Alsea Pups Preschool

Strengthening Rural Families has received a Preschool Promise Program grant from the ODE. We will have openings the 2023-24 school year. Please apply.

This funding allows us to provide free preschool to any family who has a 3 or 4 year old (born between 9/1-8/31) because we applied for and received an Income Eligibility Exception for Frontier and Rural Communities. This means if your child is 3 (born between 9/1/19-8/31/20) or 4 (born between 9/1/18 & 8/31/19) and not eligible for kindergarten, they will be able to attend, regardless of income level.

Because this is a collaboration with the local Early Learning Hub, all interested families have to fully complete the PSP application process before they start preschool. It is an online application, found here: New Submission (linnbenton.edu)

The questions on the application about where you live and what your income level is can be confusing and make it seem like your child will not be eligible to attend, so please contact EL Hub staff or preschool staff or Lauri with any questions about it. We will happily walk you through the process.

The funding provides an increase in resources to address the current gaps in access to affordable, high quality, culturally relevant preschool opportunities for families experiencing challenges. High quality preschool is one of the most effective strategies for closing the opportunity gaps, preparing children for kindergarten and ultimately raising school achievement.

The Alsea Pups Preschool could not exist without these combined funding sources. The preschool needs your active involvement to keep things running for all families. If the Preschool was strictly fee for service, without the shared funding, tuition would exceed $11,500 per year, per student. 

This is a Preschool Promise classroom and has eligibility requirements. Contact Ms. Mirium or Ms. Krysta at the Alsea Pups Preschool to get your child enrolled. We will you to complete an Alsea Pups enrollment packet, which includes us needing a copy of your child’s birth certificate, and  their current immunization records, so please be prepared. (We can take a copy of the birth certificate here.) If you do not have your child’s birth certificate, please order one now. 

Please contact Lauri @ lauri.srf@ruralfamilies.org or Ms. Mirium at mirium.srf@ruralfamilies.org IF YOU ARE INTERESTED in attending Alsea Pups Preschool in 2023-24, so we can make sure you complete the forms you need to and we can connect you to the coordinated enrollment specialist.