San Mateo-Foster City School District is proud to offer preschool programs located at public elementary schools.
North Shoreview Montessori Preschool is located at North Shoreview Music and Art Magnet School. It offers a Montessori curriculum, traditional school calendar and optional extended care.
San Mateo Park Preschool is located at San Mateo Park Math and Science Magnet School. It offers a developmental curriculum and a traditional school calendar.
College Park Mandarin Preschool is located at College Park Magnet School of Talented and Gifted Education. It offers a Mandarin immersion program and a year-round school calendar with morning and extended care classes.
Fiesta Gardens Spanish Immersion Preschool is located at Fiesta Gardens International School. It offers a Spanish immersion program and a year round school calendar.
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Parkside Montessori Preschool is located at Parkside Elementary School. It offers a Montessori curriculum and a year round school calendar.
Helping Hands Intergrated Preschool is located at Parkside Elementary School. It offers a blended classroom for general education and special education students curriculum and a year round school calendar.
Early Childhood Mission Statement
The San Mateo-Foster City School District believes that a high quality Early Childhood program creates a safe, nurturing school community for young children that fosters life long learning and emotional well-being. We are committed to promoting each child’s cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development. We recognize and respect that each child brings to school a unique rate of development, a desire to learn and diverse language and cultural experiences. The Early Childhoodprogram strives to empower parents to become partners in the education of their children. The major determinants of program quality are:
- The appropriate application of well-researched and proven child development practices that recognize play as the natural way through which children learn.
- An integrated curriculum that provides opportunities for children to be successful by constructing their own knowledge through meaningful interactions with adults, other children and materials.
- Activities that are relevant and engage children with hands-on experiences that encourage progression along the developmental continuum from dependence to independence.
- Opportunities for purposeful and imaginative-creative play in a language and literacy rich environment.
- A balanced daily program of child initiated and adult-directed activities, including individual, small and large group activities that develop kindergarten readiness skills.
- The recognition that parental involvement is vital for the educational success of children.
For more information call 650-312-7343
or email Chris Fontana
