Douglass Community Center Liscensed Preschool

Douglass Community Center Liscensed Preschool

WARNING: This info is not com­pre­hen­sive and I can’t guar­an­tee com­plete accu­racy. Contact the preschool to con­firm all info and avoid confusion!

Visits

There is not a sched­uled open house, but you can sched­ule a visit to the school by call­ing the cen­ter. They pre­fer that you come with­out your chil­dren to avoid dis­rupt­ing classes.

Enrollment

To sign up new stu­dents you need to fill out a sim­ple form (one per fam­ily) between 2÷11÷08 and 2÷22÷08. You can fill out the form in per­son, but you may find it online (not posted yet). You will be entered into a lot­tery for avail­able spaces. A draw­ing will be held on 3÷3÷08 to deter­mine who gets in.

Existing stu­dents have a sep­a­rate lot­tery prior to this process. Anyone try­ing to enroll after 2/22 will be entered on a wait list.

If you are cho­sen in the lot­tery you need to pay a non­re­fund­able $45 reg­is­tra­tion fee hold your spot. More detailed reg­is­tra­tion paper­work is com­pleted dur­ing the sum­mer, at least a month before classes begin (you would need to com­mit by 08/2008). Monthly tuition is usu­ally due the 15^th of the month prior. There is a $15 fee for late payment.

Programs

When I asked if the pro­grams are play-based I was told that they do lots of learn­ing here… let­ters, num­bers, holidays,social skills, etc. This is a small preschool with only one class per age group. Each class has about 15 spaces and is lead by a head teacher and an assis­tant. They fol­low a cur­ricu­lum and have clear goals laid out in their par­ent handbook.

Programs by Age
Age cut­off is 9÷30÷08.
2.5÷3 yr olds, 2 day, T/ Th, 9:30–11:30, $100/ month*
3/3.5 yr olds, 3 day, MWF, 9–11:30, $155/ month*
3.5÷4 yr olds, 3 day, MWF 12:30–3:00, $155/ month*
4 yr olds, 3 day, T/Th/F, 12:15–2:45, $155/ month*
4.5÷5 yr old enrich­ment, 5 day, M-F, 8:45–11:15, $260/ month*

* All fees are for 2007-08. They will change for 2008-09. Some schol­ar­ships are available.

Reviews

The word on the street (at least in my cir­cles) is that this is great preschool. The folks I know or have heard from by email seem to be very happy with their programs.

I have vis­ited the school. During my visit I met with the recep­tion­ist who was very help­ful and the direc­tor who was enthu­si­as­tic and professional.

If any­one gets dif­fer­ing info please let me know so I can update and correct!