Peabody Elementary has just completed our Kindergarten registration for the 2013-2014 school year.  Peabody provides a variety of options in our kindergarten program.  We have a traditional AM or PM half day program (3 hours) with a certified teacher.  We provide a tuition based full day kindergarten program with a certified teacher that provides opportunity for your child to have more time for learning in a six and a half hour day.  We also provide a child care option called K+ where AM students eat lunch at school and then transition to an afternoon of enrichment activities 2-5 days a week.

If your kindergartener-to-be needs to slowly adapt to beginning school during the summer of 2013, we provide a summer child care program that includes field trips, swimming and many other fun activities.  Some of our incoming kindergarten parents have found that 2 to 3 days a week in Panther Pride before kindergarten helps with the transition to school in August.  Your child must be enrolled for kindergarten in the 2013-14 school year but does not need to be five yet to start summer Panther Pride.

Letter from Mrs. Ryan

December 17, 2012

Dear Peabody Families,

In light of the recent school tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, I wanted to provide you with assurances around our safety procedures and some resources for talking with your child about school safety. 

Littleton Public Schools continues to place the highest priority on student and school safety.  For additional information about school safety, please go to our District homepage at www. littletonpublicschools.net, where you will see details about the preventative measures that we have in place in our schools to address safety.

We started our day at Peabody with a classroom meeting so each teacher could get some sense of how much the children in their classroom know.  Teachers have reassured children who asked about school safety and those with additional needs can be seen by our school psychologist or me as a school social worker/principal.

In addition to Peabody’s efforts related to student safety, please know that the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office has dedicated extra patrols at schools in our area, focusing especially at the elementary level.  The increased patrols will be conducted in an effort to have a subtle, yet noticeable presence around the schools this last week of school before winter break.

With such a tragedy, it is possible that your child may experience a wide range of emotions while dealing with such an overwhelming event.  The enclosed resources are intended to support you as you talk with and support your child with such heartbreaking events.

Please feel free to contact me at 303-347-4625 or kryan@lps.k12.co.us if you are in need of further assistance.

Sincerely,

Kristin Ryan
Principal

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Littleton Public Schools has provided information regarding Pertussis, also known as Whooping Cough.  Please open this link to learn more information about Pertussis.

Kindergarten Registration

5776 South Crocker Street
Littleton, Colorado 80120
303-347-3300

Incoming Kindergarten students will need to turn 
5 by October 1, 2012
Incoming Preschool students will need to turn 
4 by October 1, 2012