Pre-K at Rye Street School
A teacher tells a story with finger puppets on the rug, snack is at a long table and teachers stay close. Come and see a morning, and bring your child along.
A pre-K day
The order stays the same from day to day, so children know what comes next.
A teacher greets each child at the classroom door. Children hang up their coats, find their hook and choose a first activity while families say goodbye.
Everyone sits on the rug for a hello song, the weather and a story. A few children are helpers each day, and everyone gets a turn.
Blocks, the play kitchen, the easel, puzzles and the book corner. A teacher sits down with a few children at a time for a game with letters, numbers or shapes, and then moves on to the next.
A snack at the long table, then outdoors on the school's playground and garden whatever the season, with boots and coats when it asks for them.
Children on the morning schedule go home at the start of lunch. The others eat at the long table with their teachers, then rest on mats with a book.
Art, music, the library and the gym with the school's own teachers, a last story, and pickup at the door.
Programs
4-year-olds
Four years old by the start of the school year.
Sample programs.
Dates
January
A short application, with help for the state pre-K form.
March
By phone and in writing.
Late August
Families bring children to the pre-K room door.
April and May
Pre-K children spend a morning in the kindergarten room, with their teachers.
Spring
Families who would like to stay for kindergarten register as other families do.
Sample dates.
Safety and notice
Part of Rye Street School, which runs the pre-K under state rule. Ask us at a tour which rules apply to the school.
1 adult to 12 children
4-year-olds
Group size: 20
Group size
Up to 20 children
with 2 adults
Ages 4 to 5
A teacher meets each child at the door. Children leave only with an adult on your pickup list, and we ask for ID from anyone we don't know.
Tell us about allergies at the tour. We ask for the details privately once you enroll and post each plan where the adults who serve snack can see it.
We practice fire and shelter drills with the children, on the school's schedule, and walk them through what happens first.
A child with a fever or too unwell for the day stays home until they are better. We call you if a child becomes unwell at school.
Ask us about child care assistance
Sample details.
Book online or call the school office. You walk through the pre-K room and the rest of the school on a weekday morning, while the day is under way, and there is time for questions. Children are welcome to come along.
The schedule you choose: mornings, the school day or three days a week. We go through the figures on a tour and send them with the enrollment forms. A family that uses the state's pre-K program has tuition arranged differently, and we explain how.
Rye Street Pre-K is part of Rye Street School, which runs it under state rule. Ask us at a tour which rules apply to the school.
A child stays home with a fever, vomiting or a contagious illness and comes back after a full day without symptoms. If a child becomes unwell at school we call you to come and keep them with a teacher until you arrive.
Every child has one now and then. A teacher stays close, helps the child say what is wrong and offers a quiet spot in the room with a book. We tell you about it at pickup, so you don't have to wonder.
Rye Street Pre-K takes part in the state's pre-K program. Ask us how it works with our tuition. We go through it on a tour and again when you apply, and the school office helps with the state's form.
Book a tour online, or call the school office and we will find a weekday that suits you.