Seven Oaks to Offer New 4K Program

Beginning in August, parents in Lexington-Richland 5 will have another option on where to enroll their four-year-olds in prekindergarten, school officials announced Wednesday.

Seven Oaks Elementary will offer EXCEL (Exposing Children to Early Learning), a tuition-based prekindergarten program for students living inside the school district boundaries.

EXCEL curriculum will begin daily at 7:50 a.m. Parents will be able to drop off children early starting at 7:10 a.m.  The children will participate in structured learning activities including mathematics, reading, social studies and science. The academic school day will end at 2:40 p.m., but parents will have the option to have children participate in the EXCEL Boys and Girls Club after school program until 6 p.m. daily.

EXCEL is built on the success of a similar program at Irmo Elementary School and will follow the district's calendar. Child care on most non-school weekdays will be offered through EXCEL Boys and Girls Club for an additional fee.

Tuition is $5,400 for the school year.  Program tuition may be broken into payments of $150.00 weekly; $300.00 bi-weekly or $540 monthly (August, 2013 through May 2014). EXCEL Boys and Girls Club tuition is $20 per week.

In order to enroll children in EXCEL, parents should bring three proofs of legal residency: the child’s birth certificate, South Carolina Certificate of Immunization and a non-refundable registration fee of $150 to Seven Oaks Elementary between the hours of 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. 

Enrollment will be on a first-come, first-served basis and will be limited to the first twenty children.  All additional children will be placed on a waiting list for the class. 

For more information, contact Seven Oaks Elementary at 803-476-8500.

From Lexington-Richland 5's Office of Public Information.