The 2024-2025 application season is almost here! Register for the Family Information Session to learn more about Durham PreK and the application.
- When: February 3rd, 2024
- Time: 10 am - 11:30 am
- Virtual
- Spanish interpretation available
Interest Sheets
You can now fill out an interest form to be notified when the 2024-2025 application opens! This google form is not an application for pre-K services.
The 2023-2024 application season is almost here! Register for the Family Information Session to learn more about Durham PreK and the application. https://bit.ly/3FfrPPC
- When: February 4th, 2023
- Time: 10 am - 11:30 am
- Virtual
- Spanish interpretation available
Interest Sheets
You can now fill out an interest form to be notified when the 2023-2024 application opens! This google form is not an application for pre-K services.
Join librarians from Durham County Library for a children's storytime at 4pm at Monuts on 9th street!
Join Durham's Partnership for Children and Healthy Blue to receive FREE health screenings and vaccines in the Healthy Blue Mobile Medic! All screenings and vaccines are FREE regardless of your insurance status and can fulfill the required screenings for all PreK and Early Head Start students. The Mobile Medic will be parked in the parking lot and we will have games, popsicles, and water available in the shelter at each park!
VACCINES AVAILABLE:
- COVID-19
FREE SCREENINGS AVAILABLE:
- HEARING
- VISION
- DENTAL
- HEMOGLOBIN
- LEAD
DATES
- September 20th:
- Northgate Park, 300 W Club Blvd
- Screenings available: Dental (required for both Early Head Start and Durham PreK)
- September 21st:
- Campus Hills Park, 2000 S Alston Ave
- Screenings available: Hearing and Vision - NOT CONFIRMED (Required for both Early Head Start and Durham PreK)
- September 22nd:
- Piney Wood Park, 400 E Woodcroft Pkwy
- Screenings available: Lead and Hemoglobin (required for Early Head Start only)
Contact us at 919.403.6960 or grace@dpfc.net
¡Únase a Durham's Partnership for Children y Healthy Blue para recibir exámenes de salud y vacunas en Healthy Blue Mobile Medic! Todas las evaluaciones y vacunas son gratuitas independientemente del estado de su seguro y pueden cumplir con las evaluaciones requeridas para todos los estudiantes de PreK y Early Head Start. ¡El Mobile Medic estará estacionado en el estacionamiento y tendremos juegos, paletas heladas y agua disponibles en el refugio de cada parque!
VACUNAS DISPONIBLES:
- COVID-19
EXAMENES GRATUITAS DISPONIBLES:
- AUDICIÓN
- VISIÓN
- DENTAL
- HEMOGLOBINA
- PLOMO
LAS FECHAS
- 20 de Septiembre
- Northgate Park, 300 W Club Blvd
- Examenes disponibles: Dental (required for both Early Head Start and Durham PreK)
- 21 de Septiembre
- Campus Hills Park, 2000 S Alston Ave
- Examenes disponibles: Audición y Visión - NOT COMFIRMED (required for both Early Head Start and Durham PreK)
- 22 de Septiembre
- Piney Wood Park, 400 E Woodcroft Pkwy
- Examenes disponibles: Plomo y Hemoglobina (required for Early Head Start only)
Llámenos al 919.403.6960 o grace@dpfc.net
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)'s Week of the Young Child has begun! We are starting the week off with Music Monday. See the message below from NAEYC:
"When children sing, dance, and listen to music, they develop their language and early literacy skills while being active and encouraging movement. Make up and record your own unique version of a song or write your own, and share it on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using the #WOYC22 hashtag."
NAEYC also has additional resources on their website that talk about the importance and benefits of music in early childhood. This blog post gives tips on incorporating music at home to support play time, early literacy, learning about other cultures, and beginning to understand patterns.
This article from HighScope gives other examples of how to incorporate music into daily routines. Routines and music both support self-regulation, executive function, expression, and listening skills. Using music as a tool in creating a healthy routine for children can be very helpful!
Durham PreK has a collection of songs, musical crafts, and dances on Pinterest. Click below to view all the activities. Tag us on Instagram @durhamprek if you try any of these ideas!
Durham PreK students love music time in their classrooms! Below are some pictures of Durham's young children enjoying musical instruments, dancing, and songs with their classmates and teachers.
Join us on June 4th for the 4th Roll Up & Enroll event of the year!
You can ask questions about the program and submit your required application documents! Bilingual staff will be available to answer your questions and support your application. More information will be available soon.
We hope to see you there!
Join us on May 14th for the 3rd Roll Up & Enroll event of the year!
You can ask questions about the program and submit your required application documents! Bilingual staff will be available to answer your questions and support your application. More information will be available soon.
We hope to see you there!
Please join us for an opportunity to socialize in a safe space and connect with autistic peers and their families.
Registration is required because space is limited!
Save the date! Join us on March 12, 2022 from 9 am - 12 pm for our second Roll Up & Enroll event of the year!
The event will be hosted in the lower parking lot of the Jim and Carolyn Hunt Early Childhood Resource Center, 1201 S. Briggs Ave. You can ask questions about the program and submit your required application documents! Bilingual staff will be available to answer your questions and support your application. More information will be available soon. We hope to see you there!
Watch the Recording!
Watch our second Durham PreK Family Info Session of the 2022-2023 application year to learn more about the notification and placement process for Durham PreK! We dove deeper into how to indicate your site preferences for the 2022-2023 application, what to expect after submitting an application, and how to accept or decline a placement. Our team is dedicated to ensure that you and your child feel prepared to make a smooth transition to PreK, so we hope you learn more about our selection and placement process after watching!
Questions? Email Grace Smith at grace@dpfc.net.
¡Únase a nosotros para nuestra segunda sesión de información familiar de Durham PreK del año de solicitud 2022-2023 para obtener más información sobre el proceso de notificación y ubicación para Durham PreK! Profundizaremos en cómo indicar sus preferencias de sitio para la solicitud 2022-2023, qué esperar después de enviar una solicitud y cómo aceptar o rechazar una ubicación. Nuestro equipo está dedicado a garantizar que usted y su hijo se sientan preparados para hacer una transición sin problemas a PreK, ¡así que esperamos que se una para obtener más información sobre nuestro proceso de selección y colocación!
¿Preguntas? Envíe un correo electrónico a Erica Stamm a erica@dpfc.net.