Education briefs
June 9, 2002 Early entrance to kindergarten announced
Frazier School District has announced kindergarten early entrance.
Parents of children whose birthdays fall between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31 of the school year may seek early entrance to kindergarten if their child can demonstrate readiness skills to the satisfaction of the superintendent, and if space is available.
The parent may petition the school to deviate from the chronological age requirement by writing to the school principal. The school principal and K-12 Curriculum Supervisor will ascertain the child’s readiness skills by means of a kindergarten readiness instrument. The principal and supervisor will then issue a written report to the superintendent, who shall then approve or disapprove the parents’ petition for early entrance.
The parents will be responsible for a fee for administering the instrument. The fee will be waived if the parent(s) is/are eligible for the federal Free Lunch Program. Letters of petition for Early Kindergarten Entrance are due to the school principal by June 30 of each year.
Campbell’s labels sought
As part of its 2002-2003 Labels for Education collection drive, Cardale Parent/Teacher Organization is calling on parents, teachers and friends in the community to help support its Cardale Elementary School students’ efforts to collect labels to redeem for free educational merchandise.
By collecting and redeeming Campbell company product labels, students can earn free educational merchandise such as computers, audio/visual equipment, sports equipment, reference books and even a mini-van. And, new this year, a variety of musical instruments have been added to the list of available items.
Drop off sites are Cardale Elementary, Allison 2 Post Office and Republic Library.
Preschool has limited openings
The Fort Burd Preschool, located at the Fort Burd United Presbyterian Church near the Brownsville General Hospital, has limited openings for the 2002-2003 session in their Monday-Wednesday-Friday afternoon class.
This class would be for children who will be four years old by Aug. 31. The class would be from 12:15 to 2:45 p.m. There are openings in the Tuesday-Thursday 9 to 11:30 a.m. class for students three years old by Aug. 31.
Contact the church office at 724-785-3080, if interested.
Cal U presents workshop
The California University of Pennsylvania department of history will present a workshop for history and social studies instructors June 24-28, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Cal U.
Drs. Sean Madden and Michael Slaven will present the workshop, worth up to six graduate-level credits, for a nominal fee of $75. Enrollment is limited to 30 members.
For more information about the program, including a river boat cruise, contact the department at kuhn@cup.edu, or call Susan Kuhn at (724) 938-1677.
Program offered
An Engineering and Technology Exploring Academy for students will be held in partnership by the Society of American Engineers and the Westmoreland Fayette Council Boy Scouts Sunday, June 16, at Westmoreland County Community College in Youngwood.
The five-day academy continues through June 20 and is open to young men and women aged 14 to 20.
The program is free. Registration is required and can be made by calling the WCCC Career Prep Office at 724-925-4268.
Kids Korner to hold registration
Kids Korner, 131 Filbert-Orient Rd., Cardale, will hold registration for full-day kindergarten this Monday through Friday.
Children must be four years, seven months old before Sept. 3 to enroll. A birth certificate, immunization records and Social Security card must be presented.
For more information or to make an appointment, call Francine Pavone at (724) 246-9413.
WVA orientation set
West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va., freshmen and transfer students will visit campus for a series of student orientation sessions.
The programs begin on Monday and run through June 28. Several openings are available, but space is limited.
For students unable to attend the June orientation, a second session is planned for transfer students on Aug. 13 and for freshmen on Aug. 15.