Preschool
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Kyrene Preschool Programs
For children 3 to 5 years, not yet eligible for Kindergarten
Kyrene provides many opportunities for children 3-5 years of age. These high-quality programs are geared to ensure children enter kindergarten ready to learn. All programs incorporate age-appropriate activities that help children reach their full potential cognitively, socially, physically and emotionally.
Preschool Program Options and Tuition
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Preschool Registration for Summer and 2023-24 School Year opens March 21 at 6:30 a.m.
Registration for Kids Club, After Hours and other summer programming also available.
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Integrated Preschool
The Kyrene Integrated Preschool Program offers an exciting first learning experience for children who are typically developing and children who are experiencing delays in their development. Our 3-hour, 4-days per week preschool is the perfect setting for your child to ease into the school experience and prepare them for success in preschool. All classes are taught by a certified teacher and follow an age-appropriate curriculum. Small class sizes, two teaching assistants in each room and weekly in-class speech/language services, allow students to flourish academically, socially and developmentally.
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Community Preschool
Community Preschools provide an environment that encourages and supports each child’s natural curiosity to explore their environment and experience learning through play-based activities. Implementing a whole child approach helps each child receive a personal learning experience that covers all areas of development. Program options are flexible to meet the varying schedule needs for families.
Community and Signature Preschool*
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Signature Preschool
Kyrene Signature Preschool options are designed around specific learning philosophies.These options include:- Arts Integrated at Paloma
- Bienvenidos at Lagos and Norte
- Leader in Me at Cerritos and Mirada
- Project-based at Waggoner
- Reggio Emilia at Estrella
Learn more about each option in the dropdown menus below.
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Signature Options
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Reggio Emilia
- Emphasizes guided learning and child-led collaboration.
- Teachers guide a progressive, child- centered approach where a child is free to discover.
- Classroom will be extended into a signature outdoor learning environment.
- Children explore, express, and create with different materials in the atelier (studio).
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Project-based
- Through project-based learning, the concepts of problem solving, creativity and investigation will be introduced and reinforced to our early learners.
- Activities support developing early critical thinking skills and global mindedness.
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Leader in Me
- Stories from Sean Covey’s The 7 Habits of Happy Kids will be read to introduce students to leadership skills.
- The 7 Habits of Happy Kids will be reinforced through daily activities, songs and classroom conversations.
- Students will hold leadership roles in the classroom and keep Leader notebooks with data, goals and work samples.
- The Maker Space will allow for design thinking challenges that will encourage students to take risks and explore their ideas.
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Early Learning Academy
- Approach combines both child-initiated and teacher-directed approach.
- Teachers deliver a personalized approach meeting the individual needs of each student.
- Students will participate in school-wide events and adhere to the school uniform policy.
- Student progress will be followed with portfolios and developmental assessments.
- Enrollment for the 2022-23 school year children must be 4 years old by December 31, 2022.
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Bienvenidos Dual Language
- Using instruction in both English & Spanish, this unique Dual Language Early Learning Program provides age appropriate activities where children reach their full potential cognitively, emotionally, physically, linguistically and socially.
- Uses the Dual Language Academy 50/50 model where instruction is split half the day in English and half the day in Spanish.
- Provides age appropriate activities where students can apply language in its natural environment.
- Fosters an environment where students build an appreciation for cultural diversity.
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Arts Integrated
- A multi-aged approach to early education that allows children to learn naturally through their distinctive learning styles.
- Hands-on program design meets the individual developmental needs of all children through creativity, imagination, exploration and active participation.
- Early learning standards are seamlessly taught by nurturing individual creative expression through music, movement, literature, fine arts, and drama.
- Children reach their full potential across developmental domains (cognitive, physical, adaptive, and social-emotional) and meet important milestones using best practice early childhood techniques.
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*Children in Community and Signature programs must have self-sufficient toileting skills (i.e., must be able to use the toilet consistently without frequent “accidents” in the child’s clothes or the use of diapers or pull-ups). Children who have frequent accidents may be administratively withdrawn from the program if frequency is such that it impacts program delivery.
All programs are licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services, 150 N.18th Ave., 4th Floor, Phoenix 85007 | 602-364-2539. DHS inspection reports are available at the program site. Per the Department of Health Services' regulation R9-5-308, documentation of our liability insurance coverage is available for review at each Preschool program.
All Preschool programs strive to maintain national quality standards!
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
