The major purpose of Andover Early Learning Services is to provide a high quality early learning experience for young children in the years before they are eligible to enter kindergarten. The outcome is for children to enter kindergarten ready to succeed. District Early Learning Services are offered at Prairie Creek Elementary and Robert Martin Elementary. While building preference will be considered, the district makes student placement decisions to create balanced programs to best meet the needs of students. 

• Certified teachers and highly-qualified support staff
• Classes meet four days a week, Monday-Thursday
• The morning session is from 8:45-11:45 a.m. and the afternoon session is 12:45-3:45 p.m. 
• Students participate in library, art, music and physical education instructed by certified teachers
• Low student-teacher ratios
• All day classes are not offered, and parents may not enroll their child in both the morning & afternoon sessions

Fee Based Pre-Kindergarten
The purpose of the Fee-Based Pre-Kindergarten Program is to provide a high quality, school-based early learning education for preschool-aged children who are not eligible for the State-Funded or Early Childhood Special Education program in the Andover School District. 

• $250 per month
• Students must be 3, 4, or 5 years old as of August 31st of the 2018-2019 school year, must reside in the Andover School District, and must be toilet trained.
• If the child is placed in the program, all paperwork and an initial payment of $250 will be due within two weeks of placement.
• Transportation is available for a fee.
• If you are currently in the Fee-Based Pre-Kindergarten and are wanting to continue participation, you will need to reapply each year.

Registration is on-going. Applications may be submitted to Prairie Creek Elementary for all 2018-19 Early Learning Programs. Enrollment is first come, first serve. 

State Funded Four Year Old At Risk (No Cost & Limited Availability)
This state-sponsored program is based upon current evidence that children who are at-risk benefit from being educated in a high-quality early learning program with their peers. Transportation is provided for this program. 
Students must be four years old by August 31 and must meet one of the following eligibility criteria:

• At least one parent was a teen at the time of the child’s birth
• Lives in a single-parent household
• Limited English Proficiency 
• Meets criteria for Federal Free Lunch Program
• Demonstrates lower than expected developmental progress (as determined by assessment)
• Either parent lacks a high school diploma or GED

Registration is on-going. Applications may be submitted to Prairie Creek Elementary for all 2018-19 Early Learning Programs. Enrollment is first come, first serve. 

Early Childhood Special Education (No Cost)
Andover Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) is designed for three and four-year-olds who qualify for services in areas such as communicating, learning, hearing, seeing, moving, or socializing, as well as peer models who assist with children with special needs. Transportation is provided for this program. 

If you have concerns with your child in areas of cognition, motor, social, behaviors, adaptive/self-help or speech skills, the first step is to have your child attend a "Count Your Kid In" screening (CYKI). For more information or to schedule a screening, please call Butler County Special Education Interlocal at 316-775-6904. 

Student Peer Models provide language and social modeling in the classrooms and are selected through a lottery system. Peer Model tuition is $120.00 per semester and transportation is available for a fee. Peer Models must meet the following criteria: 

• Reside in the Andover School District or have a parent who is employed by the district
• Be three years, six months by September 1, 2018, and be toilet trained
• Pass the screening in areas of language, pre-academics, social, self-help, fine motor, and gross motor skills

Peer Model applications are due by March 1, 2018