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Willmar, Minn., kindergarteners have list of things to learn this summer

WILLMAR -- Teachers in Willmar have developed a list of activities for children about to enter kindergarten. At the Kennedy Elementary School kindergarten roundup this spring, families received a packet...

news / education Fri, May 31, 2013 - 5:37pm

Willmar School Board to discuss kindergarten schedule today

WILLMAR -- The Willmar School Board will meet in a workshop session at 4:30 p.m. today in the board room on the first floor of the Willmar Education and Arts...

local / education Mon, Oct 24, 2011 - 11:53am

Hunter Dahline, left, and teacher Erika Johnson demonstrate some of the functions of the SMART Table. Roosevelt Elementary School in Willmar has two of the interactive devices. Tribune photos by Ron Adams

Kindergarteners 'love' new SMART Table

WILLMAR -- If you can't figure out which letter of the alphabet goes with which animal, it's nice to have a friend nearby. A new SMART Table at Roosevelt Elementary...

news / local / education Mon, May 23, 2011 - 12:00am

Montevideo considers all-day, everyday kindergarten

MONTEVIDEO -- School board members in Montevideo are considering the possibility of offering all-day, everyday kindergarten to all district students. Board members took up discussions on the issue at the...

news / region / education Wed, Nov 10, 2010 - 12:00am

Regina Schmitz, a coordinator with the United Way of West Central Minnesota's Success by 6 program, works Friday with Mariah Gutierrez, 2, from left, Daisy Lopez, 4, and Jose Antonio, 5, while visiting the children's day care provider. Schmitz is part of a program designed to prepare kindergarten-age children in Kandiyohi County to enter school prepared. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Growmobile seeing results

It's seven months since Regina Schmitz first went on the road with the Growmobile, bringing preschool learning to day-care children in Kandiyohi County. "Now that we're nearing the end of...

news / local Thu, Apr 15, 2010 - 12:00am

Roosevelt Elementary teacher Becky Olson, left, assists Kalli Anders with a project Tuesday as students in Olson's class celebrate their 100th day of school. Students began the school year at the former Lincoln Elementary School, moving to their new classrooms 34 days ago. An open house will be held Saturday to celebrate Roosevelt's new kindergarten wing. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Roosevelt Elementary celebrates new K rooms with an open house Saturday

The kindergarteners at Roosevelt Elementary celebrated their 100th day in school this week. That day also marked the 34th day in their new classrooms. The Roosevelt kindergarten classes started in...

news / local / education Thu, Feb 25, 2010 - 12:00am

Kindergartners shuffle by their lockers Monday in the new wing at Roosevelt Elementary School in Willmar. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Roosevelt kindergarteners join the rest of their school

WILLMAR -- With a unified shout of "Cut that ribbon," 150 kindergarteners followed their teachers into the new wing of Roosevelt Elementary School in Willmar on Monday morning. Many parents...

news / local / education Tue, Jan 05, 2010 - 12:00am

Aundie Manuel, whose daughter, Kris Egge, is a kindergarten teacher in the Willmar School District, helps organize Kris' new classroom Monday at Roosevelt Elementary School in Willmar. A group of kindergarten teachers are moving into their new classrooms at Roosevelt this week. With the completion of the new Roosevelt wing, Lincoln Elementary School will lose its last students. The move is part of the district's budget-cutting strategy. Tribune photo by Gary Miller

Teachers unpacking in new Roosevelt kindergarten wing

In Chelsea Brown's classroom, the stability balls are already waiting under the tables for her kindergarten students to come to school on Jan. 4. The tabletops, however, were covered with...

news / local / education Tue, Dec 22, 2009 - 12:00am

Amaya Archuleta, left and Marisa Peterson are dressed as pilgrims Wednesday as they eat a Thanksgiving meal at Roosevelt Kindergarten Satellite in Willmar. More than 150 students and their teachers gathered for the dinner. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Roosevelt kindergarten prepares to say goodbye to Lincoln building with a Thanksgiving dinner

A long time ago, there were people who were pilgrims, and the Indians helped them. That was Abby Clancy's take on the first Thanksgiving. The 6-year-old recounted that story Wednesday...

news / local / education Fri, Nov 27, 2009 - 12:00am

Mobile preschool program expands

WILLMAR -- The Growmobile, the mobile preschool program operated by the United Way of West Central Minnesota, has launched for the summer and has expanded to five additional towns in...

news / local / education Mon, Jun 15, 2009 - 12:00am

Gina Lieser, left, and Stacey Roberts show off the many purses that have been donated for the third annual "Power of the Purse" fundraiser on Saturday for Empower, a women's philanthropy initiative that is part of the United Way of West Central Minnesota. Tribune photo by Anne Polta

Kindergarten readiness targeted

WILLMAR -- A United Way women's philanthropy initiative hopes to raise upwards of $14,000 this weekend to help increase kindergarten readiness among Kandiyohi County children. Empower is hosting its third...

news / local Wed, Apr 22, 2009 - 12:00am

United Way launches 'Born Learning' campaign

WILLMAR -- United Way of Kandiyohi County and its women's philanthropy initiative are kicking off a public engagement campaign this week called "Born Learning." The campaign is part of an...

local / education Mon, Nov 10, 2008 - 12:00am

Miller Holland, 4, of New London, left, goes through the materials inside a backpack presented to her by Karen Hilding, co-chair of the Empower initiative, right, at a preschool screening Wednesday at Green Lake Bible Camp in Spicer. Empower was established to increase childrens' readiness to learn when they enter kindergarten. The backpacks contain scissors, crayons, paint and glue sticks to help children increase fine motor skills and learn basic shapes, letters and colors. A blank notebook also invite...

Initiative offers tools to improve kindergarten readiness

Some of the 3- and 4-year-olds at New London-Spicer's preschool screening couldn't wait to tear into their new blue backpacks and pull out crayons, paintboxes and books. It's the reaction...

local Thu, Oct 23, 2008 - 12:00am

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