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New Location for Preschool
We are excited to announce that the Preschool Tiny Tots program for the City of Hercules is getting their own building. What was once the Teen Center, located at 2007 Refugio Valley Road, next to the Hercules Community center, will now become the preschool building as of Fall 2024. We will have an Open House the week prior to the first day of school. The building will be in transition until August to get ready for the new preschool program school year 2024 -2025. We can’t wait!
Make your child’s learning experience a happy and memorable one with our Preschool.
Staff will teach a theme-based curriculum with an academic component. We enhance social and emotional development through directed activities, play and instructional material, music, and so much more. You will need to send a healthy snack in a lunch box style bag that’s easy to eat. Snack needs to be NUT Free, no NUT products are allowed on site.
New Family Registration - April 10th at the Community Center
Registration for the 2024-2025 school year will open to new families on April 10, at 8:45 a.m. at the Hercules Community Center. We have a new system this year where you will fill out and update your packet online. This system will have deadlines for turning in your completed paperwork with more details to come. The only form you turn in at registration is the Registration Form with form of payment. Space is limited, and registration is accepted on a first come, first serve basis. Packets are online go to the City of Hercules website, toggle Park and Recreation and toggle Preschool. Fill out the child’s registration form with your chosen payment option. You will need to include your first installment payment by filling out the authorize credit card form. If no payment attached, we would need to take the next person.
Registration Requirements:
- Children must be completely potty trained prior to the first day of class. No pull-ups your child will be dropped if he/she has pull ups. * Exception Preschool Readiness can have pull ups but should be at the end of potty training.
- We will not accept any new registrations for our Preschool programs after January 9, 2025.
- All enrollments require a copy of birth certificate with registration packet. (New families only)
Open House
Orientation Open House at NEW PRESCHOOL CENTER: Meet your teachers and the new building
- Start time is 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
- August 21 - Jr. Kinder & Pre-Kinder Multi-Age
- August 22 - Little Dynos
First Day of School
- Jr. Kinder and Pre-Kinder Multi-Age start date: Monday, August 26, 2024
- Little Dynos start date: Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Little Dynos: Age 3 by August 5, 2024 to 3 years (36-47 months) | Tuesday/ Thursday | 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | $173 Resident $213 Non-Resident |
Designed to introduce 3-year-olds to their first pre-school experience. The emphasis of this class is learning through collaborative play with an academic component. The curriculum skills are based on an introduction to shapes, letters, colors, and STEAM activities. The children work in groups to build their Social/Emotional development through these age-appropriate activities and peer connections. Lots of hands-on activities. |
Pre-K Multi-Age: Age 3.5 by September 2, 2024 (42 to 58 months) | Monday, Wednesday, Friday | 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | $264 Resident $322 Non-Resident |
This is a mixed-age preschool class "Multi-age". Children will learn responsibility, independence and build confidence. We will engage in several basic areas: emotional, cognitive, fine motor, fine motor, gross motor, social and sensory development. Stressing and encouraging the preschoolers to play and interact with a varied of classroom learning centers and ages. Children in this class will move to Jr. Kinder, Transitional kindergarten or possibly a Kindergarten program. |
Junior Kinder Program: Age 4 by September 2, 2024, to 5 years (48 to 60 months) - AM | Monday-Thursday | 8:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. | $336 Resident $406 Non-Resident |
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Jr. Kindergarten is offered to students who are 4-5 years old. We help prepare your child for Kindergarten by providing them with a strong foundation of cognitive and developmental curriculum. Children in this class are building on the curriculum skills they learned in the Pre-K Multi-Age class. With an enhancement on STEAM group activities and a positive self-help attitude. Our 4-year-old program is a thematic-based program with an academic component to promote kindergarten readiness. |
New Preschool Enrichment Programs
Enrichment Fridays | 3.3 to 5 yrs mixed age |
Friday only Starting 08-30-24 |
12:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Cycles #1 & 3 $210 Resident $258 Non-Resident Cycle #2 $192 Resident $236 Non-Resident |
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This is a theme based fun class. Each Friday we will explore the theme for the month. From exploring STEM, Art, gardening, and much more. This is an exciting interactive class where we can get dirty with paints or digging in the dirt. This class is about creative activities, cooperative play and social interaction with our peers. |