Kindergarten students at Callaghan Elementary School enjoy interacting with a local author who recently served as a guest reader at their school. AHPS elementary schools have rescheduled kindergarten orientations for Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 5:30 p.m. The orientations were originally scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 20. They have been rescheduled due to weather. (AHPS Photo)

AHPS Reschedules Kindergarten Orientations for February 25 Low Moor, VA (Feb. 20, 2025) - The Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division elementary schools have rescheduled kindergarten orientations for Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.  The orientations will allow parents to begin registering kindergarten students for the 2025-2026 school year.  The orientations will be held at each elementary school starting at 5:30 p.m. They were originally scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 20. The orientations were rescheduled due to weather. Kindergarten orientations are designed to assist parents enrolling their children by providing important information, as well as completing registration and health history paperwork. Students/Parents will be provided dinner as part of the orientation as well as a student bus ride, tour of the school, etc. Please notify your home school of your attendance in advance for meal preparation. Parents may bring the student’s birth certificate, a current immunization record, and preschool physical documentation if they have already had a physical within one calendar year of their expected enrollment in AHPS. To be eligible for kindergarten, a child must turn five by Sept. 30, 2025. At present, Kindergarten screening dates are April 14-16, 2025. Parents sign up for those dates following orientation.        AHPS encourages parents to register their students as early as possible as this helps plan for needed materials and the assignment of teachers and other staff. "We sincerely appreciate the help of families during kindergarten registration," said Kim Halterman and Melinda Snead-Johnson, leaders of AHPS. “The school division also thanks parents and others for all the activities they do to prepare children for school, including reading to them and helping them learn to use simple school supplies like scissors.”   Simple, everyday activities like using blocks, saying rhymes, having conversations, and holding crayons also help prepare children for school. The Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division was created through the July 1, 2022, merger of Allegany County Public Schools, Covington City Public Schools, and Jackson River Technical Center. The school division, which serves approximately 2,700 students, is jointly funded by Alleghany County and the City of Covington.  School division news and events are regularly posted on Facebook at AHPublicSchools. The division website can be visited at ahps.k12.va.us.

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