Hermosa kindergarten, TK parent welcomings scheduled
by Kevin Cody During the Hermosa Beach State of the Schools address last November, Superintendent Jason Johnson used language he knew his Hermosa parents would understand, in underscoring the value of early childhood education. Children who attend transitional kindergarten are more likely to become homeowners than children who don’t attend transitional kindergarten, he said. The lesson wasn’t lost on the parents. Hermosa now has five TK classes. The school district also has begun offering morning and all-day preschool programs. At the State of the City address, Preschool Director Hannah Ford illustrated the social benefits of childhood education by recalling a parent’s email she received when she began teaching eight years ago. The subject line read “Skydiving.” “The children had asked me what I did over the spring break, and I showed them a video of me skydiving,” Ford recalled. “I was afraid the parent who sent the email might have thought the video was inappropriate. Instead, the parent told how her child enthusiastically acted out everything he saw in the video. It taught me the role preschool plays in the relationships between students, parents and teachers. And that little…
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