UPK is a state-funded program designed to prepare four-year-olds for school. Research shows that children who attend pre-kindergarten programs often perform well academically in elementary school.

UPK provides children with early exposure to reading, math, science and social studies and a chance to develop social skills in a carefully structured and supervised environment. UPK offers high quality academic programming, teachers, transportation, meals and snacks.

GASD has established UPK programs at the following locations:

• Barkley Elementary School

  66 Destefano Street

• Tecler Elementary School

  210 Northern Blvd

• Cloverpatch Preschool

  8 Kopernick Blvd

• Whispering Pines Preschool

  42 Cornell Street

• Fulmont Head Start

  208 Truax Road

A few spaces are still available at the following locations for the

2008-09 school year:

Barkley - afternoon

Tecler - afternoon

To download an application in English, click here. To download an application in Spanish, click here.

For more information, please contact Susanne Dorr, director of State and Federal Projects, at 843-5233.