The 2022-23 School Year Application will be Available Here in
November 2021
Please visit us here in November to apply for the 2022-23 school year lottery!
Due to COVID, we are not currently offering in-person tours of our classrooms, however, we will offer virtual information sessions starting in mid-October.
Although we can't give in-person tours, please view the following resources to get a feel for our program and philosophy:
Apply Here for the 2021-22 School Year
We currently have a few spaces available for our full-fee program. Please contact us if you are interested and we can provide more information based on your interests. All tuition asisstance and state preschool spaces are full.
Eligible children must be 3 years old by December 1, 2021 and fully potty trained by the first day of school.
Children eligible for Transitional Kindergarten (born between September 1- December 1) are welcome to attend the ELC.
The 2021-22 ELC Instructional Calendar is now available here.
Although we can't give in-person tours this year, please view our new Early Learning Center Video, made in recognition of the Russel J. Kent Award we received this year and you can see many photos of our program on this page of our website. In case you missed them, this is the slide presentation for the virtual tours. In addition, we have recently added examples of our teacher's weekly communications to parents with lots more photos of our program here and this is our annual presentation to the MPCSD school board.
Two of our district's Hillview Middle School students developed a 2.5 minute video of children in our ELC classroom at Oak Knoll in 2019-20 school year. You can view that video here!
Our in-person classrooms are located on two campuses and we have one class online:
ELC Laurel - 95 Edge Rd. Atherton
ELC Oak Knoll - 1895 Oak Knoll Ln. Menlo Park
Engaging children through play, experimentation, friendship and perseverance to light the fire of lifelong learning.
The Menlo Park City School District’s Early Learning Center nurtures young children’s curiosity, sense of wonder, belonging, and deep engagement with the world around them, preparing them to develop the critical skills needed to enter kindergarten and reach their full potential.
Our caring and knowledgeable teachers support the development of friendships, foster positive conflict resolution skills, and ensure that children have a sense of belonging and feel safe and valued for their unique gifts.
