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PAL | UTK

PAL ROCKS

Welcome to PAL! We enjoy learning. We love to dance, sing, listen to stories, learn in centers and play. 

Preschool for All Learners (PAL) Special Education program is a five day, 4 hour and 30 minute Universal Design model intended to maximize student achievement and increase the number of students exiting special education services prior to Kindergarten.

  • PAL classrooms are staffed by a special education teacher and 2 special education assistants/trainees 
  • PAL classrooms serve up to 12 children with both moderate and severe levels of need
  • Classes meet Monday through Friday for 4 hours and 30 minutes
 
8:05 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. daily

 

Recommendations:

Please be sure to have your child wear appropriate clothing (no belts) and work with your child on buttoning/unbuttoning pants/shorts. Have your child do his/her own homework. Encourage your child to practice writing his/her name and to color "inside the lines".

Universal Transitional Kindergarten (UTK)

Transitional kindergarten is the first year of a two-year kindergarten program that uses a modified kindergarten curriculum that is age and developmentally appropriate. Transitional kindergarten is the program placement for TK age- eligible students who turn 5 by September 2 of the current year. This developmental program acts as a bridge between the preschool environment and the more structured setting of Kindergarten. It gives children the opportunity to access State Kindergarten Curriculum Standards in a classroom setting that provides an enhanced language experience and implements small group instruction and hands-on learning.

Transitional Kindergarten prepares students for the social and academic expectations for the following year’s entry into traditional Kindergarten. It gives children the gift of a high quality early learning experience.

Hours are 8:05 a.m. - 2:29 p.m. daily.