Full-Day Kindergarten
Why Full-Day K
Expanded learning opportunities
- Increased time to address health and wellness
- Expanded time for creative thinking and expression
- More time allows for deeper learning in content areas
- More opportunities for targeted instruction
Opportunities to learn through play
- Practice constructing and gathering knowledge
- Learn how to organize and understand information
- Opportunities to apply knowledge
Increased time to practice and grow social and emotional skills
- Teachers develop a deeper relationship with students and families
- Teachers know students as learners sooner, allowing earlier intervention, as needed
- Stronger sense of community within the classroom
Visit Student Registration to register your child for kindergarten.
2022-23 Kindergarten Schedules
DASD currently offers half-day kindergarten to all students. Qualifying students may elect to participated in full-day kindergarten at Beaver Creek, Bradford Heights, East Ward and Lionville Elementary only.
Below are the current half-day and full-day kindergarten schedules. By adding districtwide full-day kindergarten, we would expand our ability to incorporate additional early development skill learning and practice.
Half-Day Kindergarten
MORNING MEETING: 15 minutes
ENGLISH/ LANGUAGE ARTS: 1 hour 45 minutes
MATH: 30 minutes
MUSIC, ART, PHYS.ED, IDESIGN OR LIBRARY: 25 minutes
Full-Day Kindergarten*
MORNING MEETING: 15 minutes
ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS: 2 hours 30 minutes
MATH: 60 minutes
MUSIC, ART, PHYS. ED, IDESIGN OR LIBRARY: 45 minutes
LUNCH & RECESS: 45 minutes
MTSS ELA & MATH: 30 & 20 minutes
SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE: 30 minutes
*Currently available for qualifying students at Title I schools
Frequently Asked Questions
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