Kindergarten

Keera-pat International School has been providing students with quality early childhood education, through a family atmosphere for the past 3 years.

We believe:

-	Every child is unique
-	All children have strengths which need to be brought out and built on
-	Young children’s learning should be built on that which is familiar to them
-	Learning should be primarily an active, first-hand experience. Young children need opportunities and space to explore and discover
-	Learning should be a pleasurable and rewarding experience
-	Children’s independence and self discipline need to be encouraged
-	Every child needs to feel emotionally secure in order to develop to their full potential
-	Play is an essential and rich part of the learning process

We expect to:

-	provide a curriculum to enable students to acquire skills necessary to meet the challenge of a complex and changing world.
-	provide students with experiences that are culturally enriching
-	devise a variety of assessment strategies to evaluate student achievement
-	invest in technology
-	provide comprehensive and reliable sources of information on student development and progress
-	promote the school as a center of learning for all members of the school community
-	provide opportunities for teachers and students to experiment with new ideas for curriculum
-	provide a staff development program
-	provide opportunities for teachers to observe each other and to plan interdisciplinary activities
-	involve students and parents in planning curriculum and school activities
-	provide an environment which encourages the school community to take risks
-	encourage a love of learning that is life long
-	encourage academic achievement
-	foster a community and school partnership that creates excited learners
-	provide an environment that values integrity
-	promote readiness so that students function successfully as learners
-	provide counseling services to assist students in their individual needs
-	provide school facilities appropriate to the school's philosophy and objectives

Enrollment Age for Kindergarten (Nursery to Kindergarten)

Student applying to Nursery must be 2 years old by August 31st of the enrollment year. To be enrolled in the age-appropriate class, a child must be the age of that class on or before August 31 of the school year following;

Nursery	2 - 3 years old	1 September 2004 – 31 August 2005
Pre-K 1	3 – 4 years old	1 September 2003 – 31 August 2004
Pre-K 2	4 – 5 years old	1 September 2002 – 31 August 2003
Kindergarten	5 – 6 years old	1 September 2001 – 31 August 2002

Decision making depends on (by written and oral tests)

-	English proficiency
-	Social or emotional development
-	Length of attention
-	Curiosity (want to learn something new!)