Pre-K
A year of pre-K inside a school
Rye Street Pre-K is one room of four-year-olds inside Rye Street School. It has its own teachers and its own schedule, and it shares the school's library, music room and yard.
Children spend the year learning how a school day goes: hanging up a coat, sitting for a story, taking turns, and finding the way to the library. In the spring, they visit the kindergarten room.
One room of four-year-olds
Mornings, the school day or three days
A kindergarten visit each spring
The state program
Kansas pre-K at Rye Street
Taking part
Rye Street Pre-K takes part in the state's pre-K program. The school office handles the forms and answers questions.
How it works with tuition
Ask us how the program works with our tuition. We go through it on a tour and again when you apply.
What to do
Tell us on the contact form or at a tour that you would like to use it. We say what the state asks for and when.
What the state decides
Whether a family qualifies is the state's decision, not ours. The school office can point you to the right place to ask.
After pre-K
From pre-K to kindergarten
A path through the school, not a promise of a place.
- August to May
Step 1: The pre-K year
Late August to May, in the pre-K room.
- April and May
Step 2: Visits to the kindergarten room
Pre-K children spend a morning with the kindergarten teachers, with their own teachers beside them.
- Spring
Step 3: Kindergarten registration
Families who would like to stay register in the spring, as other families do.
- Late August
Step 4: The first kindergarten day
A new room down the hall, a few familiar faces.
Ask about pre-K on a tour
The school office can talk through the state program and the schedules while you see the room.