GJPS Preschool Weekly Update

There is no school district-wide on May 3, 2024 for professional development!

Your feedback is critical to our continuous improvement of our program, structures and interactions.Complete this short survey about your families experience this year in our program for the 2023-2024 school year. Complete by June 30, 2024. The survey is linked in the yellow button below.

Join us from 4:30-6:30 at Clark Hall in the bottom parking lot! There will be food trucks, photo booth, games, bounce houses, and much more! There will be water/slime activities so please plan to dress accordingly!

We will be holding an End of the Year Awards Ceremony for all of our preschoolers on May 23rd and May 24th. Details about your child's classroom awards ceremony have been sent home in your child's folder and have been posted on Class Dojo.

Times for the event:

AM Session-10:20-11:05 and PM Session -2:15-3:00 PM

Due to spacing concerns we are limiting this event to 2 guests per child.

Preschool Experience (for children ages 3-5 not eligible for Kindergarten).

This class is offered at CLARK HALL, Suite B, 380 Granville Street.

This class is only offered from 8:00 am – 10:00 am.

This course is designed for children ages 3-5 who are currently attending the Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools Preschool Program and will NOT be going to Kindergarten.

BUS TRANSPORTATION IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS COURSE.

This course will provide preschool aged students with a multi-sensory approach to learning through a language rich environment, experiential hands-on activities, and repeated practice with preschool concepts. All supplies will be provided. There are a limited number of spots available for this course.

Kindergarten Readiness Experience (first-time kindergarteners) (for children age 5 by August 1, 2024). This class is offered at CLARK HALL, Suite B, 380 Granville Street. This course is designed for children who will be first-time Kindergarteners and would benefit from additional exposure to Kindergarten readiness skills. STUDENTS WHO WILL ATTEND GJPS FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR MUST BE PRE-REGISTERED FOR KINDERGARTEN BEFORE REGISTERING FOR THE KINDERGARTEN READINESS EXPERIENCE. BUS TRANSPORTATION IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS COURSE. It is especially recommended for students planning to enter Kindergarten who have never attended preschool. The following skills will be emphasized during this class: Social awareness, working with manipulatives, upper-and-lower-case letter recognition, color recognition, similarities/differences, and arts and crafts activities. All supplies will be provided.

The registration process for high school courses, elementary special education, Kindergarten Readiness and preschool will be open to all students with limited space available.

Click Here to Enroll

Dear Families,

Next week, children will explore earth changes that include weather, day and night, and seasons. They will explore the sun’s power and energy to notice the changes it brings to the earth.

Next week’s Family Connections activities can be found at:
https://portal2.frogstreet.com/wp-content/uploads/prek2/familyconn/ENG-FC-T9-W2.pdf

Next week’s storybook, “What is Weather?” can be found at: https://portal2.frogstreet.com/ebook/?bookname=FS20094-What-Is-Weather_eBook.

Looking forward to an exciting week!

• Communicate with the teacher if there will be a change in who is picking up your child.
• The person picking up should bring the color coded card and ID.
• Please have your child go to the restroom and/or a fresh pull up) before coming to school.

For students age-eligible for Kindergarten, a kick off will be held at the school building your child will be attending for the 2024-2025 school year. We will be sharing lists of students transitioning on 4/15/24 with building principals.

Age for Kindergarten: Your child must be 5 by August 1, 2024 to go to Kindergarten.

Enrollment for Kindergarten: If your child is age-eligible to go to Kindergarten and currently attends our preschool, you will NOT need to enroll them for Kindergarten. We will send all information to the building principals.

Reminder for what session your child will be in next year:

AM Session- children that are not 4 by August 1, 2024

PM Session- children who are 4 by August 1, 2024

Our preschool licensing rules require us to have an updated medical statement on each student after EACH annual exam. The medical statement form is attached below. Take this form to your child's yearly exam to have completed by their pediatrician. If you need a form sent home, please let us know and we would be happy to print and send it home!

Forms will be sent home next week for returning families to indicate if your child's medical statement is expired, will be expiring soon, or we do not have on file.

The Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools Central Office and Maintenance buildings will be moved to new locations this summer to create more parking space on the high school site.

Our Central Office will be in a portion of the second floor of the office building at 630 Morrison Road as a result of a three-year lease that the District has entered into. You can learn more about the move and what it means for the current site on our website.

Important Dates:

May 28 Last Day for Central Office at Current Location

May 29-30 Central Office Closed for Move to New Location

May 31 Central Office Opens at New Location

The Heart and Pride Award recognizes two outstanding staff members each month who make a profound impact on our students and Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools.

The Heart & Pride Nomination Form will remain available year-round and is open to any member of our staff, regardless of position.

May 3- No School- PD day

May 10- Family Fun Night at Clark Hall

May 23-24- Awards Ceremony

2023-24 GJPS District Calendar (PDF)