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Early Childhood

“Only the very best is good enough for the very young.”

 
Preschool
GFPS used AARA funds, stimulus money, to open a public preschool. The goal of the preschool is to have every child begin Kindergarten successfully and graduate.
 
Currently, GFPS Preschool serves 4-year old children living in the areas of Longfellow, Whittier, West and Sunnyside Elementary Schools.
It also serves 3-5 year old children identified through Part B IDEA.
 
GFPS Preschool strives to provide the highest quality preschool education in a secure, nurturing and stimulating environment. Our preschool program is designed to meet the physical, social/emotional, and intellectual needs of preschool students and their families.
 
Funding is provided by an Early Reading First Grant, a Striving Readers Grant, Title I and IDEA resources.
 
Parents and community partners are an important support to our preschool.
Goals of the preschool include:
To develop age-appropriate social, physical, language, and literacy skills
To nurture home-school-community relationships and involvement
To provide a positive sense of self
To encourage thinking, reasoning and questioning skills
To demonstrate proper health, safety, and nutrition
To respect gender, age and cultural diversity
To promote growth of the whole child
 
For more information about our preschool
During the school year, call
Patty Higgins, Preschool Secretary, 268-6400
During the summer, call
Special Education, 268-6025
Federal Programs, 268-6045
 
Little Buddies
Little Buddies is a Title I interactive play group for parents and their two- to four-year-old children. It meets monthly, offering the same program at the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind, Chowen Springs Housing Authority and Skyline School. Parents of two- to four-year olds can call 268-6775 for more information. There is no fee for this program, and registration is not required. This is a federally funded, Title I program.
Homestart
Supporting transition into kindergarten, Homestart is a Title program for parents and their four- and five-year-old children who will enter school the next year. This program is eight weeks long and offered at Title 1 elementary schools. There are day and evening sessions. Please call 268-6775 for a current schedule. There is no fee for this program. Registration is required.