At Centreville Preschool Inc., our teachers enthusiastically support your child's curiosity and creativity while teaching skills such as listening, following directions, getting along with others, sharing, making choices, and following classroom rules. Each day your child will explore and create by participating in art, sensory, science, music, dramatic play, free play, outdoor play, manipulatives, and blocks.
CPI's Beginners program is the perfect way to introduce your child to play-based learning in a classroom. The non-cooperative Beginners program is taught by an experienced teacher who is assisted by a teacher's aide. Potty training is not required. CPI's primary goal in all classes is for our children to enjoy school and to have positive feelings about school and themselves.
CPI's Beginners program is the perfect way to introduce your child to play-based learning in a classroom. The non-cooperative Beginners program is taught by an experienced teacher who is assisted by a teacher's aide. Potty training is not required. CPI's primary goal in all classes is for our children to enjoy school and to have positive feelings about school and themselves.
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Your child comes first in the warm, caring atmosphere of CPI. The primary goals of our program are for your child to feel good about himself/herself and to enjoy school. CPI's teachers enthusiastically support your child's curiosity and creativity while teaching skills such as listening, following directions, getting along with others, sharing, making choices, and following classroom rules.
Centreville Preschool is proud to be Centreville's only non-profit, cooperative preschool. As a member of the Virginia Cooperative Preschool Council, CPI has been owned and operated by parents, and staffed by professional teachers, since 1969.
In a cooperative preschool like CPI, there is a trained teacher (or teachers) for each class, but parents take turns helping out in the classroom on a rotating basis, usually once a month or every five or six weeks.They are also asked to bring in snacks and drinks. In addition, cooperative parents are required to serve on a school committee and assist with one school improvement project during the academic year.
In a cooperative preschool like CPI, there is a trained teacher (or teachers) for each class, but parents take turns helping out in the classroom on a rotating basis, usually once a month or every five or six weeks.They are also asked to bring in snacks and drinks. In addition, cooperative parents are required to serve on a school committee and assist with one school improvement project during the academic year.
Our caring and creative staff of educators has more than 75 years of combined experience teaching at CPI. Teachers and aides design and implement the curricula, making sure to include interesting, educational, and fun-filled daily activities. Our Teacher/Director assists the staff and serves as the liaison to the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors of Centreville Preschool usually meets on the third Thursday of each month, 7:00PM (please contact the school to confirm specific time and location). All portions of the meetings are open to all members and faculty, with the exception of discussions of personal information pertaining to a student or CPI staff member.
CPI plans to hold traditional, in-person classes during the 2021-2022 school year. We have reduced the number of classes we're offering and reduced the sizes of some classes in order to provide more space for the children to spread out, and we have also created pods of children who will not intermingle.
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Tuquyen Mach
Nov 05, 2017
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Centreville Preschool is a wonderful school where the teachers really care about the kids. The play-based learning approach is great and I've seen a huge difference in my son's development over the past two years. Since it's a co-op, I love being able to participate in the classroom and see what they do. Both my kids will be attending this fall. This school is a fantastic choice for any child, and tuition is very affordable!
Karen Bernat
Sep 16, 2017
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Just LOVE this school! All 5 of my children attended and each one had a truly wonderful experience. After 8 years we felt like the teachers were family. If you are looking for a warm and loving play based preschool experience this is the school you want. One of our favorite things about Centreville Preschool is that it is a Coop. My children looked forward to the day that they were the special helper and that mom or dad was the parent aide. It was a special experience to see my kids interacting in class with their friends and really get to know them all.
Theqnofeverything
Jul 01, 2017
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Lauren O'Laughlin
Aug 21, 2016
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Madison Dietz
Sep 26, 2015
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Callie Taylor Cuffe
Jun 02, 2015
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CPI is my daughter's first experience with being away from her stay-at-home environment. She started 3's this September and is so happy and excited for her school days. She loves her teacher and the school house, and I love the nurturing staff and learn - through-play curriculum that children at this age thrive on. Parental involvement is the cornerstone of this special school, where you can actively participate in your child's early education. In a place like nova, where full time daycares are the norm for young kids, I am so grateful that a genuine preschool that is so full of positivity (and
