Our preschool program (for 3 and 4-year-olds) is 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.

We are currently accepting applications for the 2024-2025 school year.

• Where: Aviara Oaks Elementary School
• 3 year olds: 3 hours in the morning Monday – Thursday, cost $225 8:30 – 11:30 am
• 4 year olds: 3 hours and 20 minutes in the afternoon Monday – Friday, cost $250 12:00 – 3:20 pm
• Once a month there will be a Family Fun Day on a Friday from 11:45 am – 1:45 pm (tentative times) in lieu of class for students from both classes to attend with parents, sibling, friends, etc. 

• Where: Buena Vista Elementary 
• 3 year olds: Monday – Thursday 8:15 am – 11:15 am, cost $225 monthly
• 4 year olds: Monday – Friday 11:45 am – 3:05 pm, cost $250 monthly
• Once a month there will be a Family Fun Day on a Friday from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm (tentative times) in lieu of class for students from both classes to attend with parents, sibling, friends, etc. 

• 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.