{"id":13964,"date":"2026-03-23T17:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/thecenter\/?p=13964"},"modified":"2026-03-23T17:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:07:11","slug":"ready-for-preschool-how-to-apply-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/thecenter\/2026\/03\/23\/ready-for-preschool-how-to-apply-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready for Preschool, How to Apply?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inviting all families!&nbsp; Preschool enrollment for the 26-27 school year is now open.&nbsp; If your child is going to be 3 or 4 by October 1, 2026, our program is for you!&nbsp; Here are the steps to our process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complete our application.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pick up a paper copy at Lake County Elementary School in the main office<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit our website for a printable and fillable option<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reach out to Tanya Lenhard, our Director, or Marissa Martinez, our Assistant Director to have one emailed to you.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"mailto:tdlenhard@lakecountyschools.net\">tdlenhard@lakecountyschools.net<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:mamartinez@lakecountyschools.net\">mamartinez@lakecountyschools.net<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For Spanish please call Zee in the front office at\u00a0 or email Raquel Contreras, our Family Engagement Manager at <a href=\"mailto:rcontreras@lakecountyschools.net\">rcontreras@lakecountyschools.net<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Return the application to our program.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Drop it off at Lake County Elementary School in the main office<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email your completed application to one of the above email addresses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Attend a round up night! We can help you with the entire process.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>March 31 5-7pm at the Lake County Elementary School, Preschool Entrance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April 22 5-7pm at the Lake County Elementary School, Preschool Entrance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We offer a variety of programming including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Head Start &#8211; a federally funded, no cost programming for families that qualify<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colorado Universal Preschool Program (UPK) &#8211; state funded programming offering 15 hours of tuition free preschool to all 4 year olds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Children with Special Needs &#8211; services and programming for children qualifying for an IEP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuition Based Preschool &#8211; full and discounted tuition options available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Reach out today for more information or an application.&nbsp; We look forward to being a potential partner with your family for the 26-27 school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inviting all families!&nbsp; Preschool enrollment for the 26-27 school year is now open.&nbsp; If your child is going to be 3 or 4 by October 1, 2026, our program is for you!&nbsp; Here are the steps to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":13965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/thecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/thecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/thecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/thecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/thecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/thecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/thecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/thecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/thecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lakecountyschools.net\/thecenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}