As Ada's 2014-15 school year gets closer, the Icon will post lots of back-to-school information. 

Here's the first installment and it concerns kindergarten classes. All kindergarten classes will start the year with a staggered beginning. Kindergarteners will come to school every other day for the first eight days of school only, according to information from the elementary office.

Orientation and the first day for kindergarten Group A is Monday, Aug. 18. Orientation and the first day for Group B is Tuesday, Aug. 19. 

Here's the kindergarten schedule for the first two weeks of  school:

Group A students: Aug. 18, 20, 22, 26, 28, 30.

Group B students: 19, 21, 25, 27, 28, 29.

An attachment below shows this information in calendar format.