Kindergarten (Ages 3-5)
Jerusalem American School (JAS) Students enjoy a community of mixed-aged groups and gender where they learn to collaborate, communicate and grow from each other.
Jerusalem American School (JAS) Students enjoy a community of mixed-aged groups and gender where they learn to collaborate, communicate and grow from each other.
Our Objectives are:
To make your children feel at home.
To surround children with love and care.
To provide a safe and secure space
To educate your children from different areas.
Promote Peace Education/ Ethics
Learning in the Kindergarten
K3 starting from 3 years old, K4. & K5 graduation at 5 years old
It is fun and engages all the senses. Students are playing, working and learning with a purpose. They are doing it for themselves and they are learning essential skills such as problem-solving, working with others, sharing and much more.
Curriculum Description: K3- K5
JAS considers Abeka’s curriculum textbooks
Abeka’s approach to learning relies on the spiral teaching method because it's a proven, time-tested approach. Spiral review focuses on mastery, not memorization. It forms a bridge to new topics, promoting flexible and critical thinking skills.
The kindergarten team work hard to develop a wide range of skills for your child, including physical, social, emotional, language and literacy, and thinking (cognitive) skills.
Benefits of the Primary Years Program in the JAS Kindergarten
Students have a voice and are encouraged to take responsible action with their own environment and are supported to reach out beyond their own community.
Highlights from the KG:
Learning through engagement with festivals and special focus days, Field Trip, Color day activity, Pajama day / Hygiene, Traditional Breakfast, Olives, Breast Cancer Awareness , Christmas party / Easter, Ramadan / Al Adha, 100 Days K5 Graduation, Mother’s Day celebration.
Parent observations of classroom learning.
Performances and activities throughout the year, International Week, Christmas, Ramadan, Culture Day, Graduation, Sports Day and field trips.
The school Day
JAS week is from Monday through Thursday and Saturday, Friday and Sunday are the days off.
JAS uses a semester system of scheduling. The Kindergarten opens from 7:00-1:30 (Mon-Thursday) Saturdays until 1:00 pm. daycare from 1:30 p.m. until 3:00 p.m from Monday to Thursday.
Admissions
Kindergarten K3 Registration procedure for NEW students, 2023/2024
Registration for potential NEW students for the JAS Kindergarten K3 CLASSES ONLY opens December 23,2022 - January 12,2023
Kindly note that to be eligible for K-3 registration, the date of birth of your child must be between 1/1/2020 – 31/12/2020.
If your child was born in 2020, they are eligible to attend kindergarten in fall 2023 ( starting 1 September 2023).
By completing the online form, we will respond back after mid-January 2023 with suggested next steps including to set a date for interview with your child.
The “Kindergarten Registration” is completed through an online registration process accessed at: https://jerusalem.livetop.net
If you have any enquiries or you are experiencing technical issues, please contact our Head of Admissions, Mrs Maha Husseini admissions@jerusalemschools.com
*Application fees 300ILS per child should be transferred to one of the below bank account details.
Bank details are available at the following link Click here
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xJeagGTMcOn8eGzo_U_XmWY3Y8XI5kuU/view?usp=sharing )
With very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year,
To make your children feel at home.
To surround children with love and care.
To provide a safe and secure space
To educate your children from different areas.
Promote Peace Education/ Ethics
Learning in the Kindergarten
K3 starting from 3 years old, K4. & K5 graduation at 5 years old
It is fun and engages all the senses. Students are playing, working and learning with a purpose. They are doing it for themselves and they are learning essential skills such as problem-solving, working with others, sharing and much more.
Curriculum Description: K3- K5
JAS considers Abeka’s curriculum textbooks
Abeka’s approach to learning relies on the spiral teaching method because it's a proven, time-tested approach. Spiral review focuses on mastery, not memorization. It forms a bridge to new topics, promoting flexible and critical thinking skills.
The kindergarten team work hard to develop a wide range of skills for your child, including physical, social, emotional, language and literacy, and thinking (cognitive) skills.
Benefits of the Primary Years Program in the JAS Kindergarten
Students have a voice and are encouraged to take responsible action with their own environment and are supported to reach out beyond their own community.
- American English curriculum - Abeka’s curriculum textbooks
- Our commitment to language learning, Our Language of instruction is English. We recognize and celebrate Arabic, we teach a third language- Hebrew from k5.
- As students develop ownership of their learning, they are prepared for uncertainties and changes in routines and in life
- Students learn how to make choices and in turn they become more aware of how their own learning and thinking processes work
- The knowledge and skills taught prepare students to be successful in school and in future life
- It supports students to become independent learners to reach a higher level of achievement
- It provides a cohesive transition to Elementary School.
Highlights from the KG:
- Integration of specialist classes: PE, Ethics, Dance, Music, Library, Art, UCMAS and ICT integration .
- Rich, differentiated learning environment with the Abeka textbooks and educational materials. Materials that are graded from easy to difficult and available to all students at their particular stage of readiness.
- Diversity of our Kindergarten students and teachers, international and local.
- The JAS is the most culturally diverse school in Jerusalem. The students at JAS speak 16 languages natively, the languages we have included but are not limited to Afrikaans, Arabic, Arminian, Bosnian, English, French, Hangugeo, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Russian, Sinhala, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil & Turkish.
Learning through engagement with festivals and special focus days, Field Trip, Color day activity, Pajama day / Hygiene, Traditional Breakfast, Olives, Breast Cancer Awareness , Christmas party / Easter, Ramadan / Al Adha, 100 Days K5 Graduation, Mother’s Day celebration.
Parent observations of classroom learning.
Performances and activities throughout the year, International Week, Christmas, Ramadan, Culture Day, Graduation, Sports Day and field trips.
The school Day
JAS week is from Monday through Thursday and Saturday, Friday and Sunday are the days off.
JAS uses a semester system of scheduling. The Kindergarten opens from 7:00-1:30 (Mon-Thursday) Saturdays until 1:00 pm. daycare from 1:30 p.m. until 3:00 p.m from Monday to Thursday.
Admissions
Kindergarten K3 Registration procedure for NEW students, 2023/2024
Registration for potential NEW students for the JAS Kindergarten K3 CLASSES ONLY opens December 23,2022 - January 12,2023
Kindly note that to be eligible for K-3 registration, the date of birth of your child must be between 1/1/2020 – 31/12/2020.
If your child was born in 2020, they are eligible to attend kindergarten in fall 2023 ( starting 1 September 2023).
By completing the online form, we will respond back after mid-January 2023 with suggested next steps including to set a date for interview with your child.
The “Kindergarten Registration” is completed through an online registration process accessed at: https://jerusalem.livetop.net
If you have any enquiries or you are experiencing technical issues, please contact our Head of Admissions, Mrs Maha Husseini admissions@jerusalemschools.com
*Application fees 300ILS per child should be transferred to one of the below bank account details.
Bank details are available at the following link Click here
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xJeagGTMcOn8eGzo_U_XmWY3Y8XI5kuU/view?usp=sharing )
With very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year,
