Pre-K / Pre-K

Erie’s Public Schools Pre-K Counts Program

The Pre-K Counts is a competitive grant in which Erie’s Public Schools is the Lead Agency. Partners include Early Connections, St. Benedict Center, and the YMCA.

EPS has 12 full day classrooms, with at least one at each Elementary School.

Diehl Elementary School

Edison Elementary School

Grover Cleveland Elementary School

Harding Elementary School

Jefferson Elementary School

JoAnna Connell Elementary School

Lincoln Elementary School

McKinley Elementary School

Perry Elementary School

Pfeiffer-Burleigh Elementary School

According to the Pre-K Counts Grant, Erie's Public Schools must maintain a 10:1 student to adult ratio at all times in the classroom. Classrooms are monitored by the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) using the Early Environmental Rating Scale (ECRS).

The Pre-K Counts teachers must have an Early Childhood Certification and teacher assistants must be Highly Qualified Para Professionals.

We must maintain a high-quality rating in order to maintain our funding. Over the last 10 years EPS and partners have successfully maintained that high rating, and for 2017-2018 achieved a program rating of Exemplary.

The Pre-K Counts goal is to ensure that children are socially, emotionally and academically ready to learn.

For more information, call 814-874-6072 or email mrimpa@eriesd.org.

ERIE'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS