For more information and to guarantee your child’s spot in the program, contact:
Kathy Nichols
CUSD Program Specialist
knichols@carlsbadusd.net
or
760-331-5073
You may also complete the application form here and we'll follow up with you directly.
Community Friends Preschool Program
About our Preschool Program
New for the 2021-22 school year, our preschool program (for 3 and 4-year-olds) will be offered at two locations: Buena Vista Elementary School and Aviara Oaks Elementary School.
Each preschool classroom is made up of a combination of students with special needs and students who are called “community friends."
A “community friend” is a child who displays developmentally appropriate skills (including self-help, behavior, speech/language, and social skills) for the purpose of modeling those skills for our students with special needs.
All of the students in the classroom benefit from exposure to a structured curriculum with expert teachers, focusing on the domains of social-emotional development, language and literacy, mathematics, physical development, and health.
Additional Details
- Where: Aviara Oaks Elementary School and Buena Vista Elementary School.
- Days: Monday through Thursday, when Carlsbad Unified schools are in session.
- Times: 3 hours per day; exact hours vary by site. (Three year olds meet in the morning and four year olds meet in the afternoon.)
- Cost: $250 per month per child
Benefits:
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Credentialed teachers! All of our professional educators hold a special birth-to-five-years special education teaching credential.
- Low adult to student ratio (1:4). Each class is staffed with one teacher and at least two assistants, with no more than four students per adult in the room.
- Structured classrooms with a developmental approach to instruction for three and four years olds.
- Follows Carlsbad Unified school calendar for holidays and breaks.
