Kindergarten in the North Hills School District is a full day program. Students attend one of four district elementary schools.

The kindergarten registration process begins online. Students must be five years old prior to August 1 to enter kindergarten that school year.

Our 2023-24 Kindergarten Forum was held on Jan. 19 at Ross Elementary School. The presentation slides can be viewed at this link.

NHSD is excited to again offer Story Time sessions to all students entering kindergarten in the district next school year. Sessions will be held at all four elementary schools on April 13, 17 and 19 by sign up only, and you must already be registered for the 2023-24 school year to attend.

Story Time allows students to visit their new school in a fun and low-pressure setting to begin the transition to kindergarten. Get details and sign up to attend here.

All incoming kindergartners take a BRIGANCE readiness assessment. The assessment looks at each child’s physical, language, cognitive and social-emotional development as well as self-help skills and determines the child’s school readiness. Results will be shared with the child’s parents before the start of the school year.

Explore the resources below as you prepare your student for the assessment and to begin kindergarten.

Activities Calendar

• Monthly activities for children in pre-kindergarten

Physical Development & Motor Skills

• Gross motor skills activities for little kids
• Motor skills for preschoolers
• Improve kids' fine motor skills with 30 materials & activities
• Kindergarten hand exercises

Language Development & Letter Recognition

• 10 letter recognition activities
• Letter recognition: Creative and hands-on ways to teach the alphabet
• Practice name writing in 12 fun ways for preschoolers
• Creative and fun name activities

Academic Skills/Cognitive Development

• 8 ways to teach children their address and phone number
• Safety Skills: How to teach your child to memorize his phone number
• Book and print awareness: Getting ready to read