The first day of Kindergarten (P1) is Wednesday, September 4, 2024. All, new to Carlton, P1 students and caregivers are invited to the scavenger hunt on Thursday, August 29th at 6pm.

Call or email Arabelis Luciano, Family Engagement Facilitator, with any questions.

Innovation Plan allows for flexibility of when students enter and exit a grade level and advancement is based on students’ continuous progress.
Kindergartners start in fall, winter, or spring trimesters based on the timing of their 5^th birthday.
Diagnostic approach used to inform flexible, small-group instruction including student reflection and goal setting
Multi-age classrooms with flexible grouping based on students’ needs – each student advances at their own pace
Two-hour literacy instruction using a workshop model
Eighty-minute math block
Art, music, and science programs
Project-based inquiry to investigate science and social studies topics

Transition meetings
Community circles
End-of-the-year Celebration of Learning
Monthly school assemblies
Literacy celebrated through a Snowball Slam (reading initiative) that includes a vocabulary parade, community readers, pajama read-in day, and SHS boys basketball team readers
Stickers and shout-outs
Daily Morning Meeting
School-wide student performances

To ensure that all students are prepared to achieve and inspired to learn, we also provide: