PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Gates Chili Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) program is designed to offer four-year olds daily instruction that increases awareness and competence in five domains derived from the New York State Prekindergarten Foundation for the Common Core:

• Physical Development and Health
• Approaches to Learning
• Social and Emotional Development
• Communication, Language and Literacy
• Cognition and Knowledge of the World (includes Math, Science, Social Studies)

We accomplish this in a caring, active, play-based learning environment that is rich with adult-child interactions.  Our daily instruction provides natural opportunities for children to learn readiness skills, exercise their curiosity and imaginations, and strengthen their ability to work well with others.

• UPK is taught by NYS Certified Teachers.
• UPK is five days per week, Monday through Friday, from 9:30AM to 2:30 PM.
• Our program is provided at no cost to families.  UPK is a New York State grant-funded program.  
• Parents are responsible for transporting their children to and from the UPK program.
• Classrooms are located at elementary schools and at Imagination Childcare Academy, 230 Coldwater Road. Contact Imagination Childcare directly for information regarding wrap around care at their site.
  
• To be eligible for the 2018-19 program, which begins in September 2018, children must turn 4 on or before December 1, 2018 and reside in the Gates Chili Central School District.