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Rising Kindergarten Family Information
Ready-Set-Kindergarten! We are so excited to support your family as your child makes their leap into school! You may find the information below helpful. Be sure to browse through the information, especially the links for more support. We have additional resources at the bottom of this page as well!
Hilburn PreK-8 Academy
- Address: 7100 Hilburn Drive, Raleigh NC 27603
- Main Phone Line: 919-571-6800
- Fax Number: 919-626-4450
- School Website: http://wcpss.net/hilburnacademy
- Kindergarten Space: https://www.wcpss.net/domain/14385
School Hours
- Students Arrive 7:45 – 8:10 AM
- School Day Start 8:15 AM
- Students Dismiss at 3:00 PM
- After 2:30 PM, students must be picked up in carpool – no early checkouts.
Popsicles & Play Dates for Rising Kindergartners and their Families
- Our PTA is hosting Popsicles on the Playground! Stay tuned for more information!
Kindergarten “Meet the Teacher”
- TBA
Bus Transportation
- Bus Schedule Link -Check the website in August for posted bus routes.
- “Here Comes the Bus App:” https://www.wcpss.net/herecomesthebus
- District Code: 67500
Health Information
- Immunization Information
- Kindergarten Health Assessment
- Immunization Forms and Kindergarten Health Assessments must be turned in by September 18th, 2023, or students will be excluded from school.
PTACarpool Tags
- If your student will be using carpool throughout the year, please sign up for a carpool number. (Carpool numbers will be available at the front office, but also at all of our Beginning of the Year Events, Including- Popsicles on the Playground, each day during Kindergarten Staggered Entry, and Kindergarten “Meet the Teacher.”)
- If your kindergarten student has an older sibling at Hilburn, the whole family will use the same carpool number already being used.
Medications
- 1702 Medication Form
- A parent must bring the medication to school and sign the medication into the office (DO NOT send medication in with the child)
- Medications must be in their original containers with the prescription label
Cafeteria Information
- Monthly Cafeteria Menus
- Information on Establishing a WCPSS Lunch Account for Your Child
- Online School Lunch Link: www.myschoolbucks.com
- Free and Reduced Lunch Forms
- Lunch Prices: **Breakfast: Elementary = $1.25 **Lunch: Elementary = $2.55 (subject to change)
Before School Care
- Hilburn does not offer Before School Care on campus.
After-School Program
Stay Connected with us Digitally and on Social Media
- Hilburn Pre-K8 STEAM Academy
- Follow us on Twitter: @HilburnAcademy
- Like us on our PTA Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/HilburnAcademy
Like us on our PTA Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/hilburnpta
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*Rising Kindergarten Orientation Slide Show Presentation
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*Virtual Kindergarten Orientation Video
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Book Titles for Home Reading
Children’s Literature Resources
- The Kissing Hand by Audrey Wood
- David Goes to School by David Shannon
- Will I have a Friend by Miriam Cohen
- Tiptoe Into Kindergarten by Jacqueline Rogers
- Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come by Nancy Carlson
- Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
- Owen by Kevin Henkes
- Vera’s First Day of School by Vera Rosenberry
- First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg
- Friends at School by Rochelle Bunnet
- When You Go to Kindergarten by James Howe
- It’s Hard to be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panels by Jamie Lee Curtis
- Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis
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Classroom Tour
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Kindergarten Supply List
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Print Concepts
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Sight Words
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Support Our School!
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Technology in Kindergarten
⭐Beginning Fall 2022, WCPSS Kindergartners will be assigned a WCPSS Chromebook.