WE OFFER: All-day and Half-day Kindergarten • ECFE (Early Childhood Family Education) • Fours Explore • Band • Media • Art • Physical Education • Special Education and Autism Services • Spatial Temporal (ST) Math • Renzulli Learning for Gift & Talent (GT) Development

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:

• On January 25, 2013, the Minnesota Department of Education announced that Kenny has been designated a "Celebration School," an honor that recognizes Minnesota schools that are expertly documenting efforts to increase student achievement.
  
• Test scores that exceed district averages; individual student growth rates that are among the highest in the city
• Phenomenal teaching staff
• A partnership between faculty, parents and community members that guides all aspects of the school's operation
• Focused field trips designed to expand children's learning experiences
• Calm, peaceful and beautiful learning environment
• Social curriculum based on Responsive Classroom goals, Positive Behavior Skills, Kangaroo Koupons
• Hands-on/minds-on curriculum geared to real-life experiences
• Working partnerships with area arts, ecological and environmental agencies such as Arts for Academic Achievement and the Jeffers Foundation
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) trained teachers at grades 3-5
• Environmental focused curriculum
• Using technology to assist in learning and expanding students’ world experiences in a developmentally appropriate way
• Individualized curriculum to meet each student's unique learning needs
• Unrivaled parent participation and community volunteers
• Response to Intervention (RTI) demonstration site; see the article linked on the Kenny website: http://kenny.mpls.k12.mn.us/

EXTENDED-DAY ACTIVITIES: Minneapolis Kids Childcare, chess, after-school academic programs, computer classes that use Star Fall, ST (Spatial Temporal) Math and First in Math, Lego Robotics, Glee Club and a wide variety of community education courses three nights per week.

PATHWAY: Anthony Middle