Pre-Kindergarten

-APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2023-24 SCHOOL YEAR ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR MCS INTEGRATED PREK-

Applications for the Early Intervention Center PreK Experience (2 days a week, half days) are being accepted for any child who will attend MCS for kindergarten in August 2024. 

The Maryville City Schools Integrated PreK is a program that offers preschoolers, with and without disabilities, challenging experiences through a curriculum emphasizing social/emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development. As of August 2021, an integrated PreK classroom has existed at each elementary school allowing families to take advantage of services provided at their neighborhood school.   Each program will integrate Voluntary PreK students (income eligibility guidelines), tuition peer models (no income eligibility guidelines), and students with disabilities. Children applying as tuition peer models will be screened for developmental and school readiness skills. Peer models will be placed at each school site to serve as role models and peer helpers to children with special needs. The integrated PreK classroom is a structured teaching environment where children with varying developmental abilities learn together in a classroom that is staffed with one dual licensed teacher (special education and regular education early childhood) and two education assistants. The foundation of these integrated programs is to teach children how to problem solve and ask/answer questions while emphasizing verbal expression, peer engagement, independence, self-confidence, and control.

Maryville City Schools is excited to announce a new pilot program, The Early Intervention Center PreK Experience. This program will offer preschoolers with and without disabilities as young as 3 years old a preschool experience for two days per week for three hours each day. 

CHILD FIND

If you suspect your child has a disability and you would like to receive a screening/evaluation, please complete the online digital referral form, by clicking the link below.

LINK HERE
 

If you need assistance, you may contact the Early Intervention Center staff at (865) 983-8551 (option #1 when prompted).

Upon completing and submitting a referral, you can expect to receive an email and/or telephone call within five business days.  Please check your email regularly for further guidance from the Early Intervention Center.