Gence Preschool

We kindly ask our parents to notify the pre-school supervisor immediately, in case of a change in their home address, phone number and emergency contact number, so that they can be timely reached when necessary.

We expect all our parents to enter the school with their children in the mornings and to pick their children up from their classroom in the afternoons. We believe communicating with the teachers everyday will strenghten family-school partnership and help your child to feel secure at school. Therefore, we do not accept children to be dropped off at the front gate.

The names of the persons authorized to take children from school, should be indicated in the registration form. In case some other person is going to pick them up, the school must be informed ahead of time and that person must identify himself with a legal ID.

To ensure our children’s security at school, in the front, we have two locked gates that can be opened only from inside by adults. Our school entrance is also monitored by security cameras that screens the entrance of the school and the lobby.

We respect our children’s and families’ privacy. We do not publish any photos of children in social media or on our website. All the photos taken during the year are shared with the families with newsletters weekly and at the end of the year you can take all your child’s photos by bringing a flashdrive to school.

Our curriculum is based on the philosophy that young children learn through their interactions with their environment and the people around them. Our educational philosophy supports child and play centered developmentally appropriate activities for children.

We believe children build their knowledge of the world through the manipulation of materials and the stimulation of their five senses. We provide children choices through different learning centers, materials to learn about various subjects as well as the opportunities to express themselves through music, art and dramatic play activities. We give children free play times for children to choose where they want to work and whom they want to play. We organize group times for children to learn about different weekly themes with their teachers. All these activities are planned to support children’s cognitive, language, social, emotional, motor and self-help skills development.

We also have a strong multicultural emphasis in our curriculum. Due to our international students, our children are exposed to different cultures through their classmates and their families. We provide books, songs, materials and activities for children to learn about each other’s cultures and develop respect and appreciation for this diversity around us.