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Coming soon: information for NEXT FALL! Meanwhile, here's the information on pre-enrolling children for the 2008-2009 school year. Schools throughout Tulsa County host Pre-enrollment Roundups in April to encourage parents to pre-enroll their children in pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten for the following school year. Pre-enrollment serves multiple purposes. The process helps put parents’ minds at ease and introduces the concept of attending school to young children. Also, pre-enrollment is critical to each school’s ability to plan for the number of children they need to serve in the coming year. Parents who can plan ahead for their children’s first day of pre-K or Kindergarten are doing their children a big favor by communicating with and helping schools get ready for the size and number of classes to offer. Schools who have had time to prepare for the number of incoming students are schools ready to teach, making greater the chances for students being ready to learn. According to Janet McKenzie, Kendall-Whittier Kindergarten teacher, “A child who is pre-enrolled is more likely to be present, ready to learn on that first day of school, an important factor in a child starting his education on the right foot. We need to do a better job of communicating to parents how critical it is to a child just starting school to be there on the very first day. Many times parents think, ‘It’s just pre-K,’ or ‘It’s just Kindergarten. What would be the problem if they aren’t there the first day or the first week even?’ The problem is huge,” McKenzie said. “It’s a problem that starts small and snowballs quickly. Essential procedures and socialization take place from the very beginning. Children who are there on the first day, and certainly that whole first week, ready to go, clearly have an edge and a much better start,” she added. According to Brandie Roberts, Head Start’s Parent Education Coordinator, pre-enrollment also offers parents the advantage of having time to visit with teachers and ask questions so important to helping them and their children make the adjustment to school. “Parents enrolling their first child in pre-K or Kindergarten naturally have lots of questions. School is not only a new experience for the child but for the entire family. Pre-enrollment gives parents time to get answers to those questions in a relaxed environment, an opportunity that is not as available when a school year is only days away or already in progress,” said Roberts. There are other downsides to missing pre-enrollment. Leaving enrollment to the end of summer or even the day or week school begins can cost schools and teachers a great deal of disruption, false starts, and the unnecessary expenditure of limited resources, but much worse, can cause the parent and child unnecessary confusion, trauma and heartache at a time already stressed filled. Tulsa Public Schools Board member Gary Percefull said, “We would love to see all children in Tulsa County pre-enrolled and ready to start their education on as positive a note as possible.” Whether enrolling at their neighborhood school or at a Kindergarten Forum, parents must bring the child’s birth certificate, the child’s immunization record, and proof of residence which can include a current utility bill or lease agreement.
Tulsa County Schools Pre-K and Kindergarten
Roundup,
South Elementary School:
Pre-K
Kindergarten For more information, call: (918) 446-6041.
Bixby School District Central Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten For more information, call: (918) 366-2281.
Broken Arrow School District All Elementary Schools: Enrollment for both Pre-K and Kindergarten starts June 2nd and continues throughout the rest of the month of June, Monday thru Thursday, during regular school hours (8am – 4pm). For more information, call: (918) 259-4300 (ext. 272 or 273).
Collinsville School District Wilson Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten For more information, call: (918) 371-3144.
Glenpool School District Glenpool schools do not do a Pre-K or Kindergarten roundup. For information about enrolling your child with Glenpool schools, call: (918) 322-9500.
Jenks School District Southeast Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten West Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten East Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten For more information, call: (918) 299-4415, ext. 2415.
Keystone School District Keystone Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten For more information, call (918) 363-8298.
Leonard School District Leonard Elementary does not do a Pre-K or Kindergarten roundup. For information about enrolling your child with Leonard schools, call: (918) 366-3240.
Liberty School District Liberty Elementary: Pre-K April 22nd: 5:30 – 6:30pm
Kindergarten
Ator Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Bailey Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Barnes Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Hodson Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Smith Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Mills Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Northeast Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten For more information, please call: (918) 274-1904.
Sand Springs School District Early Childhood Center: (Pre-K only) Pre-Enrollment for the Early Childhood Center starts February 1st and is available through the end of the current school year. For more information, call: (918) 246-1570. Pratt Elementary: (Kindergarten only) Pratt Elementary does not do a Kindergarten Roundup, however you can call today to make an appointment for your child to be enrolled. Appointments are set for sometime in August. Call the school at (918) 246-1550 for more information or to make an appointment. Limestone Elementary: (Kindergarten only) Limestone Elementary does not do a Kindergarten Roundup. For information on enrollment, please call the school at (918) 246-1560.
Marrs Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten For more information, please call: (918) 396-2295.
Sperry Elementary:
Pre-K
Kindergarten For more information, please call: (918) 288-7213
Tulsa School District All Elementary Schools:
Pre-K
Kindergarten For more information, please call: (918) 746-6214.
Union School District Andersen:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Boevers:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Briarglen:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Cedar Ridge:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Clark:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Darnaby:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Elementary #13:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Grove:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Jarman:
Pre-K
Kindergarten McAuliffe:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Moore:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Peters:
Pre-K
Kindergarten Rosa Parks:
Pre-K
Kindergarten For more information, please call: (918) 357-6215. |