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. The programs at Midtown include one all-day prekindergarten classroom and two half-day prekindergarten classrooms.

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.

Midtown and Little Early Childhood Centers are the only Wichita Public Schools chosen to offer the all day prekindergarten program, which is made possible through a grant.

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 shared 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.

Midtown and Little have 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: Third Monday of each month
Time: 4 - 5 p.m.
Location: Little Early Childhood Education Center, 1613 Piatt, Room 20
Chairperson: Carrie McConville, 973-5300

• Pre-Kindergarten
• Half-day sessions - five days per week    

          - Morning Session, 7:50 - 10:50 a.m.                                               -          - Afternoon Session, 12:10 - 3:10 p.m.

• All day sessions - five days per week 

          - Sessions 7:50 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.

• Home visits in the fall for prekindergarten
• Additional Parent/Teacher conferences twice a year
• Special classroom parent activities

• Fall Carnival 
• Book Fairs
• Library Program
• Reading Is Fundamental
• Trike-a-Thon
• Red Ribbon Week
• Fall Feast
• Technology

The Midtown Community Resource Center opened its doors for business on June 13, 1999 as a not for profit organization, hoping to make a worthwhile contribution to the community.

Housed in a 14,000 square foot former Safeway store at 1150 N. Broadway, the center serves as a resource and education center for the ethnically diverse Midtown area.

MCRC offers an array of educational opportunities and services: GED training; Spanish language classes; English as a Second Language (ESL) classes; adult education classes and seminars; Latchkey programs; prekindergarten classes; a summer day camp; nutrition classes; employment counseling; used clothing sales; and medical screenings. In addition, MCRC has rented out space to the Kansas Nutrition Network, the Women's Initiative Network, Catholic Charities, and USD259.