Blessed Beginnings of Oro Valley offers a phenomenal preschool program for children who are age three years old by September 1 of the current school year. Our hands on curriculum focuses on giving your children the building blocks to set a strong foundation for their educational career. They will learn both math and science skills while also developing in the areas of literacy and social emotional. Many children entering preschool are spending their first time away from both of their parents and it can be a scary time. Our staff is specially equipped to help your child with this time of transition into the preschool setting.
Our preschool classroom will follow a 1 teacher to 11 preschoolers or 2 staff to 22 preschoolers ratio. This is below the state preschool ratio of 1 teacher to 13 preschool aged students. The maximum number of children that will be in our opening preschool classroom is 17. We will eventually open a second preschool classroom adding an additional 21 students.
We have multiple scheduling options including half day preschool (8am-11am), lunch bunch preschool (8am-12pm), preschool day (8am-3pm) and a full day including extended child care (7am-6pm). Since your child is part of our preschool program he or she will also have the opportunity to enroll in extracurricular programs during the extended child care times following the preschool day. These activities are through outside programs, are only for preschool and prekindergarten students and have additional fees associated with them paid directly to the provider. These programs include Teams of Tomorrow (https://teamsoftomorrow.com/), Dance and Early Learning Youth Sports (http://www.earlylearningyouthsports.com/home-1.html). We are also working on recruiting additional options.
The health and safety of the preschoolers in our care is of the utmost importance to us. Some of our campus security features include access to classrooms only via key card, and cameras in each classroom, hallways and entry points fed directly to the director’s office. We complete a safety checklist each day to ensure a safe environment for the preschoolers visiting Blessed Beginnings.
If you would like more information on our preschool program or if you would like to schedule a tour, please contact our school office at (520)214-1200 or email our director at cbaker@bbov.org.