Local businesses partner with the school system each year to welcome kindergarteners to their first year of formal education with this special gift, which has their unique “Class Of” date that starts conversations about college- and career- readiness at a young age. Since the schools began the 2020-21 school year fully remote due to Covid-19, there wasn t an opportunity to have the annual kindergarten T-shirt distribution as part of the back-to-school season.
But thanks to the generosity of local community partners, some creative thinking, and enthusiastic elementary principals and teachers, this year s kindergarteners aren’t missing out on what s become a well-loved tradition in the HCPS Family.