Dear Suzanne,

Welcome!

To answer the last question, "college" in the U.S. usually corresponds to
university. That said, I will admit that for a while my nephew attended a
day-care center called "Kinder-College." That was more a marketing gimmick than
a statement of the academic level. After all, he was only 3.

Have a great day!

Carla Beard
Connersville High School

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From: Suzanne Tate [mailto:suz00@...]
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Thanks for the welcome. There are two other people with the same job within
the project – one is a maths background, one English, so I may pass on those
groups to them – share it around a bit.



Can I ask a basic question that will help with utilizing online resources and
certainly with communicating with this group – I would like to clarify the
ages for the various schools stages in the US. Whenever I think I have a handle
on it I get confused again.



Here, kids start at kindergarten – maybe 3 yr kinder or 4 yr or both.
Children generally start Primary School at 5. They start in Prep, then move
through grade 1 -6. (so 7 years at primary). They then go to High School
(generally at aprox 12 yrs) which has year 7 – 12. year 11 & 12 is called VCE
here in Victoria, but its the high school certificate – some kids leave at the
end of year 10 and get jobs or apprenticeships. After that there is university
for a degree course (or alternatives like TAFE – technical & further
education).



How does that translate to elementary, high school, college etc in the US? I
can never work out if college is high school, or uni?



Thanks in advance,

Suz