Massapequa High School To Offer Preschool Program

MASSAPEQUA, NY — Massapequa’s High School’s Family and Consumer Sciences Department, in conjunction with its Child Study course and Children in Families college course, will once again sponsor a preschool program for district residents.

The preschool will begin around Jan. 4, 2022, with an approximate end date of June 2. Two sessions are being offered, both on Tuesdays and Thursdays, either a morning session (9:10 to 11:10 a.m.) or an afternoon session (12:15 to 1:30 p.m.). Children must attend both days of the session chosen.

The high school students who will operate the preschool, under the supervision of Massapequa High School Child Study Directory Anna Fierro-Gregg, are either new students enrolled in Parenting and Child Development or are previous Child Study students now taking the college-level course.

“The high school students will plan, prepare and implement interdisciplinary activities within a thematic unit for the preschool students,” Fierro-Gregg said.

To be eligible, children must be between the ages of 3 (as of Jan. 6, 2022) and 5, not attending kindergarten and must be toilet trained. Enrollment in the popular program is limited to a maximum of 18 children per session and selection will be by lottery drawing with Massapequa residents and previous students receiving priority. Applications can be downloaded from the preschool website by clicking here. Directions for submissions differ depending on access to different document formats.

Applications must be received by email by Nov. 1. Word, PDFs, and OneDrive are to be emailed to agregg@msd.k12.ny.us and Google Docs are to be shared with agregg@msd23.org. Fierro-Gregg will reply to all successfully received emails within a few business days.