Rockwall ISD Early Childhood/Prekindergarten

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  • Important Registration Dates for 2019-2020

    • January 29, 2019 - Early Childhood Information Night - 6:30-7:30 PM, Location: Dobbs Elementary, 901 E. Interurban St., Rockwall
    • February 13, 2019 - Tuition Registration Opens for 2019-2020 school year – Space is limited 

    Rockwall ISD believes prekindergarten age children learn best with purposeful play in a caring, student-center classroom environment.  The curriculum is developed around the Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines that includes 10 learning domains: Social and Emotional Development, Language and Communication, Emergent Literacy Reading, Emergent Literacy Writing, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Fine Arts, Physical Development, and Technology. The prekindergarten curriculum has vertical alignment to our Kindergarten program to make a smooth transition in the students’ learning.  RISD hires one certified teacher and one teaching assist for every prekindergarten classroom to support individual student’s needs based on progress monitoring three times year. Informed efforts by families and teachers to build on children’s motivation to learn plays a critically important role in providing children with the proper foundations for school success.

    Rockwall ISD provides Prekindergarten for students that live in Rockwall ISD attendance zone and are 4 years old by Sept. 1 of the current school year. Based on state criteria, some students will qualify for Free Qualifying Prekindergarten while other students that do not qualify for free prekindergarten may enroll in Rockwall ISD’s Tuition Prekindergarten.

    We also offer Early Head Start and Head Start programs for birth to 4 year old children.