Transitional Kindergarten
Beginning in 2024-25, GUSD will offer two transitional kindergarten (TK) programs:
TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN
- Instruction in English.
- At Eliot Elementary, El Roble Elementary, Glen View Elementary and Luigi Aprea Elementary.
DI TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN
- Dual immersion (DI) instruction in English and Spanish.
- At Glen View Elementary, starting in the 2024-25 school year.
Enroll in TK
Your child can go to TK if they will turn 5 years old between September 2, 2024, and June 2, 2025 (inclusive of these dates).
Registration for the 2024-25 school year is open. For more information, contact your neighborhood school.
Transitional Kinder FAQs
- What is Transitional Kindergarten?
- Who can attend Transitional Kindergarten?
- More TK FAQs
- What will the Transitional Kindergarten program look like for my student?
What is Transitional Kindergarten?
Who can attend Transitional Kindergarten?
More TK FAQs
What will the Transitional Kindergarten program look like for my student?
What is TK?
Created by the 2010 California law called the Kindergarten Readiness Act, and offered across the state, transitional kindergarten (TK) is an exciting educational opportunity to prepare children for kindergarten. TK offers children with birthdays from September to June a developmentally appropriate curriculum taught by credentialed teachers from K-12.
Transitional kindergarten bridges the path between preschool and kindergarten and gives students the gift of time that will help them build a strong foundation for future school success. It blends social and emotional experience with academic learning, so that students not only learn essential pre-literacy, pre-math, and other cognitive skills, but also develop social and self-regulation skills needed to succeed in school and life.
(Source: TKCalifornia)
FULL-DAY PROGRAM
TK students have the same schedule as grades K-5th
PLAY-BASED LEARNING
Blends socio-emotional learning with academics
CREDENTIALED TEACHERS
TK classes are taught by fully qualified GUSD teachers
QUESTIONS? CONTACT:
Yvonne Lopez
Senior Staff Secretary
Educational Services
(669) 205-4026
yvonne.lopez@gilroyunified.org