The Ryley Preschool, lo-cated inside the Ryley School, is preparing to welcome a new class of two and a half to four-year-olds for the upcoming year. Pre-School Coordina-tor Larissa Holowachuk said that parents will have an opportunity for regis-tration and orientation on Sept. 5 with the first official day Sept. 10. Parents can also pre-enroll their children before Sept. 5 by reaching out to Holowachuk.
“(We are a) play based (program) and focus on their emotional, social and physical development more than the educational. We don’t push them,” said Holowachuk. “(Learning) is part of the fun stuff, but it’s not the goal.”
Holowachuk said hav-ing the preschool inside the existing school has been very useful in help-ing the children get used to a school routine and environment.
“They’ve been able to in-teract with the other kids, (the) older kids, and inter-action with the staff. (They also participate in) school wide activities that we join them in,” said Holowachuk.
“It’s helped them going into kindergarten too, be-cause they know the teach-ers, they know the routine, they know the layout of the school.”
Jana Semeniuk
Staff Reporter
