Full Day Kindergarten

Here is my letter, my explanation, of why we are whole heartedly offering the option of full-day kindergarten to our school.

Throughout the years I have watched our own kindergarten classes as well as those at different schools. Most, actually all of the other programs I have observed were not what I wanted for parents who were going to sacrifice to provide a very good education for their children at Bios. So we offer a half-day, ten student class, with an academic emphasis.

In the past, at my previous school of twelve years, our kindergarten students tested in the 75th to 85th percentile year after year on the Iowa, Stanford, and the state tests. And it’s not like we screened students for the best and brightest. No, some students entered reading at a third grade level and some entered not knowing a letter of the alphabet. Half-day kindergarten is doing its job of providing an excellent foundation to enter our primary classes with.

Why the change? Because more and more parents want it. And I can honestly say we can further increase student’s skills in the added amount of time. We just continue doing what we do best – supporting our parents by educating our students with high, individual expectations with mature encouraging Christian teachers.

Half-day kindergarten at Bios Christian Academy continues to provide an excellent beginning for our students. Full-day kindergarten provides an additional option to our parents in the choices they make for their children.