RVH preschool, kindergarten focus on academic basics

The Early Childhood classes, kindergarten classes, and mentoring program have begun the school year with a variety of learning activities.
The Early Childhood and kindergarten classes viewed a demonstration by the Girard Fire Department during the first week of October in honor of Fire Prevention Week. Students observed several fire trucks and learned important safety procedures.
Instructor Sherry Jagels has 12 children enrolled in the morning session and 11 in the afternoon session of the Early Childhood Development program. Their lessons have focused on colors, shapes, and fall themes, and students take daily walks to observe nature and learn about fall.
Her classes also studied the colors blue, yellow, brown, green, and purple and learned about pumpkins.
This week the theme will be Halloween, and her classes will study the color black, talk about bats and spiders, and end the week with a Spooky Walk.
Kindergarten teachers started the year with studies on letters and sounds, rhyming words, nursery rhymes, shapes, numbers, and sorting and patterning skills. Themes include apples, fall, and fire safety.
Students with September and October birthdays in Joni Benso’s class are Anna Gustin, Josh Boore, Masynn Stolte, Christian Lavender, Arlie Noe, Joshua Ivans, and Destiny Cole.
Her stars include Bailey Bliss, Josh Boore, Destiny Cole, Evan Deal, Ayden Fisher, and Joeseph Franklin.
Students with September and October birthdays in Dina Blevins’ class are Broc Scales and Parker Tersinar.
Her stars include Jordan Bauer and Dawson Shull.
In RoseMary Bliss’ class, Alex Koons celebrated a September birthday.     Her stars include Destiny Farris, Bailee Heenan, Deanna Pike, Caden Risch, Raele’ Smith, and Alyssa Threlfall.
Students with September and October birthdays in Nancy Boore’s class are Landon Leeper, Roxy Stimatze, Prestyn Simmons, Allie Davied, and Serenia Short.
Her stars include Jacob Combs, Landon Leeper, Makayla Mukwindidza, and Prestyn Simmons.
Jannette Allai and Sally DeMoss are coordinating the Mentor Program at RVH. Forty-five volunteer mentors are working with students in grades K-3 this year.
Regarding the program, Mrs. Allai said, “I am looking forward to a successful year.”