MSAD#1: Skyway Education Center's Pre-K Program

Welcome to the Skyway Education Center Home Page. We are pleased to be home to two of three Pre-K classes in MSAD#1. We continue to host Adult Education daytime classes as well. For information on the Adult Education program, please visit www.sad1.org/adulted. Be sure to visit the Pre-K pages at Mapleton Elementary School at www.sad1.org/mapleton/prek.

We are pleased that you came to visit and learn more about our wonderful Pre-K! If you should have questions about our program, please feel free to e-mail me at: Gail.Gibson@sad1.org.

Our mission at Presque Isle Pre-K is to provide a comprehensive and effective early intervention program for four-year-olds in a safe, comfortable, and nurturing environment. Our program fosters children's physical, social, emotional, language development and general learning processes. We provide opportunities for children to make choices and decisions, create, interact, play, communicate, and discover. Most importantly we want them to have fun, make new friends, and develop a love for learning at school.

Program Framework

The MSAD#1 Pre-K Program is designed for four year old children. Your child is eligible for our program if he or she turns four before October 15th, as required by state regulations. Our program is intended to service students for one year. If space is available, five year olds will be accepted with preference given to those who have not previously attended the Pre-K program in MSAD#1.

Our Pre-K Program uses the “High/Scope Curriculum” as the framework of our classroom program. Children are encouraged to make choices about materials and activities throughout the day. In making these choices the children explore, ask and answer questions, solve problems, and interact with their peers and adults. Developmentally appropriate activities are planned to encourage and build on children’s existing strengths and abilities by focusing on specific key experiences.

The key experiences that provide an active learning approach to stimulate and promote children’s development are grouped into ten (10) categories: Creative Representation, Language and Literacy, Initiative and Social Relations, Movement, Music, Classification, Seriation, Number, Space, Time

Pre-K students attend school for four half-day sessions per week, Monday through Thursday. Our daily routine provides a variety of interactions between children and adults. The consistent daily routine assists children to anticipate what happens next and also promotes a safe and secure feeling. A major element of the day is our “plan-do-review”. Children are allowed to plan, carry out their plan, and then reflect on the results. The daily routine also includes small and large group experiences. For more detailed information on our daily schedule, click here.

The classroom is arranged to promote active learning. We have primary interest areas organized around different kinds of play. Materials are organized and labeled to allow children to get them out easily and put them away independently. Our interest areas are illustrated below and include:

Gail Gibson
PreK Administrator

Carolyn Rigg
Secretary

Enola Boyce
Classroom Teacher

Amy Daniels classroom Teacher	Rose Levasseur Educational Technician	Kelly Ayotte Educational Technician
Ann Randall Custodian/Bus Driver

Our vision is to prepare every child to enter school ready to learn and be successful life long learners. We believe that the key to success is school, family, and community involvement. We encourage parent and community volunteers to take an active partnership role within our classroom on a daily basis.


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