Midtown Early Childhood Education Center

Midtown early Childhood Education Center provides developmentally appropriate education to pre-kindergarten students that are aligned with the district goals in reading, writing and math. Parental involvement is important at Midtown, which includes parents and the community in all areas of the school.

Pre-kindergarten programs at Midtown are offered in three classrooms that operate under the umbrella of Little Early Childhood Education Center. Midtown is located in the Midtown Community Resource Center at 1150 N. Broadway and provides bilingual classroom staff.

Achievement Highlights

Exit I-135 at 13^th St. Go west on 13^th St. to Broadway. Go south on Broadway two blocks to Midtown Early Childhood Center. See Maps for all USD 259 locations.

The Midtown Early Childhood Education community will provide all students a positive, safe environment, a curriculum that is developmentally appropriate for early childhood, where students will succeed socially, emotionally, physically and academically.

• Students will develop age-appropriate pre-math skills.
  - Students will count rationally, recognize and name numerals 0-10, recognize and name shapes, and create and match sets.
  - Students will demonstrate problem-solving strategies in developmentally appropriate ways.
• Students will develop age-appropriate pre-reading skills.
  - Students will recognize letters and associate sounds with the letters of his/her first name.
   - Students will recognize share and use positional words such as under, in front of, around, beside, behind and between.
  - Students will retell a simple story in complete sentences.
  - Students will engage in daily shares reading experiences.
• Students will develop age-appropriate pre-writing skills.
  - Students will hold a pencil correctly.
  - Students will record ideas using emergent writing.
  - Students will copy pre-writing strokes using a model.

Little and Midtown has a combined site council, which is a group of parents, community members, business representatives, teachers and other school staff. Site councils identify, consider and discuss educational problems and issues at the school. Councils provide advice and counsel for evaluating state, school district and school site performance goals and objectives. Councils may also recommend methods that may be employed at the school site to meet these goals and objectives.

Meeting Day: T.B.A.
Time: 4 - 5 p.m.
Location: Little Early Childhood Education Center, 1613 Piatt
Chairperson: Bonnie Stoddard, 866-8050

• Half-day sessions - five days per week
• Home visits in the fall
• Additional parent/teacher conferences three times a year
• Special classroom parent activities
• ECD and Speech services when needed

Pre-kindergarten

Pre-Kindergarten Program: Five day program
Morning Session, 7:50 - 10:50 a.m.
Afternoon Session, 12:10 - 3:10 p.m.

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