Early Education

Changes to ECE SchoolChoice Process

Every school district in Colorado, including DPS, is working with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) to continue expanding its Early Childhood Education with an enrollment process for Universal Preschool Colorado, also known as UPK.

UPK ensures that every child, in the year before they are eligible for kindergarten, is eligible for half-day, state-funded, voluntary preschool. 3-year-olds with qualifying factors may be eligible for at least part-time (10 hours-per-week) preschool programming. 4-year-olds with qualifying factors may be eligible for additional hours of tuition-free preschool.

Visit this page to enroll and learn more about the ECE UPK Colorado preschool process.

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ECE SchoolChoice
Tuition Rates for ECE
Available Resources
ECE Development Support

How we serve our kids and parents

The mission of the Early Education Department is to deliver integrated, comprehensive and quality early education in every classroom.

At DPS, we give our youngest learners the time they need to develop and grow through play and experience, and we teach them how to become contributing members of our global community.

Our staff supports families in their roles as advocates for their child’s education at DPS and provides parent involvement opportunities that lead to their child’s academic achievement.

As we as a community face the challenges that Covid – 19 has brought, please take a look at the resources tabs to the right, “Available Resources” and “Supporting Pre-K Students at Home”,  for many helpful resources (in English and Spanish) to aid your student’s learning activities and family resources.

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Every Child Succeeds