- Boulder Creek Elementary
- Advantage Preschool (formerly Amanecer)
About Gilbert Public Schools Preschool Programs
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At Gilbert Public Schools we offer a range of preschool programs where young children learn social skills in real time, in a supportive environment, surrounded by qualified staff. At GPS we believe that high-quality preschool programs nurture warm relationships among children, teachers, and parents.
Explore the variety of GPS Preschool Programs which all offer flexibility, choice, affordability, and fun for your child!
Registration for the 2023-2024 school year is still open where space is available.
Registration for the 2024-2025 school year opens November 1, 2023
Advantage Preschool Overview
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Advantage Preschool is a guided play program aligned with the Arizona Department of Education Early Learning Standards with a focus on critical thinking skills and social-emotional development.
Advantage Preschool is for families with 3-5-year-olds and is offered at most GPS elementary schools three or four days per week.
This guided play program is aligned with the Arizona Department of Education Early Learning Standards, with a focus on critical thinking skills and social/emotional development. Thematic units are explored by students using a variety of learning styles and modalities, which, in turn, ignites curiosity and encourages sustained attention. The program is supplemented by using Handwriting without Tears and Creative Curriculum, intentional learning materials. Typically, developing peers and those with developmental delays work together and grow in one inclusive environment. Instruction is individualized based upon ongoing progress monitoring (Teaching Strategies GOLD) so the teacher knows what a child knows and what they are ready to learn next. GOLD is an authentic, ongoing observational system for assessing children from birth through Kindergarten. It helps teachers observe children in the context of everyday experiences, which is an effective way to learn what they know and can do.
Integrated SPICE
Integrated SPICE is a blended program with all students learning and growing in one inclusive environment. Every child can feel valued for their unique contributions and have a sense of belonging. This program will have a maximum of 12 children and will consist of 50% of the students receiving special education support for their individual needs associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and 50% typically developing peer role models. This model is designed to promote social interactions and to develop communication skills using peer modeling and intentional, systematic, and individualized intervention.
This program is located at Canyon Rim Elementary and Finley Farms Elementary. For the Integrated SPICE program, the tuition is reduced to $100.00 per month.
Tuition Information
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Registration for the 2023-2024 School Year is Open
Registration for the 2024-2025 School Year Opens November 1, 2023
If you have concerns about your child's development, do not enroll your child as a tuition student at this time, but instead follow the instructions for the preschool screening process above. Please call 480-497-3461 with any questions.
Registration Information & Tuition Fees
Tours are scheduled through the campus offices - click here to submit a tour request.
2023-2024 School Year
Registration Fee: $50.00/year
Tuition Options:
- Tuition is $240 each month for 3 days per week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday), 2 ½ hours per day
- Tuition is $285 each month for 4 days per week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday), 2 ½ hours per day
- Integrated SPICE tuition is $100 each month for 4 days per week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday), 2 ½ hours per day
For registrations prior to or on June 30, 2023, a $100 security deposit and $50 registration fee will be collected at the time of registration with the remaining tuition balance due by July 24, 2023. Both security deposit and registration fee are non-refundable.
For registration on or after July 1, 2023, the registration fee and 1st-month tuition are due at the time of registration and are both non-refundable.
- Gilbert Public Schools Employee Discount - 25% off preschool tuition fees
- Title I Supplement is offered for Advantage Preschool to families living within the boundaries of a full Title I elementary school and attending Advantage Preschool at a full Title I elementary school.
- (Boulder Creek, Burk, Gilbert, Harris, Oak Tree)
- Only one discount may be applied per preschool schedule - the largest discount will be used.
Please contact Community Education at 480-892-9089 for further details.
Advantage Preschool (formerly Amanecer) | Registration & Account Management
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Register and manage your Preschool and family account through Eleyo.
Advantage Preschool (formerly Amanecer) Parent Handbooks
Learn More About Advantage Preschool (formerly Amanecer)
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Advantage Preschool provides opportunities for your child to:
- Develop an enjoyment for learning
- Explore and investigate for deeper knowledge
- Develop problem-solving skills
- Receive instruction from a certified teacher with the assistance of trained paraprofessionals
- Build friendships with a variety of peers
- Develop creativity
- Learn how to be part of a classroom community
- Receive individualized instruction informed by rigorous on-going progress monitoring data analysis
- Build social-emotional competence
- Build communication skills
- Develop fine and gross motor physical skills
- Develop pre-academic knowledge and skills
- Engage in purposeful and productive play experiences that foster memory development, symbolic thinking, positive approaches to learning, positive social and language skills, math skills, and self-regulation instruction.
- The Handwriting Without Tears® curriculum draws from years of innovation and research to provide developmentally appropriate, multi-sensory tools and strategies for your classroom. The program follows research that demonstrates children learn more effectively by actively doing, with materials that address all styles of learning.
The Creative Curriculum for Preschool is based on five fundamental principles. They guide practice and help us understand the reasons for intentionally setting up and operating preschool programs in particular ways. These are the principles:
- Positive interactions and relationships with adults provide a critical foundation for successful learning
- Social-emotional competence is a significant factor in school success.
- Constructive, purposeful play supports essential learning.
- The physical environment affects the type and quality of learning interactions.
- Teacher–family partnerships promote development and learning.
- Our instruction is aligned to the Arizona Early Learning State Standards developed by the Arizona Department of Education.
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Contact Gilbert Public Schools Community Education Office
480-892-9089 x0
Email: communityedbusinessdept@gilbertschools.net
Office Hours: Monday–Thursday 8:00 am–4:30 pm & Friday 8:00 am–12:00 pm (closed Fridays in June/July)
Note: Gilbert Public Schools Community Education Department has computer terminals available to use at our office at 6839 East Guadalupe Road in Mesa, Arizona, for preschool enrollment for families without online access.
Advantage Preschool (formerly Amanecer) by School Location
School | Address | Session Time(s) |
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Ashland Ranch Elementary | 1945 S. Ashland Ranch, Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Augusta Ranch Elementary | 9430 E. Neville Ave, Mesa, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Boulder Creek Elementary | 8045 E. Portobello, Mesa, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Burk Elementary | 545 N. Burk Street, Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Canyon Rim Elementary | 3045 S. Canyon Rim, Mesa, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Carol Rae Elementary | 3777 E. Houston Avenue, Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Finley Farms Elementary | 375 S Columbus Dr., Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Gilbert Elementary | 175 W. Elliot Rd., Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Greenfield Elementary | 2550 E. Elliot Rd., Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Harris Elementary | 1820 S. Harris Dr., Mesa, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Highland Park Elementary | 230 N. Cole Dr., Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Meridian Elementary | 3900 S. Mountain Rd., Mesa, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Mesquite Elementary | 1000 E. Mesquite Rd., Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Oak Tree Elementary | 505 W. Houston Ave., Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Patterson Elementary | 1211 E. Guadalupe Rd., Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Pioneer Elementary | 1535 N. Greenfield Rd., Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Playa del Rey Elementary | 550 N. Horne St., Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Quartz Hill Elementary | 3680 S. Quartz Street, Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am |
Settler's Point Elementary | 423 E. Settlers Point Dr., Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Sonoma Ranch Elementary | 601 N. Key Biscayne Drive, Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Spectrum Elementary | 2846 S. Spectrum Way, Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Superstition Springs Elementary | 7125 E. Monterey Avenue, Mesa, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Towne Meadows Elementary | 1101 N. Recker Rd., Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |
Val Vista Lakes Elementary | 1030 N. Blue Grotto Dr., Gilbert, AZ | AM Session 8:00–10:30 am, PM Session 11:15 am–1:45 pm |