the purpose of our camps is to promote confidence in our students. It reduces anxiety and eases transition stress for early success for the students.

this camp was an amazing opportunity for our families to get to meet new teachers like me and to establish that community school feel.

we want our kindergarteners to know it's a community. And maybe you won't be in my class, but you're going to be in the classroom next door and I'll still know your name.

for her kindergarten camp, it just made her feel excited and she actually met people and just really took a lot of that anxiety that she was feeling about going to kindergarten off.

she left there and she said, 'Mom, I want to go back every day.'

our early connections in August create benefits that carry throughout the school year.