Horseheads Elementary Schools
Welcome to Kindergarten
5-1-20 UPDATE: Please note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our May kindergarten orientation has been postponed. Click here for more information from our principal.
Our center-based program provides an environment that promotes the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth of each child. We work to enhance self-esteem and self-confidence (acceptance, belonging, trust, friendship), offering our students a time to grow and develop.
Our subject areas include:
| English Language Arts: | Letter identification and pre-reading skills, writing readiness and temporary spelling, good speaking and listening skills. |
| Mathematics: | Number recognition, counting, operations, problem-solving, graphing, geometry, measurement, time, money, functions, relations, attributes and patterns. |
| Science: | Classification, plants, animals, weather, seasons, the earth's land, air and water, materials in our world, and things around us. |
| Social Studies: | Safety and health habits for self and others, getting along with others, rules, community helpers, families, learning about the self, and holidays. |
| Teachers: | Samantha Bancroft, Kristy Bartenstein, Brittany Beach, Sarah Beeman, Andrea DeLosa, Emily Kozemko, Jill Nelson, Melissa Ripley |