Elementary schools will hold a 4K open house in the fall of each year, typically the week prior to school starting. Check back here for dates and times!

The School District of Rhinelander is committed to developing lifelong learners beginning with our youngest students. Offering a variety of learning opportunities through both play and explicit instruction helps develop the readiness skills children will need to enter kindergarten.

• Proficiency Learning Targets
  • The School District of Rhinelander uses the Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards (WMELS) to guide our students learning targets.
• Early Literacy
  • Identify at least 16 uppercase letters
  • Identify at least 10 lowercase letters
  • Identify at least 10 letter sounds
  • Understand how print works
• Emotional Development
  • Tell others how I feel
  • Be in control of myself
• Listening & Understanding
  • Follow two-step directions
• Mathematical Thinking
  • Compare quantities
  • Count orally to 25
  • Count with 1:1 correspondence
  • Name numerals 0-9
  • Recognize basic shapes
  • Sort by color, shape and size
• Motor Development
  • Hold and use school tools correctly
  • Take care of self and belongings
• Social Development
  • Be independent
  • Try new things