The multi-year study is performed jointly by Rutgers University and University of Washington. The article reports that the program is seeing “mixed results.” Let’s dive into the study report and see what it says. City Hall runs the Seattle Preschool Program through its Department of Education and Early Learning, independent of the school district (though in some cases utilizing classrooms at public schools).Įarlier this week, KUOW published an article raising questions about the quality of the Seattle Preschool Program, based on the second annual outside evaluation of the program. It may choose to combine them into a single levy, or opt to keep them separate if there is a risk that one would drag the other down - or if the complexities of trying to split the funds between City Hall-run programs and the politically separate Seattle Public School District become overwhelming. This morning, the City Council started its process of looking at the two levies in anticipation of crafting renewals for the fall ballots. The preschool levy was passed in 2014 to fund a four-year “demonstration program” to offer preschool to 3 and 4 year old children in Seattle, hopefully proving its viability and discovering what it would take to scale it up. Busses are not available however pre-loaded ORCA transit cards will be available to assist families with transportation barriers.This year two major education-related levies expire and will likely be put up for renewal: the Families and Education Levy, and the Seattle Preschool Levy. Families will practice dropping their student off and picking them up just like the normal school year (: Free breakfast and snack/lunch will be provided. While we will make time for families and teachers to connect before and after the Jump Start days, Jump Start is just for kindergarteners.
Please complete the registration form and send it to Jacquelyn Ksidakis or Christa Howsmon few reminders: Jump Start is a free program for families and is designed to be a little intro to the Kindergarten year at Roxhill. Here is a link to the resources page with registration forms: Teachers observe students working independently and in small and whole class groupings.
During Jump Start, teachers provide a variety of fun activities that all students can feel successful doing as they learn about their classroom and school. Jump Start is a time to build relationships and create an inclusive, welcoming school community. Jump Start is a free transition-to-kindergarten program offered at most Seattle elementary and K-8 schools in late August. Jump Start will be August 15-19th at Roxhill from 9 am – 12 pm.
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