The Pre-School program offers children a happy and enriching school experience in a secure and caring environment. With the highest priority placed on building self-confidence while developing the whole child, the program is implemented with the utmost attention to the needs, talents, and uniqueness of each individual. Read More
From Susan Rosendahl, Pre-School Division Head
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October 2009
Recently an article in the education section of The Washington Post caught my eye, "More 'Progress,' Less Play-Doh." The author, Valerie Strauss, grappled with the definition of "academic" and "rigorous" as it relates to Kindergarten classrooms across our nation and the test-taking regimens that are becoming more commonplace. She cited statistics that caused me to pause: "In 258 full day kindergarten classes in New York and Los Angeles teachers are instructing or testing children two to three hours each day and children play 30 minutes or less."
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Pre-School News
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Ice Skating Event
Monday, January 18, 2010
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Brigade Sports Complex–United States Naval Academy
Key School parents, students, faculty, and staff are invited to the annual Parents’ Association All-School Ice Skating Event. Dust off your skates and grab your mittens for this special family experience. For more information contact Trish Gallant. -
Key to Add Second Section of Pre-K 3 in 2010-2011
We are pleased to announce that, in response to the high demand for Key’s Pre-School program, the School will open a second section of the three-year-old class (Pre-K 3) in September 2010! With the completion of the Barn Renovation and the resulting relocation of the Middle School science lab, the Pre-School will have ample space to house this additional class. Help us spread the word – your friends should know that we will not have to waitlist so many of the precious three-year-olds that come our way!
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Order Key's History Book Online
Don't miss your chance to own Through Many Eyes, The Evolution of a School, Key's official history book. It's a great summer read!
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New SMART Board Technology
To paraphrase an old television commercial, "It's not your father's...blackboard." In many of Key School's classrooms, today's blackboards are bright, interactive, computer-driven, and touch-sensitive. Chalk and chalk dust are things of the past. It is now all about digital ink.
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Chapin Living Waters
For the last fourteen years, Chapin Living Waters has been helping people in third world countries grow vegetables in drought conditions. They offer simple, sustainable technologies for subsistence farming. Key School’s sixth graders and Kindergarteners employ Chapin’s bucket system to irrigate the School’s gardens and their efforts were featured in Chapin Living Waters’ April Newsletter. Click here to view the article.
