4 Year Old Preschool
College Community Schools Prairie Hawks Preschool and ECC are accredited by NAEYC.
If you are interested in enrolling your 4 year old into our Preschool Program, please fill out the application below. Your child must be 4 on or before Sept 15, 2022 in order to qualify for the 4 year old program.
2022-2023 Preliminary Application: 4 yr old PS Application
Preschool Programs are offered within College Community Schools’ ECC, View, Hill, Crest, Heights, and Ridge buildings.
Half Day Programing (AM and PM) is available at no cost, 2022-2023 school year Tuesday-Friday 8:50-11:40 and 12:50-3:40 (hours are subject to change).
Shared Visions Programing is available, pending grant approval, to income eligible families at the ECC building: Tuesday-Friday 9:00-3:00 with wrap around care along with it.
Head Start Programing is available at the ECC building. Please contact Amie Blindt at 319-721-2794 for information.
To accommodate family needs, we offer wrap-around services which provide a full day of care and are available within the same building your child will attend preschool. Wrap-around is available Monday-Friday from 6:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. This service is fee based. ECC accepts CCA, there are also a limited number of scholarships available courtesy of Linn County Early Childhood Iowa. Please contact Kathy Schulte at kschulte@crprairie.org or Darci Plagman at 319-848–5296/ dplagman@crprairie.org for additional information.
College Community also partners with All God’s Children in providing statewide 4-year-old preschool programming. For more information about their preschool program call 319-848-2393 or visit their website, All Gods Children
The benefits of accreditation are the external mark of quality, high standards, process improvements, and support. All ECC programs have undergone a rigorous accreditation process through the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). NAEYC administers the largest and most widely recognized accreditation system for early childhood programs.