District 44 will again offer Full-Day Kindergarten in the 2010-11 School Year. There will also be the option for Half-Day Kindergarten. Registration for all students for either option for the 2010-11 school year will be as follows:

To be eligible for kindergarten this fall, a child must be five years old on or before
September 1.  Parents are required to bring a certified  birth certificate to the registration. Verification of Residency in District 44 is also required.  Three current verification documents must be presented at registration time.

District 44 residents are urged to tell their friends and neighbors with children of kindergarten-age about the kindergarten registration.  Parents who are unable to register their child should contact the school the child will attend so that the district can make accurate space and staffing plans.

This spring, every Lombard District 44 school will host a kindergarten orientation session. All schools will present information on full-day and half-day programming options. Parents of preschoolers are asked to attend the one offered by their child's local school so that they have an opportunity to meet other parents and become acquainted with the school and the kindergarten teacher.

Kindergarten orientation sessions are designed to benefit anyone who would like to know more about the kindergarten experience and District 44's comprehensive kindergarten program. Topics to be discussed include:

• information on the  full-day program;
• preparing a child for school;
• a typical day in kindergarten;
• ways to ensure that a child's separation from home and adjustment to school
  is a happy, positive experience;
• health; and
• speech and language

For further information about kindergarten orientation contact your home school between 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

BUTTERFlELD SCHOOL (Grades K-5)
Principal: Kristine Walsh
2 South 500 Gray Avenue
630.827.4000

MADISON SCHOOL (Grades K-5)
Principal: Larry Piatek
150 West Madison Street
630.827.4100

MANOR HILL SCHOOL (Grades K-5)
Principal Rob Schultz
1464 South Main Street
630.827.4300

PARK VIEW SCHOOL (Grades K-5)
Principal: Roberta Wallerstedt
341 North Elizabeth Street
630.827.4040

PLEASANT LANE SCHOOL (Grades K-5)
Principal Stephanie Loth
401 North Main Street
630.827.4640

WM HAMMERSCHMIDT SCHOOL (Grades K-5)
Principal David Danielski
617 Harmmerschmidt Avenue
630.827.4200