Dear Kindergarten families,

Happy summer break!  We are sharing with you the Summer Bridges activity book. While we support a play-based approach to acquiring and practicing readiness skills for our students entering Kindergarten, we recognize that some families appreciate a more traditional academic practice. 

The Summer Bridges book is support for students to explore their academic skills over the summer months. It contains some content that we have covered throughout our year in Pre-K, as well as some concepts that will be new to your children and more explicitly taught in Kindergarten. Your child may explore this book at their leisure. The book includes fitness activities and fun outdoor extension activities..If your child uses the Summer Bridges book, please return it in the fall to your child's Kindergarten teacher. 

Most of all, remember to PLAY.  Encourage your child to employ the tools for play that we have used throughout the year such as loose parts play , story stones, sensory and nature exploration and, their story journals. Be playful together and have a wonderful summer break.

See you soon, 

The PreKindergarten Team

Dear Grade One Families,

Happy summer break! We are sharing with you the Summer Bridges activity book, which provides routine practice for students and helps them to retain their academic skills over the summer. We suggest students complete 1-2 pages per day. There will be some pages that your child can do independently, and other pages that will require your participation such as the science experiments and fitness activities. 

We ask that you support your child by reviewing the work each day using the answer key at the back of the book..Please return the Summer Bridges book to your child's first grade teacher in the fall. For additional summer resources, please visit the King website on June 17 to receive summer reading suggestions and information regarding how to access our online platforms.

Keeping a journal for sketching and writing down ideas, going on a hike or camping and visiting museums are wonderful ways to help your child continue to practice skills..Most of all, remember to PLAY!  

We hope that you enjoy your summer. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.  

See you soon, 

The Kindergarten Team

Dear Grade 2 Families,

Happy summer break! We are sharing with you the Summer Bridges activity book, which provides routine practice for students and helps them to retain their academic skills over the summer. We suggest students complete 1-2 pages per day. The book also includes fitness activities and fun outdoor extension activities. We ask that you support your child by reviewing the work each day using the answer key at the back of the book..Please return the Summer Bridges book to your child's Grade Two teacher in the fall. For additional summer resources, please visit the King website on June 17 to receive summer reading suggestions and information regarding how to access our online platforms.

Keeping a journal for sketching and writing down ideas, going on a hike or camping and visiting museums are wonderful ways to help your child continue to practice skills. Most of all, remember to PLAY!- Any activity can be play or not play. Remember, the secret sauce is playfulness!. 

Be playful together and foster the skills that play can grow;, such as developing the ability to see a situation and be curious about it;,realize it can be enjoyable, and take agency over it. We hope that you enjoy summer. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.

See you soon, 

The Grade 1 Team 

Dear Grade 3 Families, 

Happy summer break! We are sharing with you the Summer Bridges activity book, which provides routine practice for students and helps them to retain their academic skills over the summer. We suggest students complete 1-2 pages per day. The book also includes fitness activities and fun outdoor extension activities. We ask that you support your child by reviewing the work each day using the answer key at the back of the book..Please return the Summer Bridges book to your child's Grade Three teacher in the fall. For additional summer resources, please visit the King website on June 17 to receive summer reading suggestions and information regarding how to access our online platforms.

We also suggest that your child keep a journal for sketching, writing down ideas, and recording fun summer activities. Most of all, remember to PLAY!.We encourage you to take time to be playful together and embrace all that summer has to offer. 

We hope that you enjoy your summer. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. 

Be well,

The Grade 2 Team

Dear Grade 4 Families,

Happy summer break! We are sharing with you the Summer Bridges activity book, which provides routine practice for students and helps them to retain their academic skills over the summer. We suggest students complete 1-2 pages per day. The book also includes fitness activities and fun outdoor extension activities. We ask that you support your child by reviewing the work each day using the answer key at the back of the book..Please return the Summer Bridges book to your child's Grade Four teacher in the fall. For additional summer resources, please visit the King website on June 17 to receive summer reading suggestions and information regarding how to access our online platforms.

Keeping a journal for sketching and writing down ideas, going on a hike or camping, visiting museums are wonderful ways to help your child continue to practice their writing skills.

The students have worked hard this year and they have shown progress in so many areas. We hope that everyone has a wonderful summer, full of activities that are enriching, relaxing and fun! Enjoy! 

See you soon,

The Grade 3 Team

Dear Grade 5 Families, 

Happy summer break! We are sharing with you the Summer Bridges activity book, which provides routine practice for students and helps them to retain their academic skills over the summer. We suggest students complete 1-2 pages per day. The book also includes fitness activities and fun outdoor extension activities. We ask that you support your child by reviewing the work each day using the answer key at the back of the book..Please return the Summer Bridges book to your child's fifth grade teacher in the fall. For additional summer resources, please visit the King website on June 17 to receive summer reading suggestions and information regarding how to access our online platforms. 

Keeping a journal for sketching and writing down ideas, going on a hike or camping, visiting museums are wonderful ways to help your child continue to practice skills..We hope that you enjoy your summer. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. 

See you soon, 

The Grade 4 Team

Dear Rising Grade 6 Families, 

Happy summer break! Whatever your plans may be, we hope that you have a fantastic summer vacation!  

Members from the Middle School team will share with you some math and reading work that will be required assignments over the summer. The Summer Bridges activity book from the Lower School is optional support for students to retain their academic skills over the summer months..It is designed for students to complete 1-2 pages each day. Your child will not need to submit this workbook to their 6th grade teacher and therefore can be kept at home. 

It truly has been a pleasure working with all of our 5th grade students.  We are so proud of what you have learned and accomplished this year.  We wish you nothing but the very best as you continue your learning journey at the Middle School.

Best regards, 

The Grade 5 Team