Preschool
Thank you for your interest in the Douglas County School District Preschool Program Early Childhood Education is part of the Student Support Services of Douglas County School District. We provide innovative and effective learning environments that are proven to positively impact long-term academic achievement and social-emotional development in nearly 70 preschool classrooms across the district.
We Value The uniqueness and learning potential of our youngest learners, a qualified, knowledgeable, and prepared staff who promote the learning and development of the whole child, the role of parents in the education of their children and being a part of the public education system and our community partners.
Our Focus To create an optimal play-based, early learning environment that enables all preschoolers to develop ready-to-learn skills. Learning opportunities are maximized through nurturing & responsive relationships and a variety of differentiated, instructional approaches. Our ECE teams are cognizant of the whole child and facilitate the development of foundational social-emotional, physical, language, and pre-academic skills in our youngest learners by utilizing developmentally appropriate, child-centered practices. We implement a fully inclusive educational environment that celebrates diversity and promotes a rigorous, high-quality, play-based approach to learning. We use the following Curriculum tools in our programs:
Creative Curriculum (Teaching Strategies)
Early Learning (Second Step)
Handwriting with Tears
Heggerty
To Learn More about our aged-based sessions, tuition fees and options, tuition assistance, curriculum, and Colorado Shines within DCSD ECE programs, please click on Preschool Program Information on the left. If you are ready to get started click on Preschool Enrollment!
We look forward to serving you and your family in our programs!
Staff Directory
Administrative Offices and Support Staff
| Douglas County Early Childhood North 9350 Teddy Lane Lone Tree, CO 80124 Tracy Leftridge - Administrative Support tracy.leftridge@dcsdk12.org |
| Douglas County Early Childhood South 3950 Trail Boss Lane Castle Rock, CO 80104 Lora Gresh - Administrative Support lora.gresh@dcsdk12.org |
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Director - Lisa Graham
lisa.graham@dcsdk12.org
Assistant Director - Annika Barton
annika.barton@dcsdk12.org
ECE Coordinator, Highlands Ranch - Leigh Quintana
leigh.quintana@dcsdk12.org
ECE Coordinator, Castle Rock – Eric Elmore
eric.elmore@dcsdk12.org
ECE Coordinator, Parker – Wendy Klein
wendy.klein@dcsdk12.org
Department Administrative Assistant, Personnel/Staffing – Megan Olson
megan.olson@dcsdk12.org
Bookkeeper, My School Bucks/Tuition – Annie Cannon
annie.cannon@dcsdk12.org
Registrar – Sue Wozniak
sue.wozniak@dcsdk12.org
Student Placements (General Education) – Vanessa Maquindang
vanessa.maquindang@dcsdk12.org
Student Placements (Special Education) – Angie Zundel
angie.zundel@dcsdk12.org
Child Find Evaluation Scheduling – Alysha Walker
alysha.walker@dcsdk12.org
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