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.

2026-2027 school year Interset survey will not be updated until November 1st.   The INTEREST SURVEY  will put you on a list to to receive more information in the future about the program and put you on a "waitlist" for the 2026-2027 school year.   By completing this survey, you are interested in the possibility of enrolling your student into our program and will be put on a list to be contacted in April/May. There will be an application process as well in late spring.  Please note that this is NOT the application and this interest survey does not guarantee a spot.  This is to provide me with basic information and to contact you with further information about the program.