Granite School District: Kindergarten Kits
Kindergarten Kits
Goal: 4,000 Kits
Kindergarten Kits
Granite School District has experienced a large influx of immigrant families with children entering kindergarten without having leared several basics such as numbers, the alphabet and colors. They need help with assembling kits for families of kindergarteners. These kits include games for parents to play with their child to learn the skills required for kindergarten. The Kindergarten Kits include a large ziplock bag that will contain several card stock pages, one page needs to be put into a sheet protector, a bag of beans and dice. Volunteers at Canyon Rim Cares will assembling 4,000 of these kits. The kits will then be boxed and prepared to distribute to the various schools in the district.
About Granite School District
Granite School District, Dept. of Family and Community Engagement seeks to build the capacity of families to support learning at home.
Granite School District, located in the Salt Lake Valley, operates 56 elementary schools, 15 junior high schools, 8 high schools, as well as other special schools and programs. With more than 60,000 students, Granite is the third largest district in Utah and is among the largest public school districts in the nation. Granite is also one of Utah’s largest employers, with more than 7,500 full and part-time employees. The district boundary encompasses 257 square miles.
