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Forest Hills spotlights new junior kindergarten program, teachers cite gains in social and literacy skills
Summary
Forest Hills Public Schools presented its new junior kindergarten (JK) program at the Jan. 12 board meeting, with district leaders and JK teachers describing a project-based, developmentally focused year that served about 171 students last year and prompted changes to centralized kindergarten screening and classroom practices.
Forest Hills Public Schools presented an instructional highlight on Jan. 12 showcasing its junior kindergarten (JK) program, which district leaders and classroom teachers described as an additional, developmentally focused year designed to give younger children more time for social-emotional, fine-motor and early-literacy development.
Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Scott Hagen said the JK year "allows for that gift of time" and emphasized the program’s emphasis on purposeful play, whole-child development and project-based learning. Jim Haney Turk, director of elementary…
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