As the academic year for students at Memorial and North Elementary Schools comes to a close, those young learners looking to make a jump to the next building will not be met with any surprises. Principals Karen Kuntzman of North School and Michelle Reiss of Memorial Elementary speak on the planned days they have for students to venture into their new building prior to the upcoming school year to learn the lay of the land, meet some fellow students and ease the nerves of the location change.

Kuntzman says North School will be welcoming preschoolers from Head Start to begin the smooth transitions early in the student's careers, and the second graders will make their way to Memorial.

Reiss, Principal at Memorial Elementary says the third-grade students who are coming off some leadership practice during their year will be able to test those skills out to bring some clarity to the incoming students.

Even the fourth graders who will move to junior high school will have the same transition treatment.

The principals say these initiatives not only help the students, but also the parents, since the COVID-19 pandemic many activities and trips were halted and now Taylorville Schools are working back to normalcy with efforts like these.
Karen Kuntzman and Michelle Reiss appeared as guests on the WTIM Morning Show.