The Preschool Program at Maine South High School is a lab-based early childhood program.  High school students work with the children that attend our program.  The high school students prepare the lessons for the children daily, all of which focus on the preparatory skills needed for the preschool children to be successful in kindergarten.  The preschool director, which is myself, is a certified Family & Consumer Sciences high school instructor, with several years of child development and preschool experience.  It is my responsibility to review students' lesson plans regularly and to be certain all plans are developmentally and academically appropriate.  Through this unified system between high school students and myself, a quality program is established for our preschool children.

A little more information about this year's program for 2025-2026:

Preschool meets 4 days a week for approximately 3 hours and 40 minutes starting in mid to late September to mid-May.  The days and times are always dependent on the high school bell schedule, which can change year to year. 

This school year, 2025-2026, preschool will meet 4 days a week from 8:40am-12:30pm each day.  Preschool will NOT be held on Mondays. 

The requirement for enrollment includes: the preschooler is 3-5 years old and must be FULLY potty trained.  There will be a fee ($300) for the school year as well.  If you would like a teacher to contact you about more information about the program, please fill out this INTEREST SURVEY.  

If you would like to be put on the waitlist for a spot in the Maine South Preschool Program for the 2026-2027 Program, please fill out this form: Waitlist Form. By completing this form, you are interested in enrolling your student into our program and will be put on a list to be contacted in April/May 2026.   There will be an additional application process as well in late spring.  Please note that this is NOT the application and this form does not guarantee a spot.  

For the 2027-2028 school year, the waitlist form will be available November 1, 2026.