Preschool
Rainier Preschool
The Rainier Preschool is a cooperative preschool that serves both students receiving Special Services and general education students, located at the Elementary School. The Special Services Director and Elementary Principal recently met to discuss ways to strengthen and improve the preschool program. As a result, these changes will be implemented for the upcoming school year:
Rainier Preschool Registration for the 2026-2027 school year opens on May 4th at 9:00 AM. Please use the Preschool Registration Button on the Elementary Website. A staff member will contact you to discuss enrolling in the Preschool program.
It is the mission of Rainier Preschool to provide an early learning opportunity for children who are 3 1/2 to 5 years of age. We value children of all abilities and strive to meet their educational and social needs. The preschool operates a morning and afternoon session, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Our goals and objective are:
- To encourage in each child, self-confidence, concern for others and cooperation in work and play.
- To further develop in each child the skills in listening, self-discipline, independence, positive social skills and self regulation.
- To provide enough variety to stimulate each child and enough routine to five each child a sense of stability.
- To introduce each child to various materials, people and experiences to aid them in their abilities to accept and deal effectively with differences and change.
- To give each child the opportunity to solve problems and make appropriate decisions within the realm of their own choices for activities.
- To encourage and develop in each child a love for life-long learning, focusing on pre-writing, pre-reading and pre-math skills.
- To modify curriculum to meet the current needs of the students, using research-based information and strategies.