New for the 2021-22 school year, our preschool program (for 3 and 4-year-olds) will be offered at two locations: Buena Vista Elementary School and Aviara Oaks Elementary School.

Each preschool classroom is made up of a combination of students with special needs and students who are called “community friends."

A “community friend” is a child who displays developmentally appropriate skills (including self-help, behavior, speech/language, and social skills) for the purpose of modeling those skills for our students with special needs.

All of the students in the classroom benefit from exposure to a structured curriculum with expert teachers, focusing on the domains of social-emotional development, language and literacy, mathematics, physical development, and health.

• Where: Aviara Oaks Elementary School and Buena Vista Elementary School. (we are currently full in our community friend program at both AOE and BV preschools)
• Days: Monday through Friday, when Carlsbad Unified schools are in session
• Times: 9:10 am to 12:30 pm and 11:40 am to 3 pm
• Cost: $250 per month per child

• Credentialed teachers! All of our professional educators hold a special birth-to-five-years special education teaching credential.
• Low adult to student ratio (1:4). Each class is staffed with one teacher and at least two assistants, with no more than four students per adult in the room.
• Structured classrooms with a developmental approach to instruction for three and four years olds.
• Follows Carlsbad Unified school calendar for holidays and breaks.

For more information, contact:

Diana Salazar-Garcia
CUSD Program Specialist

diana.salazar-garcia@carlsbadusd.net
760-331-5067

You may also complete the application form here and we'll follow up with you directly.