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Kindergarten

Known from day one.

Your child isn’t just joining a school. They’re joining a family that will know them for seven years.

The K–6 promise

Every grade is a preparation. Kindergarten is where it begins.

Starting here means your child is known by the same community of teachers and families for seven years. Challenged at their level, supported through every transition. By the time they leave, they will be ready for middle school and beyond.

A kindergartner posing in her costume at the class fashion show
Settling in

At home here by the first week.

The first days of kindergarten are a big deal, for children and for parents. Our teachers have welcomed new five-year-olds every year for decades, and they know exactly how to help a child feel safe, seen, and excited to come back tomorrow.

Small classes mean we notice the quiet child and the nervous one. No one slips through. Everyone belongs.

The two kindergarten teachers on the first day of school
The two-teacher model

Two experienced teachers. Every day.

Our kindergarten classroom has two teachers working with your child every day, sometimes with the entire class or small groups, and sometimes one-on-one. Together, they are able to catch the things a single teacher with twenty children may miss.

It’s how reading clicks at the right moment, how a tricky day gets noticed early, and how your child’s needs are known from the very start.

A day in the life

What a Tuesday actually feels like.

Predictable rhythm, room to be a kid, and someone who knows them at every step.

8:00

Morning Meeting

8:45

Writing

9:15

Math Groups

10:00

Recess Break

10:15

Reading Groups

11:20

Lunch and Free Play

11:55 – 2:30

Science / Social Studies / Ancillary Classes

Schedule changes daily.

2:30

Dismissal

11:1Student–Teacher Ratio
2Teachers Per Classroom
DailySocial-Emotional Learning
7Specialist Subjects from Day One
First-year families

Happy kid, happy parents.

“I love DMP because everyone knows each other and the love the teachers have for the kids is undeniable. Every teacher and every student knows my child.”— Del Mar Pines Parent
“Everything! Couldn’t be happier with our first year and feel even more impressed and content than we could have imagined. Happy kid, happy parents!”— Del Mar Pines Parent
Kindergarten FAQs

You may want to know.

Come see what known looks like.

Visits are small and personal, usually with Marci herself. We’d love to meet your family.

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