In rare instances young children are already reading, counting, and categorizing, are developmentally advanced in thinking skills, language acquisition, and quantitative reasoning, and may be ready for early entrance into kindergarten or first grade. These children also need to be advanced in personal development and emotional maturity.
Early entrance is a form of grade acceleration. A parent may request early admission to kindergarten if the child turns five after the district's deadline for kindergarten entrance. Any student turning five on or after Aug. 2 AND on or before Dec. 31 is eligible for the assessment process.
The application for the following school year will be available on Lakota's Acceleration & Advancement webpage in early February with testing occurring in late May or early June. Requests submitted after the stated deadline will only be honored for those newly enrolled into the district.