Kindergarten News

List of 10 items.

• Curriculum Corner

  Please check your child’s folder for valuable tips from our Curriculum Coordinators about the latest units in Math and Literacy.

• Field Day (April 2nd)

  Field Day is scheduled for Thursday, April 2nd. Please note that this is also a Maverick Madness Spirit Day, but students must wear socks and sneakers. It will kick off with a K-5 picnic lunch at 11:00. All students must bring a lunch and drink from home, including a large, reusable water bottle for the day. (No cups with straws, please!) Games and activities will happen between 11:30 and 3:10. Due to very limited space, we kindly ask that only those parents who are signed up to be class photographers attend this event. We anticipate a normal dismissal at 3:15.

• Grandparents Day Video

  The students put on quite the show at Grandparents and Special Friends Day! If you'd like to watch the performance, click HERE.

• Host a Science Star This Summer!

  Frank the Corn Snake, Gus the Tree Frog, and Buster the Fat-Tailed Gecko are looking for awesome families to host them over summer break! They’re low-maintenance, come fully equipped with their own cages and simple care guides, and make the perfect "practice pets" for kids learning responsibility. They may not be soft and fluffy, but Frank, Gus, and Buster bring tons of personality (and are way easier than cleaning up after a puppy)!

  
  

  If your family would like to give one of them a summer home, contact Mr. Hunger: chunger@sjs.org.

  
  

  These science lab legends are ready to move in!

• Important Dates

  Important dates for Kindergarten will be listed here for you to mark your calendar.
  We kindly request that the events marked with an asterisk * are only attended by those parents who have signed up.
  

  • 4/2/26: Maverick Madness Spirit Day & LS Field Day* 
  • 4/22/26: Kindergarten Poetry Festival
  • 5/7/26: St. John's Singers Spring Show @ 2pm
  • 5/8/26: St. John's Singers Spring Show @ 7pm
  • 5/20/26: LS Closing Celebration @ 8:45am in Lowe Theater

• Kindergarten Poetry Festival (April 22nd)

  Save the date for our Annual Kindergarten Poetry Festival on April 22nd at 8:30am. All Kindergarten parents are invited to attend this fun performance in Lowe Theater. Students will need to wear concert attire. Boys should be in their uniform khaki pants with a belt, a white button-down shirt, and any tie, solid white socks, and sneakers or dress shoes. Girls need to wear a red or plaid jumper and white blouse with Peter Pan collar, solid white socks, and sneakers or dress shoes.

• March Bridge Book

  We are excited to continue our Community and Inclusion initiative in Lower School, Building Bridges with Books, with our second selection for this school year. This program fosters a sense of unity and understanding among our students by exploring diverse perspectives through literature. Every Lower School faculty member will receive a copy of the featured Bridge Book for their classroom, creating a shared reading experience within our community.

  
  

  Our March Bridge Book is Heart String by Brooke Boynton-Hughes. Beautifully illustrated, this heartwarming picture book reminds readers that we're all connected. Through backyards and neighborhoods, over mountains, and across oceans, this colorful heart string ties us all together. Invisible yet undeniable, it joins our hearts so that we are never truly alone. Follow the thread of this reassuring story to see how, even in a world as vast as ours, there is always a bond that connects us to the ones we love—and to the world we share.

  
  

  We hope this book sparks meaningful conversations in our Lower School community!

• Maverick Madness Spirit Day (April 2nd)

  Our next Maverick Madness Spirit Day will be on Thursday, April 2nd. Students may wear as much red, black, and SJS gear as possible, or they may wear their normal uniform. Please see page 31 of the Lower School Handbook for specific guidelines for out-of-uniform dress.

• Maverick SportsFest ft. Lacrosse (April 24th)

  All students in Classes K-4 are invited to join the Maverick Lacrosse Programs for an afterschool Maverick SportsFest on April 24th from 3:45-5:15. Students will get to interact with Upper School players from both the boys and girls lacrosse teams for fun drills and games. Students will be escorted from the LS carpool area to Caven Field, where they can be picked up at 5:15.

  
  Email your child’s name and grade level to Tricia Zeuner (pzeuner@sjs.org) to register by April 20th.

• Social-Emotional Learning

  During the month of April, our Sharing Circle topics will focus on self/social awareness, responsible decision-making, and self-management. Three of our topic threads are focused on learning to take responsibility for our actions, healthy relationships, following directions, and working through small and big emotions. Please be sure to check your student's grade-level page for additional resources and table talk discussion questions. 

   

  We will discuss taking responsibility for our actions, healthy relationships, following directions, and working through small and big emotions.

  
  

  Books:

  • Teach Your Dragon to Follow Directions by Steve Herman
  • The Not-So-Friendly Friend by Christina Furnival
  • A Little SPOT Emotion Coach by Diane Albe
  • But It’s Not My Fault by Julia Cook

  
  

  Table Talk Discussions: 

  • If you do not take responsibility for things, how might it make others feel?
  • How should the people that we choose to be around make us feel?
  • Share a time that you had to work through tough emotions.
  • What can you do if others are not following directions or rules?

  
  Upcoming Events:
  
  K-12 Parent Wellness Workshop: The Conflict Advantage: Helping Kids Grow Through Disagreement
  featuring Dr. Brian Goonan
  Wednesday, April 15th @ 8:45-10:00
  Chao Assembly Room