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Our 2023-24 school year begins
​ August 22, 2023.
 Apply beginning April 11, 2023!

Open House: April 11, 27 & May 4, 11, 18 3:30-5:00 
 Casa abierta: 11, 27 de abril & 4, 11, 18, de mayo 
3:30-5:00 
 Nuestro año escolar 2023-24 comienza
el 22 de agosto 2023.
Applique comenzando 11 de abril, 2023!

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The Velma Thomas Early Childhood Center is a Chicago Public School (CPS) Child Parent Center program located in the McKinley Park neighborhood on Chicago’s near Southwest side. 

Our curriculum is influenced by the Reggio-Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education which calls for parents, teachers and children to actively engage in the practice of collaborative learning. 

We recently became one of the first preschools to receive our dual language accreditation from CPS. We are rated an ISBE "Award of Excellence in Preschool Teaching and Learning" and a CPS "Arts Excelling" school.

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offered during 2020 distance learning
 

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