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We are fortunate to be able to offer choices to parents
when it comes time to start school. Onekama Elementary
continues to offer two separate sections of all day,
everyday kindergarten for those children ready to attend
all day, as well as the Young Five’s program which meets
all day, three days per week. Placement is determined
through the kindergarten interview process with a
recommendation made to the parents. Over the years, we
have found that the all day program has provided a
strong foundation and has increased the students success
as they move into the elementary program.
Each year in our Kindergarten classroom, students have
the opportunity to learn the cycle of life of chickens.
Local farmers donate the eggs to the students, the eggs
are candled to verify fertilization, marked with an “X”
and an “O” to aid in the chore of turning the eggs twice
daily while in the incubator, monitoring the
temperature, keeping track of the incubation days up to
the actual hatching of the baby chicks.
Among the wide variety of academic requirements
necessary to succeed in the lower elementary classrooms,
we also have the ability to introduce enrichment
opportunities to shape the entire child. Music has
proven to enhance a child’s learning ability and we
firmly believe that by exposing children early on to the
wonderful world of music, improves their chances of
continued educational success.
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The second graders have the availability of our local
newspaper during the English language arts class time.
The local newspaper is delivered weekly to several age
levels and students are allowed time to read the
newspaper and then discuss current events, the stock
market, and the world of advertising.
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