Simi Valley Unified School District still has openings in its pilot junior kindergarten program, which will begin in the fall.

The program is aimed at students who are eligible for kindergarten but with birthdays falling between July 1 and Dec. 2, 2004. It will be offered at Berylwood Elementary School from 8 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Monday through Friday.

“It’s for younger students who may not be ready for traditional kindergarten,” said Lynn Friedman, the district’s director of curriculum. “It will be kindergarten curriculum taught in a more experiential and developmental way.”

Junior kindergarten students typically move to traditional kindergarten the following year, but some may be recommended for placement into first grade.

For more information and enrollment, call Principal Nidia Grijalva-Imbler at (805) 520-6705.

—Joann Groff