Curran Early Childhood Education Center 20-21 Preschool Lottery

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Applications for the 2020-2021 Preschool lottery at the Curran Early Childhood Education Center will be available on our website (www.dedham.k12.ma.us) commencing November 1st, 2019. Applications are due by November 29th, 2019 at 3:00 pm. The application will be available as a Google Form which can be submitted directly to us via our website, or a hard copy application that will need to be dropped off/mailed to our school office.

Due to high demand, preschool acceptance must be determined via a lottery which will be conducted on Friday, December 6, 2019 at 9:30 am. All applications must be received by November 29th at 3:00 pm to be included in the lottery. All Google Form applications are automatically date and time stamped upon receipt.

Tuition rates* and day‐to‐day schedules have not yet been determined for the 2020 ‐ 2021 school year.

The current annual tuition rate is as follows: Two full days ($3000), Three full days ($4500), Three half‐days - AM & PM ($2250), Five half‐days – AM & PM ($3750), Five full days ($7500). *Tuition rates are subject to change.

An Information Night with Principal Taylor will be held at the ECEC School on November 12th, 2019 @ 6:15 pm. All prospective Kindergarten or Preschool parents & guardians are welcome to attend this Information Night.

We also invite you to our First Friday Forums program, where we are inviting prospective school families and Dedham residents to visit and learn more about the new facility. The new ECEC, opened in February 2019, has already been garnering significant attention from local and regional school districts as a model of early childhood education in the future. We created this opportunity for families of potential students aged 0-4 years old, to come visit the ECEC, see the school in action and learn more about the ECEC experience. Please contact Carmel Kerrigan at 781-310-8017 or ckerrigan@dedham.k12.ma.us to sign up for one of our Friday Forums. See below for dates and times:

* November 1, 2019 (9:30 am - 10:30 am)

* Friday, December 6, 2019 (1:30 pm - 2:30 pm)

* Friday, January 10, 2020 (9:30 am - 10:30 am)

* Friday, February 7, 2020 (1:30 pm - 2:30 pm)

* Friday, March 6, 2020 (9:30 am - 10:30 am)

* Friday, April 3, 2020 (1:30 pm – 2:30 pm)

* Friday, May 1, 2020 (9:30 am - 10:30 am)

If you have additional questions please contact ECEC Principal Kimberly Taylor at ktaylor@dedham.k12.ma.us or 781-310-8000.