Alameda, CA
Alameda Headstart

Application Process

Applications are accepted: After a face-to-face meeting at the school (tour, conversation with director, etc.)

There is a wait list for upcoming school year.  more

Parent visits tours are: Recommended

Child interview process: None

Parent interview process: Admissions Director-parent

Deadline for applications: Rolling

Application fee: Free

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Admissions Process

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Acceptance criteria: Selective based on low-income priority for students with disabilities. preference given to 4 year-olds. More

Notification occurs: Rolling

Deposit is not

Parents must submit deposit within the following timeframe of receiving notification of acceptance: 0

Financial aid is available.

Age/Child Requirements

Child must be 2 years and 9 months to enroll.

Child does not need to be potty trained to enroll.

Inquiries accepted on a rolling basis.

Director's views on diversity:
17 languages spoken, wide range of racial, cultural, ethnic diversity.

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Director's Comments

Question to director: Please list anything you wish parents to be aware of with respect to the application process.

Not first-come first-served basis. Priority given to 4 year olds and children with disabilities.

Montessori? Waldorf? Play-based?

What school type is right for your child? Is one model better than another? What does the research say?

View an example from the Savvy Source guide to learn more.

Today's “Preschool’s Out” Activity

Get large plastic buckets (or sand buckets if you have lots of really little toys )in a variety of solid colors (red, blue, yellow, green, pink). Ask your child to clean up his/her toys by putting the toys in the bucket corresponding to the color bucket. Great for teaching personal responsibility, color identification, and sorting.

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