North Side Community School’s pre-k program was created in 2011 to ensure that 100% of students enter kindergarten with the cognitive, emotional, social, and behavioral skills necessary to succeed.
Pre-K students MUST be 4 years of age in order to enroll.
Location: 1916 North Euclid Ave, St. Louis, MO 63115
Grades: Pre-K 4-5
Focus: Early learning skills and learning through play and exploration.
At North Side’s Early Childhood Center, the school day is designed to create a steady, supportive rhythm where learning and care go hand in hand. Students begin their morning with a consistent arrival routine that helps them feel settled and ready, followed by focused instruction in early literacy and math. Throughout the day, that structure is balanced with hands-on exploration, creative play, and opportunities to build social skills. Meals and support services are integrated to ensure every child is cared for and able to stay engaged. As the day continues, students revisit key concepts through reinforcement and enrichment activities, with movement and transitions that keep them active and focused. By the end of the day, children leave with a sense of familiarity, confidence, and growing independence.
Teachers prepare our students for success in kindergarten. Each student masters a rigorous set of pre-kindergarten learning standards through work in the classroom and at home. Our program fosters an early love of reading and learning. We teach our students how to be independent, responsible learners. Among other skills, students master the alphabet, are able to count to 100, and begin to read and write.
Our program engages students in active participatory learning, using adult-child interactions to support and teach through play. We take a problem-solving approach to dealing with conflict. Our students learn through exploring different interest areas each day and by participating in many different hands-on small group activities.
Students that participate in one year of North Side’s pre-k program experience on average two years of academic growth. We make sure that we have data from formal and informal assessments that drive our instruction and prove that what we are doing is working.
Our school community is tight-knit. Over 70% of our pre-k students have an older sibling in elementary school at North Side. Our open-door policy and high expectations create an environment with great parental trust and involvement.
Our pre-k program is different from many others because it was deliberately created as part of an elementary school. We know our pre-k students graduate into a high-quality elementary environment, and we track their continued success.
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