Services for Educational Programs
All Early Childhood Programs in Pittsburgh Schools run for at least six hours a day, five days a week. The goal of the programme is to help preschoolers learn the skills they will need for kindergarten, such as self-confidence, physical skills, a better understanding of school, and how to get along with others.
This free programme is for kids between the ages of 3 and 5. Children ages three to five can join the Head Start programmes at the Pittsburgh School, while children ages three to four can join Pre-K. By September 1 of this school year, a child must be at least three years old.
Services for Health Programs
Children in the Pittsburgh Schools Early Childhood Program have access to a variety of health services that help evaluate their health needs and find problems early on. All students who want to join the programme must show full medical records, including proof that they have been immunised. Care is given to check on the child's health again and again.
The Pittsburgh Schools Early Childhood Program knows that preschool children need mental and psychological help to learn the emotional and social skills they need to go to school and do well there. Parents and mental health professionals work together to figure out each child's unique needs and come up with special ways to teach or treat children who have special needs.
Every day, children in the Early Childhood Program at Pittsburgh Schools get two meals. A nutritionist helps make the food and works with the parents to create meal plans that meet the needs of their preschoolers. Students with disabilities can also get special services, such as diagnosis, therapy, consultation, referral, and follow-up care. Children with disabilities must make up at least 10% of the kids in the Pittsburgh Schools Early Childhood Program. Staff and counselling for the parents are given to make sure that these kids can take part in the programme.
Partnerships for Childcare
Many working parents who have children who are eligible for the Head Start programme can get help paying for child care for their kids. The schools in Pittsburgh have made partnerships with a number of child care and early learning centres all over the city. These programmes give kids learning opportunities that are similar to those in the Pittsburgh Public Schools Early Childhood Program that take place in schools. The Pittsburgh Public Schools have checked out these child care centres and given them the same curriculum, materials, and training that is used in schools.
How the early childhood programmes at Pittsburgh public schools are chosen
All people who live in the City of Pittsburgh and are old enough can enter a lottery for spots in different classrooms in the Pittsburgh Public Schools Early Childhood Program. In these drawings, it will matter if a child has a sibling who already goes to a Pittsburgh Public School. Children with siblings get more attention than those who don't. Many of the special classrooms, like the one at the Children's Museum, will have other rules to make sure that there are equal numbers of people of different races.
