Adams Elementary Kindergarten 2023-2024

Welcome to Adams Elementary!

New Student Enrollment

Important Kindergarten Dates

• Registration opened January 3, 2023
• Jump Start is August 28-29, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
• Family Connections and WA Kids September 6-8 (and ongoing)
• First Day of Kindergarten is September 11 (grades 1-5 start on September 6)

What makes Adams special?

• Our STUDENTS
• Our EDUCATORS
• Our FAMILIES

We are an art infused school – Our educators work across grades to include art into daily learning

We have a strong focus on Social Emotional Learning (SEL) at Adams – In fact, one of our own staff created the program that is now being used at other schools

Benefits of our Social Emotional Learning (SEL) program:

• Students are taught conflict resolution; now the average number of student visits per day to the office is less than one
• When there are recurring issues, we discuss them at assemblies and make sure we are using uniform language and responding similarly

We like to learn AND have fun at Adams!

Thanks to our staff and PTA, we have a lot of fun community-building activities throughout the year

Learning together: Fifth grade buddies help with reading. 5th graders also escort kindergarten students to the bus and to afterschool care provider pickup locations

Adams Quick Glance

• School starts at 8:55 a.m. and ends at 3:25 p.m.
  • On Wednesdays our day ends at 2:10 p.m. for staff time
• Breakfast and lunch available
• Special education, two types
• Full time counselor
• Involved PTA

The kindergarten day includes:

• Teachers greet each student
• Circle time, talk about the day
• Academics including math, science, reading
• Recess – three times
• Lunch break
• Specialists: PE, music, art, library
• Social/Emotional Learning
• Play!

After School Care and Before School Care

Onsite:

• Before And After School Programs (run by PTA) and Kids Co.

Offsite, with Adams pick up:

• Boys and Girls Club
• Ballard Community Center
• Small Faces

Stay Connected!

• Adams PTA on Facebook – also look for your “class of 2029” page
• Adams PTA website
• Sign up for the PTA newsletter
• Subscribe to the SPS School Beat Newsletter
  • Read the SPS School Beat newsletter

Volunteering

• Please wait until October to volunteer
• Volunteer applications are available online