Overview
Rainbow Early Childhood Center serves early learners in the Clintondale Community Schools district with a range of preschool and prekindergarten programs and supports for young children.
Programs
- Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP): A preschool program for four-year-old children that focuses on social, emotional, and foundational academic skills in math, science, reading, and writing. Families may have the option to enroll children who will turn four by December 1.
- Young Fives: A two-year program for children who will be five years old between July 1 and December 1, using hands-on materials, songs, and games to prepare students for first grade.
- Daycare: Care is available for infants (as young as six weeks), toddlers, and before- and after-school care for elementary-age children on weekdays from 6:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.; DHS subsidy payments are accepted.
- Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE): Services for children ages three to five who demonstrate delays in development; programming uses individualized goals and a variety of activities to support each child.
Eligibility, Scheduling and Transportation
- GSRP eligibility: Children must be age four on or before September 1, with an option to enroll children who will turn four by December 1.
- Young Fives eligibility: Designed for children who will be five between July 1 and December 1.
- Documentation: Enrollment for GSRP requires original birth certificate, immunization records, health physical, current income documentation (W-2), driver license, and proof of residency.
- ECSE schedule: Program days are Monday–Friday with sessions 8:30–11:10 a.m. and 11:45 a.m.–2:25 p.m.
- Transportation: Bus transportation is available for children who live within the district and attend applicable early childhood programs.