Early Learning Programs
Bethel School District offers Early Learning Programs for children ages 3-5 years old.
Please click the links on the right to get more information about each program.
To complete an Early Learning Programs Interest Form for the 2025-2026 school year please click the links below.
(Completing this form does not guarantee acceptance into one of Bethel Early Learning Programs.)
2025/2026 Early Learning Programs Interest Form (English)
Our Schools
Transitional Kindergarten (TTK)
District Preschool Calendar 2024-25
Welcome to Preschool – English
Welcome to Preschool – Spanish
A good foundation in preschool can make a lasting difference in a child’s academic development. Research shows the earlier a student starts learning their ABCs, sounds, and numbers, the more successful they will be.
What makes our programs unique?
Bethel has aligned instructional resources and materials are extended from the K-12 system to give kids a seamless exposure to learning strategies, vocabulary, and content in reading and mathematics. A certificated teacher provides instruction, which is both nurturing and constructive. The students learn routines and proper behaviors. But, there is also a solid focus on learning essential concepts, like letters, sounds and numbers, which research has shown lead to lifelong achievement.
We provide students with a state-of-the-art environment specifically designed to facilitate and encourage early childhood learning. Hands-on activities provide meaningful, creative experiences while fostering self-confidence and an excitement for learning. This unique learning environment provides rich and varied opportunities for in-depth exploration and discovery, while incorporating the broader goals of language development, science inquiry, math awareness, creative arts exploration, and social and emotional growth.
The district’s early learning staff represent some of the best in the field. Bethel’s teachers are sought out to teach at conferences and lead staff trainings on topics such as systems, learning models, Response to Intervention(RTI), and mathematics with the Gates Foundation. Our early childhood experts know young children thrive in nurturing environments that encourage and support discovery and the construction of knowledge through exploration and experimentation in a variety of settings. In preschool classrooms, the play setting has the most integrity for young children. As students reconstruct and experience their own worlds, genuine learning results.
We look forward to being a partner in your child's academic success. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Early Learning Administrators
Kristin Ray - Early Learning Asst. Director
253-800-4189
kray@bethelsd.org
Laura Harper - Early Childhood Education Coordinator
253-800-5557
lharper@bethelsd.org