A Kindergarten Round Up2007

Kindergarten Round-Up 2007

Since several school districts can serve one city, please check our other family of websites to find the school district that relates to you for their kindergarten round up date. 

Allen Schools;  McKinney Schools; Plano Schools 

 Check out our TUTORING SECTION for businesses that may be offering Kinder Readiness Tutoring Classes.

FRISCO ISD Round-Up

Kindergarten Round-Up for the 2007-2008 School Year

April 9-13
Hours: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily
Extended hours until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10

All entering FISD kindergartners can register at their schools – Anderson, Ashley, Bledsoe, Boals, Borchardt, Bright, Christie, Corbell, Curtsinger, Fisher, Gunstream, Isbell, Ogle, Pink, Riddle, Rogers, Sem, Shawnee Trail, Smith, Sparks, Spears, Taylor.

Students who will attend Robertson, Carroll, or Mooneyham Elementary Schools may register at their current elementary school – Boals, Pink, or Ashley.

To attend kindergarten, students must be 5 years old by September 1.

Birth Certificate, Social Security Card, Immunization Records, Proof of Residence (i.e., utility bill), Parent Driver’s License

If you are living in temporary housing and are purchasing a home in the FISD, you must present a proof of contract at the time of registration if you want your child to begin school in the attendance zone where your permanent home will be.

For more information, contact any elementary school. Please visit the Frisco ISD website for PreK and Kindergarten qualifications.

Knowledge of Eye Care Topics 3.2.08

New On-Line Survey Quizzes Americans’ Knowledge of Eye Care Topics

Save Your Vision Month promotes regular eye care for all ages

True or False: It is more important for adults to wear sunglasses than it is for children to wear sunglasses.

If you answered “True,” you would be incorrect. The statement is false. The sun’s rays can cause damage over a period of years, so it’s important to begin wearing sunglasses in childhood. However, eighty percent of respondents agreed with that statement in just one of several questions included in the first American Eye-Q survey, created by the American Optometric Association (AOA), to determine how informed Americans were on a range of eye care topics. The telephone survey results revealed that while Americans are most worried about losing their sense of sight, their knowledge about ways to preserve eyesight is in need of improvement.

Because the AOA dedicates the month of March to raising Americans’ awareness of the importance of regular eye care, a new, interactive Web-based version of the American Eye-Q survey is available online at www.aoa.org. Individuals are encouraged to test their eye care knowledge, and then compare their answers with other respondents.’

“We want Americans to enjoy the highest quality of life possible through healthy lifestyle habits, and addressing eye care on a regular basis can go a long way in promising a lifetime of clear and healthy vision,” says Kerry Beebe, O.D., chair of the AOA’s Clinical Care Committee. “The Save Your Vision Month observance is an excellent opportunity for optometrists to concentrate their efforts on educating their patients and the public about the importance of regular eye care for the entire family.”

The survey asked respondents the last time they visited an eye doctor; just over half of them had been to their eye doctors in the past year. The AOA Clinical Practice Guidelines recommend that an individual’s first eye exam should be at six months of age, at three years, prior to starting school, and then every two years thereafter. Annual eye exams are recommended beginning at age 60 when age-related eye problems increasingly begin to factor into a person’s overall health.

Courtesy of ARAcontent