Howard-Suamico 4-Year-Old Kindergarten
We are proud to be a Howard-Suamico 4-Year-Old Kindergarten Community Collaborative site. We are also excited and honored to uphold the Howard-Suamico 4-Year-Old Kindergarten Community Collaborative mission: to provide access to quality, developmentally appropriate learning opportunities for all 4-year-olds through community, school and family partnerships.
The Howard-Suamico 4-Year-Old Kindergarten Community Collaborative is:
- An initiative that provides learning opportunities through play-based instruction for all four-year-old children in the Howard and Suamico communities
- Taught by licensed Department of Public Instruction teachers
- Offered to children who will be four years old on or before September 1
- A community collaborative approach where the 4K school experience will take place at area preschool and daycare sites within both villages
- Offered four days per week for half day sessions
- Funded in combination with federal, state, and local tax monies -- no fees will be charged to participants
- Transportation will be available for resident students to the partner site nearest their home
Why 4K?
To improve academic success and close achievement gaps. Research heavily documents the benefits of an early learning program for children, the community and society. Empirical and anecdotal evidence clearly shows that nurturing environments with appropriate learning activities have large and lasting effects on children's school success, their ability to get along with others, and their emotional health.
Howard-Suamico 4K Guiding Principles:
What does a typical day in a 4K classroom look like?
Learn more about how to enroll your child in the Starting Point Day Care 4K program.
Contact Jennifer Trudell, Howard-Suamico 4K Community Collaborative Coordinator at
920.662.7941 or jenntrud@hssdschools.org or call the District the District Office at
920.662.7878. Click here to be directed to the Howard-Suamico 4K site.
Note: Those already enrolled full-time at Starting Point Day Care have first priority to enter our 4K program, but we're happy to take children from outside our center if space allows!
- Children learn and develop best in a positive, safe, play-based, age-appropriate environment.
- Families are recognized as their child's first teachers and primary role models.
- Children's and family's diverse backgrounds will be respected.
- The partnership between family, school, and community will support each child's growth and development.
- Children are actively engaged in their own learning.
What does a typical day in a 4K classroom look like?
- Children have opportunities for social interactions with same-aged peers.
- Teachers provide play-based learning opportunities involving academic skills that prepare students for Kindergarten.
- Children are involved in hands-on activities to enhance academic benchmarks.
- Teachers deliver instruction that encourages students to develop problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- The instructional approach is "Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuum for ages 3 to 5."
Learn more about how to enroll your child in the Starting Point Day Care 4K program.
Contact Jennifer Trudell, Howard-Suamico 4K Community Collaborative Coordinator at
920.662.7941 or jenntrud@hssdschools.org or call the District the District Office at
920.662.7878. Click here to be directed to the Howard-Suamico 4K site.
Note: Those already enrolled full-time at Starting Point Day Care have first priority to enter our 4K program, but we're happy to take children from outside our center if space allows!