Thornhill Child Care Society operates two Alberta Education funded and approved private E.C.S./kindergarten programs. Our kindergarten programs are located at our Centre Street North Centre and our Haysboro location. Children are eligible to attend Kindergarten if they turn 5 years old on or before December 31st of the current school year. As a private ECS operator we also provide access to mild/moderate and program unit funding (PUF) for children who have been assessed as having developmental delays or disabilities. Our kindergarten programs offer many benefits to children including:
- Maximum class size of 20.
- Qualified Teacher and full-time Teaching Assistant.
- On-going evaluation, report cards and parent teacher interviews.
- Access to early intervention professionals including speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and physical therapists, and psychologists.
- Parent-run board of directors, with parental involvement encouraged.
- Educational centres targeted towards specific skill development.
- On-site child care available for before and after kindergarten and on non-school days provided by trained early childhood educators.
- Educational enhancing experiences such as field trips, in-class guests and special activities.
- Strong literacy and mathematics focus.
Program registration is on-going, with classes starting in September of each year.
TESTIMONIAL
First of all, thank you so much for helping Kate be so excited about learning! She looks forward to every day of Kindergarten at Thornhill for so many reasons. Thornhill has an outstanding Kindergarten program with an excellent teacher, wonderful assistants, creative task design and many resources. Kate has not only loved learning the Kindergarten curriculum throughout the year but she has also developed very good manners and formed values from her teachers at Thornhill; she has a clear moral compass that I can tell originates from her Thornhill teachers!