SkyView Academy offers a full-day kindergarten program that prepares our young learners for the rigor of our K-12 program. Our kindergarten program follows the Core Knowledge scope and sequence. This is a non-tuition-based program as funding was approved in the spring of 2019 from the State.
Core Knowledge is the curriculum guide for every grade level from Pre-K through 8th grade at SkyView Academy. As such, a detailed outline of specific content and skills to be taught in language arts, history, geography, mathematics, science, and the fine arts are incorporated across the school. As the core of our curriculum, we provide a coherent, content-specific foundation of learning, which will be built upon in subsequent grades. In the primary grades (K-2), we seek to provide a strong foundation in reading with explicit and systematic phonics instruction. With a broader understanding of language incorporating reading, writing, listening, and speaking, teachers work to provide rich, structured conversations in the various content areas. As children participate in rich conversations with an adult following a read-aloud (as an example), students are able to orally practice comparing, analyzing, and synthesizing ideas in written text in much the same way as they will be expected to do in later grades.
Students in kindergarten also participate in a 30-minute lesson in Spanish instruction each day, as well as rotating through the ‘specials’ classes of computer, art, music, and PE, all of which incorporate the Core Knowledge content in their specific areas. While focusing on a rigorous academic program is our goal, we also seek to develop the whole child through a school-wide character development process known as Capturing Kids’ Hearts. Providing students the opportunity to become self-monitoring is a process that developmentally begins with an understanding of ‘others’, and my relationship to them. Kindergarten is one of the earliest times to develop these skills in a social and academic setting. Our school counselor provides additional support and opportunities for both teachers and students through classroom lessons, as well as group opportunities to support the various learners and their social/emotional needs.
Our day is filled with fun and play! We invite you to join one of our monthly school tours to see our content-rich, full-day kindergarten program in action.
SkyView follows DCSD guidelines, which state that “eligible children must be 5 by October 1st” of the year in which they will be enrolled for Kindergarten. For 2025-26, students must be five by 10/1/2025. If you feel your child would benefit from entering Kindergarten a year early, please apply for Early Access Admission through DCSD’s Gifted Education department.
All SkyView Preschool 4-year-old students who meet the age requirements for Kindergarten are now automatically enrolled (as space is available) in Kindergarten at SkyView if they so choose.
SkyView Academy
6161 Business Center Drive
Highlands Ranch, CO 80130
303-471-8439
Questions:
communications@svak12.org
Enrollment & Records:
enrollment@svak12.org