There is currently a waiting list for the 2024-2025 pre-K classes. Applications are being accepted for that waiting list. Click the link below.
Pre-Kindergarten at Pine Bush
The Pine Bush Central School District currently offers a full-day pre-kindergarten program (Universal Pre-Kindergarten UPK) at no cost to families. The program provides services for 214 students through 12 pre-kindergarten classes – three each at Pine Bush Elementary, EJ Russell Elementary and Pakanasink Elementary and two at Circleville Elementary. A new class began this year at Meadowbrook Dreams Preschool, our community-based partner. The pre-kindergarten students follow the same schedule as their respective elementary schools.
The pre-kindergarten experience engages children in activities that promote intellectual, social, emotional, and physical growth through books, puzzles, art materials, dramatic play props, and math and science manipulatives. New York State certified teachers and teaching assistants provide carefully planned instruction with lots of opportunities for children to make friends, be considerate of others, experience new things and, by the end of the school year, be prepared for kindergarten.
Eligibility and Application Process
To participate in the pre-kindergarten program, children must be residents of the Pine Bush Central School District, and must be 4 years old by Dec. 1 of the year they would begin pre-kindergarten.
There is currently a waiting list the 2024-2025 school year. However, applications are being accepted for the waiting list. Please click here for the English application or click here for the Spanish application for the 2024-2025 school year. This application is for the 2024-2025 school year only.
Please review our Frequently Asked Questions in English or Spanish for more information regarding the UPK program in the Pine Bush elementary schools.
For Frequently Asked Questions about our Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program at Meadowbrook Dreams, click here.
If you have any additional questions, please call Peggy Fontana at 845-744-2031 ext. 4808.