resources City of Albany – Friendship Club

Jewish Community Center YMCA

Children’s Play Center

Albany Children’s Center Before and After School Care

Transitional Kindergarten

(September-December Birthdays)

Fee and Registration Information ACC has full fee and sliding scale fee program options based on

income eligibility.

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Registration Required Documents

1. Completed Registration Form (online) 2. Child’s Immunization Record 3. Birth Certificate or Passport 4. Property deed, current property tax

statement or current rental agreement

5. Two other forms of proof • 1. Utility Bills • 2. Bank Statement • 3. Paycheck Stub • 4. W-2 Form

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New Documentation Requirement for Personal

Belief Exemptions

• As of January 1, 2016, Personal Belief Exemptions are no longer accepted in California. Students must be fully immunized by the first day of school. If immunizations aren’t completed when you enroll, you must bring updated immunization record to the district on or before the 1st day of school.

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Transitional Kindergarten students turn 5 years old between September 2nd and December 2nd.

• Kindergarten students need to be 5 years old by September 1st.

• Notification of school assignment will be mailed between mid-July and early August (for those registering Feb 1- March 25).

• Contact each school individually to request a tour. • Each school site has various meet and greet

activities and orientations for TK and Kindergarten.

• Classroom assignments will be posted online through Aeries Parent Portal

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Placement Process • Initial request (first choice) • Placement order:

– Special program needs (not all services are available at all sites)

– Sibling attends the school – Parent request

• Lottery • Waiting list

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Online Registration

•https://albanyusd.asp.aeries.net/air/

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Select Registration Year

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Review Required Information Create Account or Log In

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Student’s Information

• Enter student’s name, birthday, grade level or program.

• For Transitional

Kindergarten, select Albany Children’s Center

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Residency

• Enter your address here. • If you live outside of

Albany, you must apply for an inter-district transfer from your district of residence (DOR).

• Once we receive the approved application from your DOR, your student’s name will placed on our waiting list

• If space is available, you will be contacted, but not until after the first two weeks of school.

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School Selection

Your request for preferred school site is not guaranteed. You may select your preferred school site, but school assignment is based on space availability, not proximity of your home address.

Registrations completed during the priority enrollment (February 1 – March 25) period will be placed in a lottery (if necessary) for your preferred school.

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Account Created

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Student Information cont’d.

As you enter information – certain fields must be populated.

Select “Yes” if you want access to the Parent Portal – an email address is required.

Make sure to select “No” for anyone that you do not want to grant Parent Portal access; otherwise they will receive all school communications.

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Parent’s Name

Enter Student Information

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Immunizations

All immunizations must be entered – your application will not be accepted if this section is left blank or incomplete.

4 doses DTP/Tdap/Td/DT and Polio 2 doses Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) 3 doses Hep. B 1 dose Varicella or physician documented disease history

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Almost to the end School Permissions

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Finally… Once you reach this page, you can review your application and edit your information.

You must click “Finish and Submit” in order for your application to be sent.

Once you click “Finish and Submit” you can not go back to make any corrections.

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One last thing…

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