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Registration for new Lakota students in grades K-12 for the 2023-2024 school year, including incoming kindergartners, opens Feb. 1. Early kindergarten registration extends through March 31, after which an open house for incoming kindergartners will be offered on April 13.
Why are students so proud of the 50-gallon barrel on display at Hopewell Early Childhood School?
It’s filled with old caps and lids that the K-2 students are recycling to turn into benches for their school.
After just three interactions amounting to no more than an hour and a half together, Hopewell ECS first-grader Siima Kibuuka looked affectionately at her partner, Hopewell Junior eighth-grader MJ Demcho, and said, “Yeah, we’re friends.” This is exactly the outcome both schools hoped for when they came together to reignite their mentor program this year.
At Hopewell Early Childhood School, kindness isn’t just something staff teach; it’s something they model. And although it was even more top of mind during the district’s celebration of “Dude, Be Kind” week all last week, Hopewell’s interim counselor and reading intervention specialist Kathy Gall says it’s really a year-round focus in their building.