Preschool

Here you will find information about the Preschool application process. You can access the online application, find answers to frequently asked questions, and view a timeline of the Preschool application process.

Some quick facts:

  • Saint Ann’s Preschool is located at 26 Willow Place between Joralemon and State Streets, a few blocks from our main building.
  • Our Preschool is divided into a threes program and a fours program. In total, our preschool numbers about 60 children.
  • Both programs are full day (8:30am-2:30pm), five day a week programs.
  • There are two classrooms for three year olds and two classrooms for four year olds. Each classroom has two full time teachers and the children work in half groups with a number of specialty teachers throughout their week.
  • Our birthday cutoff for the preschool is September 1st.
  • To learn more about our Preschool program please click here.

Preschool Application Process for 2025-2026

APPLICATION TO THE THREES

Our preschool threes process will run in two phases:

Phase 1: We will be accepting online applications from any interested families up through November 15th. There is no fee to apply for preschool. Once you’ve submitted your application in our Admissions Portal, a Student Information Questionnaire and Parent Questionnaire will appear. Both questionnaires are also due by November 15th. After the deadline, our committee will review all applications we’ve received.

Phase 2: Because of the small number of seats in our preschool program, we will not be able to offer a playgroup and parent/guardian tour to every family who has submitted an application. The committee will determine approximately how many openings we will have for new families, and how many children we will be able to meet overall. All our applicant families will hear from us in December to learn whether or not we will be able to bring them through the next stage of the process. The playgroups and tours will take place in January and February. 

All final preschool decisions will be emailed to families on Thursday, February 27, 2025.

 

APPLICATION TO THE FOURS

Because we expand by only a few seats in the fours program each year, we generally limit consideration to candidates who came through the threes process in the prior cycle. However, we are very happy to accept and hold applications from other interested families and will turn to these applications in the event that we have extra openings. The deadline to apply is November 15th. There is no application fee. We will be in touch in January if we are able to meet your child for a playgroup.

All final preschool decisions will be emailed to families on Thursday, February 27, 2025.