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Newest D-200 students ‘Gear Up for Kindergarten’: Program helps those who have yet to attend school

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Teacher Lori Tillman works with students in a small group at Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center, where School District 200 has introduced a program for incoming kindergartners who had never been to preschool or in a structured daycare setting. (District 200 photo)

Following an increase among incoming kindergarten students who had never been in school before, educators at Verda Dierzen Early Learning Center launched a new program this year to help students […]

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