Accessing Preschool in ANWSD

ANWSD has two preschool classrooms located at the Ferrisburgh Central School that are open to all district residents. Our school district offers some school-based preschool openings within our early education program. Our early education program holds a child developmental screening in March of each year. Enrollment typically follows our screening and the majority of spaces fill up quickly.

Usually, there is a greater demand than availability of openings in our early education school-based program, so we encourage you to look into private preschool programs as well. The district will pay for 10 hours/week for 35/weeks each year (school year) of tuition funding for children to attend PreK at prequalified community-based PreK programs.

If you are interested in finding a local PreK program that would be eligible, there is a list of recent partners at this website.

Your first step would be to enroll with the local program and they would help you with the paperwork for the tuition funding. They are also happy to help you narrow the list if you can tell them what kind of program you are looking for (full/part-time, location, philosophy, etc.).

For more information about Universal Preschool in our area, please visit the Addison County Preschool Page.

Hours of Operation

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday	8:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Wednesday	8:15 - 11:30 a.m.

*There is an extended day fusion program offered for our preschool students through our after school programming. The extended day program hours are from 1:15 - 4:30 p.m., and 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. There is often greater demand than availability for this programming as well, and slots are offered on a need basis.

CONTACT US

If you have specific questions about the ANWSD Early Education Program, please contact:

Marcie Tierney - Program Site Director, Teacher
mtierney@anwsd.org

Jennifer Gernander - Early Childhood Special Educator
jgernander@anwsd.org

Kimberly Bennett - Speech and Language Pathologisit
kbennett@anwsd.org

Universal Prekindergarten

Universal PreK Info

Act 166 of 2014 provides for universal access to publicly funded prekindergarten education. All public and private prekindergarten education programs, including Head Start and public school operated programs, must meet specific requirements to operate a PreK program in Vermont. The Agency of Education, in collaboration with the Agency of Human Services, created administrative rules to guide Act 166 implementation.

For more information regarding Universal Pre-School, click the links to the left and visit the Vermont's Agency of Education webpages.

Addison County Publicly Funded PreK

Our early education programs include school-based PreK programming and partnerships with community programs to provide public education funding for all 3-5 year-old children. School district staff also provide special education services to preschoolers with disabilities.

We believe early education is vital for ensuring the future success of our students. Research on child brain development shows that investments in the early years are key for building future success. Communities that make investments in early childhood see the payoff in later years academically and socially.

All of our programs are founded in the understanding that play is how young children learn. Play with people, objects, and classroom and community experiences can be intentionally designed by a teacher to achieve learning goals. Experiences through play foster language and literacy skills, social skills with adults and peers, problem-solving, curiosity, persistence, early numeracy skills, and creativity. All programs use the Vermont Early Learning Standards (VELS) as a framework for their curriculum and regularly assess children's progress toward early learning goals. Parents are active participants in their child's learning, and are invited to participate in conferences at least twice yearly.

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