Our Kindergarten Classroom
In our Kindergarten program, your child continues to build and expand on critical skills, including literacy and math. Primrose® introduces and reinforces new information through playful exploration, teacher-guided inquiry and rich discussion as they help foster Active Minds, Healthy Bodies, and Happy Hearts®.
Nurturing Active Minds, Healthy Bodies, and Happy Hearts
Health & Safety
Our school is committed to high standards of safety and cleanliness as we create a caring and nurturing environment where children can thrive.
- Requiring any children or staff with respiratory illness symptoms or fever to return home and stay home until fever free for at least 24 hours
- Frequent disinfecting and sanitizing of high-touch toys
- Frequent handwashing by children and staff, which is embedded in our curriculum and daily staff protocols
- Training teachers on common signs of illness in children, and placing signage in every classroom to keep signs of illness top of mind
- Daily laundering of crib sheets for infants; for older children, individual cots and blankets are provided for each child and laundered weekly
- Ensuring appropriate teacher-student classroom ratios
- Continuous health & safety training for our staff, including first aid and CPR certification
- Maintaining an up-to-date and customized Safe School Plan posted in all classrooms for easy teacher access
Our Kindergarten Classroom Teachers & Staff
Ms. Spirrison
Ms. Spirrison was born in Cambridge, Ontario Canada. She graduated from Illinois State University with a bachelor’s degree in child development. Ms. Spirrison has a wonderful husband and 2 beautiful school-aged children. In her free time, she enjoys playing tennis with her family and going on family walks. Ms. Spirrison loves getting to know all her new little friends at Primrose Gray Eagle, as she has been doing for over 11 years now, and to help prepare them for grade school.
Ms. Wallpe
Ms. Wallpe comes to us with extensive childcare experience, running her own in-home daycare for 18 years. She went to college at Vincennes and Indiana University. She is married and has three children of her own, and a dog named Franco. In her down time, she enjoys shopping, watching football, watching HGTV shows, and visiting family, and her family’s favorite thing to do is visit the beach!
