Princeton Community Education

Does your child attend Hand in Hand Preschool on Monday and/or Wednesday afternoons? We can screen them while they are AT preschool. Please sign and we will contact you with some paperwork that we just need you to complete before we screen them during the school day. We will follow up with you after we screen your child with the results. The early childhood years from birth to the start of kindergarten are an important time of rapid learning and growth. Early Childhood Screening is a quick and simple check of how your child is growing and developing. Between the ages of 3 and 4, screening can detect possible health or learning concerns, so that children can get help before they start kindergarten. Screening is required before kindergarten and recommended at 3.5 years old. Does my child need an Early Childhood Screening? YES - In order for your child to start kindergarten in any Minnesota public school, you will need to provide your child's Early Childhood Screening Summary Form and Immunization record. Is there a charge? No, Early Childhood Screening is FREE What will happen at the screening? At your child's screening, a trained professional will check the following: Vision Hearing Height/Weight Immunization status Thinking, language and communication skills, large and small motor skills Social & emotional development Plan on arriving 5 - 10 minutes before you screening appointment. You will have some paperwork to fill out. Screenings are held at Princeton Family Center - 706 1st St, Princeton, MN 55371 Please park in the parking lot off of 1st Street and enter door 1. Walk down the ramp to the office.

The Early Childhood Coordinator for the Princeton School District would love to collaborate with you. Home Daycares are a huge part of our young learners in our community. This is to set up a screening date at your site during your daycare hours. I want to help all families in our community be successful on their path to their future schooling. One barrier I can remove is making it easier to access screening by coming to where their children are during the day. Then families don't have to take off work if they don't want to or can't etc. We could screen any family that fills out paperwork for their children aged 3 by the screening date and up to all kids not in Kindergarten yet. Parents will get a phone call the next day to set up a time they are available to talk about the screening results. Please call 763-389-6197 or email stefanie.middendorf@isd477.org to set up a date for the screening.