Summit Preschool Philosophy
Preschool is the first step in a child's educational journey, where they build the skills, attitudes, and behaviors that support future academic and personal success. Nurturing curiosity, resilience, and a growth mindset helps children enter kindergarten with enthusiasm and a readiness to learn.
Summit Preschool is centered on creating an inclusive, supportive, and developmentally appropriate environment tailored to each child's unique needs. Summit Preschool emphasizes creating a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment where children can explore, grow, and develop foundational skills through play-based and experiential learning.
Typical Preschool Screening
Preschool screening is required for all children being considered for placement. A screening is held in the early spring for enrollment beginning the following school year. Sometimes additional screenings can be held if additional spots become available. Children must turn 3 years old before the first day of the school year in order to attend.
Limited spaces are available for typically developing children. Children being considered for enrollment as typical peers must display age-appropriate speech and language skills, good behavior and social skills, and must be reliably toilet trained. A child may not be reliably toilet-trained by the screening date, but the Preschool Team reserves the right to delay or revoke enrollment if the child is not reliably toilet-trained by the first day of class.
Special Needs
If you have developmental concerns and suspect a disability, please contact Melissa Marino.
If you are moving into one of our school districts and your child is already on an IEP please contact the Preschool Office at 330-945-5600.
Itinerant Services
Summit ESC’s Early Childhood Itinerant Services include any form of specially designed instruction provided by an Early Childhood Intervention Specialist (ECIS) or related service provider. Itinerant services are provided in the setting where the child or the child and parent(s) is located, as opposed to providing services at a centralized location that is geared toward serving students with disabilities.
School Closings and Delays
Please follow your district's closing procedure. If the district is closed, then your preschool site will also be closed.
Immunizations
ORC 3313.671 has been amended to require that kindergartners must be vaccinated against varicella (chicken pox) disease.
In order to be considered valid, the varicella vaccine must have been administered on or after the child's first birthday. In addition, the law states that, "A pupil who has had natural chicken pox, and presents a signed statement from the pupil's parent, guardian, or physician to that effect, is not required to be immunized against chicken pox".
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