Early Childhood Education Department

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

MISSION

“We seek to develop in every child a positive and enjoyable attitude towards school and provide the opportunity to master a readiness program for all the content areas for elementary school learning through successful experiences and self-expression within a safe, nurturing environment, and working in a collaborative partnership with students and parents”.

 PHILOSOPHY

The ECED program is based upon SESO’s belief that a school should be a center for human development.  Children are given the opportunity to make decisions about their activities in an informal structure that values curiosity and creative expression.  The learning environment provides opportunities to self-expression so that each child develops s sense of confidence self-worth.

 The professional staff provides guidance and support in a loving and caring environment to ensure establishing trusting relationships that are the foundation for a child’s healthy self-concept.  The staff is committed to maintain a daycare environment that facilitates diversity, tolerance, and acceptance among children.  The staff uses daily events of their living together as opportunities to learn important life skills.

 SESO’s Early Childhood Education Program prepare students to become bilingual students (English-Spanish) while exposing them to different cultures in a Puerto Rican school setting with an English Immersion Program.  Students participate and become familiar with the Puerto Rican society and its culture following a curriculum meeting Puerto Rican as well as American standards.

 DAYCARE

Mission: To promote physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development in a safe, healthy, and nurturing daycare environment.  It envisions responsible operations that are conducive to sound child development safety practices in an orderly, appropriately stimulating, child-oriented, non-scholastic environment.  A planned but flexible program nurtures motor, perceptional, and language skills through observation, exploration, and parallel play.

 Requirements:

• Age 3 years old by October 30
• Vaccination up-to-date (PVAC Form)
• Completed application and physical examination forms
• Toilet trained
• Half-day classroom visit for observation

 Program Characteristics:

• Focus on child’s well being and developmental needs
• Observation and exploration with independent and parallel play
• Child chosen activities with teacher diverted projects
• Tuition paid on or before the 15^th of each month

 PRE-KINDERGARTEN

Mission: The pre-kindergarten program provides for physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of the child through a well conceived academic program.  Early literacy practices include alphabet and phonetic awareness.  All development in these areas must be interrelated in order to provide a unique quality environment for future learning.

 Requirements:

• Age 4 years old by October 30
• Vaccination up-to-date (PVAC Form)
• Completed application and physical examination forms
• One to ne interview with program coordinator or academic counselor

 Program Characteristics:

• Three 24-students group
• The Pre-kindergarten schedule is from 7:45 AM to 2:00 PM
• Students participate in the School Lunch Program
• Full day program since 1990

 KINDERGARTEN

Mission: The Kindergarten program provides for physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of the child through a well conceived academic program.  The formal Literacy Program insures that at least 90% of the grade enrollment masters a Reading Readiness Program by the end of the school academic year.

 Requirements:

• Age 5 years old by October 30
• Vaccination up-to-date (PVAC Form)
• Completed application and physical examination forms
• Psychometric Test Results
• One to ne interview with program coordinator or academic counselor
• $1,000.00 Entrance Fee with an additional $1,000.00 when promoted to 1^st grade

 Program Characteristics:

• Three 24-students group
• The Kindergarten schedule is from 7:45 AM to 2:00 PM
• Students participate in the School Lunch Program
• Full day program since 1987