Prekindergarten

The East Village Community School, with about 190 students in prekindergarten through fifth grade, recently released a new CD, called "Songs From the East Village," featuring the school's ethnically diverse students and their families. ❋ Sushil Cheema (2010)

Other public schools include the Earth School, which has students in prekindergarten through fifth grade, Bard High School Early College, Lower East Side Preparatory High School and the Henry Street School for International Studies. ❋ Sushil Cheema (2010)

It has to do with the state's involvement in voluntary prekindergarten, which is a legislatively mandated program to prepare every 4-year-old in Florida for kindergarten. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Karen Ganjon, director of minority achievement and intervention programs for the school system, said one of the challenges is that Carroll County has a small number of children in prekindergarten, which is aimed at low-income families.

Things such as prekindergarten care and learning for low-income kids; science internships for college students; home and community-based services for the elderly and disabled, and public libraries are on the chopping block, even though they are well-designed programs living up to their promise.

Local private schools include the St. Anne School, a Roman Catholic school for prekindergarten through eighth grade. ❋ Melanie Lefkowitz (2012)

A pioneer in establishing universal prekindergarten -- Republican governor George Pataki signed off on legislation in 1997 -- the state, nonetheless, has been developmentally delayed, lagging behind other innovative system-builders across the nation. ❋ Susan Ochshorn (2012)

Today, more than 4,000 prekindergarten through sixth grade students in 10 schools participate in the program. ❋ Carole Carson (2012)

Starita Boyce Ansari , a Manhattan philanthropy adviser whose 3-year-old son will attend prekindergarten at the Metropolitan Montessori School next fall. ❋ Shelly Banjo (2011)

When children set up the Explorer, they enter their grades, ranging from prekindergarten to sixth grade. ❋ Katherine Boehret (2011)

Private schools include the Chapel School with classes from prekindergarten through eighth grade and St. Joseph School with classes from kindergarten through eighth grade. ❋ Maya Pope-Chappell (2011)

Local private schools include the Waldorf School of Garden City, an independent day school with about 350 students in prekindergarten through 12th grade. ❋ Melanie Lefkowitz (2011)

Sunday propagandize during 9 a.m. for grades 5 as well as 6 as well as during 9: 45 a.m. for prekindergarten to class 4. ❋ Admin (2009)

This fall, the school launched prekindergarten and kindergarten classes, with plans to expand to a full elementary school in the coming years. ❋ Sophia Hollander (2012)

Area private schools include the St. Bernard School, a Roman Catholic school with prekindergarten through eighth-grade classes. ❋ Melanie Lefkowitz (2011)