Full Day Kindergarten
Full Day Kindergarten
Seattle Public Schools offers full-day kindergarten, which provides young learners the time they need to engage in learning and build the social and academic skills they need to support learning throughout their education. Research shows that children participating in developmentally appropriate, full-day kindergarten make greater gains both socially and academically.
Seattle Public Schools participates in the state WaKIDS program which provides a state subsidy to finance Full Day Kindergarten. Part of the WaKIDS program allowed Seattle Public Schools to offer teacher-family visits in September to every kindergarten family in the district.
In the 2017-2018 school year, these “Family Connections” visits were 30 to 40 minute meetings which provided one-on-one time for the teacher to learn more about the family and child. These conferences were scheduled on the first three school days (for grades 1-5) in September so Kindergarten students did not start school until Monday, September 11.
More information about Kindergarten and Early Learning in Seattle Public Schools.
More information about WaKIDS.
After School Care in Northeast Seattle
Wallingford Boys & Girls Club
(View Ridge, in basement of Sandpoint United Methodist Church)
4710 NE 70th
206-523-8447
Kids’ University/YMCA at Magnuson
(district transportation provided from school)
6344 NE 74th St., Bldg 406
206-985-0075