Administration - Mckinley Early Childhood

Hello Early Childhood Families,

Welcome to our school and early childhood programming in Faribault. While McKinley houses many of our teachers and programs, our teams spread throughout the community to meet the needs in our city. Our wonderful ECFE team offers a variety of classes seasonally at the Faribault Education Center. Our preschool team is housed in McKinley and expands into Roosevelt and Jefferson Elementary to reduce transitions and build relationships in your child's home elementary school. Our special education teachers are in our classes and homes, supporting early intervention to help every child succeed. Our early childhood screeners are ready to meet your preschooler at McKinley, check out our website to schedule a screening today!

This school year, our preschool team is excited to embark on new adventures with Scholastic's new enriching curriculum of Pre-K On My Way. We are embracing family engagement at the core of our work with children, knowing we are stronger together. We want what is best for you and your child and believe that through partnerships between teachers and families we can help your child reach their highest potential. Our ECFE teachers have created a special place for learning together at the Faribault Education Center. Caregivers of young children are invited to learn alongside one another through purposeful play and guidance from friendly staff. Learning starts with you, and our experts across all departments are eager to meet and support you in your child's first years.

Welcome to our Faribault family.

- Olivia Sage

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Providing a Foundation for Families

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Providing a Foundation for Families

Our school provides a foundation for families in our community to experience quality education and care at the earliest stages of a students' path in our district. We welcome all families to partner with us in our mission to provide support, encouragement, and education. I have the privilege of working with talented teams of professionals in four key fundamental areas in early childhood education including early childhood special education, preschool classes, early childhood screening, and early childhood family education.

Our talented team of special education teachers work within our program and in homes of children to help all children gain necessary interventions and tools to support their learning and development before kindergarten. Our comprehensive preschool program is staffed with licensed educators and teams of paraprofessionals to support individualized learning in a culturally responsive environment.

Our early childhood family education program is growing and responding to the needs of families in our community. Our teachers work in collaboration with public health professionals to offer support and fun, hands-on learning opportunities for families with children ages birth to five years of age. Early childhood screening is provided to all families of children ages three through five to connect families to our school, community resources, and other opportunities to enhance development.

Our team of professionals truly hold a passion for working with young children and their families and it shows in our classrooms, in our work, and in our culture. The initiatives and programs we are a part of continuously work to better ourselves and our environments to best meet the needs of the students we serve. If you are a father, mother, grandparent, or caretaker of a child between the ages zero to five, I highly encourage you to come check out what we are all about.

- Olivia Sage