{"id":3798,"date":"2025-10-15T11:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/?p=3798"},"modified":"2025-10-15T11:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:40:15","slug":"fall-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/fall-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is truly a pleasure to see the energy and excitement your children bring to our school every day.\u00a0 They have made a wonderful transition, and the classrooms are vibrant hubs of learning and exploration.<\/p>\n<p>Children have successfully settled into the routines and expectations of a full school day.\u00a0 They are learning how to share, listen respectfully, and manage their emotions and transitions\u2014all essential building blocks for academic success.\u00a0 Academically, our focus has been on foundational skills: students are actively working on <b>letter recognition and sounds<\/b>, building\u00a0<b>phonological awareness<\/b>, and developing\u00a0<b>number sense<\/b>\u00a0with counting and early writing.<\/p>\n<p>This is a time when the seeds planted in the first few weeks really begin to sprout, and the progress is remarkable.\u00a0 I encourage you to celebrate these milestones with your child at home!\u00a0 Continue to prioritize learning and encourage them to practice those growing independent skills, like zipping their coat, blowing noses or putting away their toys.\u00a0 These small acts reinforce the self-management we work on daily.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your partnership.\u00a0 Your active support is vital to our students&#8217; success, and we look forward to continuing this exciting journey through the rest of the first trimester and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is truly a pleasure to see the energy and excitement your children bring to our school every day.\u00a0 They have made a wonderful transition, and the classrooms are vibrant hubs of learning and exploration. Children have successfully settled into the routines and expectations of a full school day.\u00a0 They are learning how to share, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-viceprincipal-kcenter","7":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fall Message - Kindergarten Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/fall-message\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fall Message - Kindergarten Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is truly a pleasure to see the energy and excitement your children bring to our school every day.\u00a0 They have made a wonderful transition, and the classrooms are vibrant hubs of learning and exploration. Children have successfully settled into the routines and expectations of a full school day.\u00a0 They are learning how to share, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/fall-message\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kindergarten Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rutherfordpublicschools\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-15T15:40:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/files\/2020\/05\/FacebookImageDefault.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kindergarten Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@RutherfordPS\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@RutherfordPS\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kindergarten Center\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/fall-message\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/fall-message\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kindergarten Center\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5dbfd49a7f628de52322b543eb1e1e9a\"},\"headline\":\"Fall Message\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-15T15:40:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/fall-message\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":201,\"articleSection\":[\"VP - Kindergarten Center\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/fall-message\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/fall-message\\\/\",\"name\":\"Fall Message - Kindergarten Center\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-15T15:40:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5dbfd49a7f628de52322b543eb1e1e9a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/fall-message\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/fall-message\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/fall-message\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fall Message\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kindergarten Center\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5dbfd49a7f628de52322b543eb1e1e9a\",\"name\":\"Kindergarten Center\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1ed83fc57a04f9bf4dc31e92e8d2763d328e2c01389a4cfbaa9ec843f6ee276a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1ed83fc57a04f9bf4dc31e92e8d2763d328e2c01389a4cfbaa9ec843f6ee276a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1ed83fc57a04f9bf4dc31e92e8d2763d328e2c01389a4cfbaa9ec843f6ee276a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kindergarten Center\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rutherfordschools.org\\\/kcenter\\\/author\\\/kcenter\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fall Message - Kindergarten Center","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/fall-message\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fall Message - Kindergarten Center","og_description":"It is truly a pleasure to see the energy and excitement your children bring to our school every day.\u00a0 They have made a wonderful transition, and the classrooms are vibrant hubs of learning and exploration. Children have successfully settled into the routines and expectations of a full school day.\u00a0 They are learning how to share, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/fall-message\/","og_site_name":"Kindergarten Center","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rutherfordpublicschools","article_published_time":"2025-10-15T15:40:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/files\/2020\/05\/FacebookImageDefault.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kindergarten Center","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@RutherfordPS","twitter_site":"@RutherfordPS","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kindergarten Center","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/fall-message\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/fall-message\/"},"author":{"name":"Kindergarten Center","@id":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/#\/schema\/person\/5dbfd49a7f628de52322b543eb1e1e9a"},"headline":"Fall Message","datePublished":"2025-10-15T15:40:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/fall-message\/"},"wordCount":201,"articleSection":["VP - Kindergarten Center"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/fall-message\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/fall-message\/","name":"Fall Message - Kindergarten Center","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-10-15T15:40:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/#\/schema\/person\/5dbfd49a7f628de52322b543eb1e1e9a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/fall-message\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/fall-message\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/fall-message\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fall Message"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/","name":"Kindergarten Center","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/#\/schema\/person\/5dbfd49a7f628de52322b543eb1e1e9a","name":"Kindergarten Center","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ed83fc57a04f9bf4dc31e92e8d2763d328e2c01389a4cfbaa9ec843f6ee276a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ed83fc57a04f9bf4dc31e92e8d2763d328e2c01389a4cfbaa9ec843f6ee276a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ed83fc57a04f9bf4dc31e92e8d2763d328e2c01389a4cfbaa9ec843f6ee276a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kindergarten Center"},"url":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/author\/kcenter\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 08:37:15","action":"Draft","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rutherfordschools.org\/kcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}