ALL ARE WELCOME!
ENROLLMENT OPEN!
Open enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year will begin at 9:00 AM MST on January 13, 2025, and applications must be submitted by March 15, 2025, at 3:00 PM MST.
Application Instructions:
Please complete the application form, available here, after 9:00 AM on January 13, 2025.
Submit a separate application for EACH CHILD applying to Ark Valley Preschool.
Important Deadlines:
Applications must be received between January 13, 2025, and March 15, 2025, to be entered into the enrollment lottery for openings and waitlist placement.
Each application will be time-stamped upon submission.
Important Notes for Current Waitlist Families:
If your child is on the 2024-2025 waitlist, you must RE-APPLY during Open Enrollment 2025 to be eligible for openings or waitlist placement for the 2025-2026 school year.
Lottery Process:
If we receive more applications than available spaces, a lottery will be held to determine placement.
The lottery will allocate any open spaces and establish a new waitlist for the 2025-2026 school year.
Families will be notified of lottery results via email by the end of the day on Monday, April 14, 2025.
Late Applications:
Applications submitted after 3:00 PM MST on March 15, 2025, will be placed on the waitlist in the order they are received.
For detailed information about our Enrollment and Lottery Preferences and Procedures, please click here.
We look forward to welcoming new families to Ark Valley Preschool!
Enrollment & Lottery Preferences and Procedure
To Apply:
Complete and submit an online application between April 25, 2024 and May 9, 2024 for the student seeking Morning Care and/or Aftercare for the 2024-25 school year. Morning Care and Aftercare will have separate lotteys.
Please complete the application found here, after 9:00 am on April 25, 2024, and submit it by Friday, May 9, 2024 at 3 pm, MST.
Only the applications received between April 25th and May 9th will be entered in the lottery for both Morning Care and Aftercare openings and wait list placement. Each application will be time stamped.
In the event that we have more applications than openings, a lottery will be held to determine placement. We will fill any open spaces and then we will create a new waitlist, for 2024-25, based on the drawings from the lottery. You will be notified via email about lottery results by the end of the day Monday, May 13, 2024.
*Any applications submitted after Friday, May 9, 2024 at 3:00pm MST will be placed on the waitlist in the order received.
The following preferences are observed for the lottery:
Children of full-time AVP employees and board members.
Children of part-time staff**
Students currently enrolled in Morning Care and Aftercare will have preference for re-entry the following year– you must reapply, otherwise your spot will be given to the next child.
Younger siblings of students in the program.
Younger siblings of students selected in the lottery.
*If past applications were received outside of the open enrollment window, they will not be given this preference.
**Volunteer substitute hours do not count.
Contact:
Carmel Burton, Director
carmel@arkvalleypreschool.org
The Board of Directors
board@arkvalleypreschool.org
Hours:
Monday - Thursday
Drop Off: 8:30am
Pick Up: 4:00pm
Location:
330 Burnett Ave
Poncha Springs, CO 81242
Our Moose Crew Room is ages 3yrs-5yrs (age 3 by October 1)
Our Bear Buddies Room is ages 18m - 2.5yrs
(may turn 3 while in Bear Buddies)