Lake City Preschool

2024-2025
Preschool Registration

Opens February 1st @ 8am
Closes March 1st @ 4pm

Registration 2025-2026

Lake City Preschool Registration

Lake City Preschool is currently working on programming options for the 2025-2026 school year. We know you are eager to sign your child up. We hope to have preschool registration open by mid February and we will post more information on this page as well as our LakeCityCommunityEducation facebook page.

Preschool Online Payments

Preschool Online Payments

Early Childhood Screening

Early Childhood Screening (ECS) is a program that helps you see how your child is developing before they enter Kindergarten. ECS also helps find potential health and developmental concerns that may cause barriers to your child’s learning. ECS connects you and your child to programs and resource to support healthy growth and development. ECS is required by Minnesota law for all children before entering Kindergarten.

Is there a fee? ECS is FREEto all children ages 3, 4, and 5-year olds.

Why screen at 3?

To see how your child is growing and developing
More time to provide support if there are concerns
Connect you and your child to early education programs and resources
Get it all done and out of the way before Kindergarten

What is the process?

Call our office at 651-345-7170 to make an appointment for your child. Or if you prefer, email our office at ajackson@lake-city.k12.mn.us

Complete the forms needed for the screening.

Forms may be mailed to you or downloaded here.
Bring the completed forms to your child’s appointment or email the completed forms to ajackson@lake-city.k12.mn.us

On the day of the appointment:

Bring your child
Bring a copy of your child’s birth certificate or passport and immunization record
Plan for at least an hour for the screening
You may accompany your child throughout the screening
Your child will be screened in each of the areas below:

All results and your child’s health history and immunization will be reviewed at the end of the screening.

Lake City Preschool provides a clean, safe, and healthy environment where every child can develop emotionally, physically, intellectually and socially. The program encourages learning and growth through play. We believe that children grow at their own pace, and support their development in ways that help them become confident in themselves as learners. It is our goal to create an environment and program where the child’s natural desire to learn is stimulated through meaningful appropriate and playful learning experiences one that meets the needs of each child as an individual.

All classes are 2 hours and 30 minutes. Children do not need to be potty-trained to attend but it is highly encouraged. (must be trained to enroll in Cub Care)

Preschool 4 (must be 4 on or before September 1, 2025 to enroll)

5 Day Program: $TBD

3 Day Program: $TBD

AM & PM options (TBD)

Preschool 3 (must be 3 on or before September 2, 2025 to enroll)

3 Day Program: $TBD

2 Day Program: $TBD

AM (PM options may be available) TBD

Our Curriculum

The Macmillan/McGraw-Hill’s Little Treasures, comprehensive pre-k literacy curriculum is used in the preschool classroom which aligns with the elementary reading program. In addition, Everyday Mathematics, which emphasizes the application of mathematics to real-world situations, is also used in the classroom. Learning centers include dramatic play, art, writing, block, sensory, manipulative, music, movement and gross motor activities.