The Hopewell Valley Regional School District is investigating the possibility of developing a Kindergarten Extension Program in each of our four elementary schools. Your input will help determine whether the district pursues this program.

Program Description: The proposed program will be staffed by New Jersey certified teachers who will provide developmentally appropriate activities which enhance the district's existing kindergarten curriculum. Children will be placed in Kindergarten Extension in the school where the child attends kindergarten and will follow the normal school calendar.  The Kindergarten Extension program will precede or follow the student's regularly scheduled kindergarten class, giving him/her a full day experience (i.e. if your child is in an a.m. session of kindergarten, he/she would attend a p.m. session of Kindergarten Extension and vice versa). All students enrolled will have lunch and recess.

Selection Process:  Enrollment will be by lottery.  The tentative deadline for the lottery will be on April 1, 2010. Children not selected by the lottery will be placed on a waiting list and notified by June 1, 2010.

Class Size: Space is extremly limited, class sizes will be limited to 36 (18 a.m. / 18 p.m.) students per school.

Cost: The monthly tuition is tentatively set at $500.00 per month. The program will be fully funded by student tuition, no district funds will be used.