Mary Louise Aiken Elementary School

The Early Learning Center

Looking for a Preschool program for your child?

Lottery Applications are now being accepted for the 2008-2009 school year.

We are looking  for typically developing students to participate as peer role models in our half-day preschool program.

All applicants must be 3 years old by September 15, 2008.  Program is held at Whiting Lane and Aiken Elementary Schools.

For more information:

Contact Pam Macca at 233-1455

Discovery Project Looking for childcare or preschools?

The Early Learning Center (ELC), sponsored by the West Hartford Public Schools, offers a continuum of services to West Hartford preschoolers (ages 3-5), parents, and community preschools.

Services may include:

• consultation to parents and/or community-based preschools
• observations of preschoolers pertaining to one or more developmental areas of concern
• evaluations of preschoolers in one or more developmental areas of concern
• participation in the ELC program for eligible preschoolers and typically developing peer models

A referral to the Early Learning Center can be made if a child’s preschool teacher, pediatrician, or early childhood professional has raised concerns about one or more of the following areas:

• speech/language development
• fine/gross/sensorimotor development
• attention, focus, self-help skills
• cognitive/pre-readiness development
• social-emotional development/behavioral functioning

For more information, please contact:

Noreen McQueeney, M.S.W., L.C.S.W
Intake Coordinator
Early Learning Center at Whiting Lane
860-233-1455