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Mercer County ESC Preschool


 "Childhood is a gallery of firsts...first experiences, first friendships, first challenges, first hopes, 
first dreams, first surprises, and first success."

Mercer County Educational Service Center
2022-23 Preschool Application

The Mercer County Educational Service Center operates preschool special education classrooms for children ages 3, 4, and 5 throughout Mercer and Darke Counties:  Celina, Coldwater, Marion Local, St. Henry, and Versailles. The Ohio Department of Education allows us to have eight children with special needs in the AM and PM and eight typical children in the AM and PM sessions, making a total of 16 children per session. Our preschool classrooms are in session for four half days, Monday through Thursday.

We are accepting applications for typical children beginning December 3, 2021, through January 31, 2022.  After the January 31st application deadline, a lottery will be conducted to fill openings. Tuition is $180 per month. (Children currently enrolled as a typical in the 2021-22 school year must submit an application to be automatically enrolled for the 2022-2023 school year.)

 
 

*You will receive an email by February 18, 2022
to confirm the status of your child's enrollment.
 
 
Mercer County Educational Service Center 
Early Identification Child Find

If you have concerns for your 3, 4, or 5-year-old child about their speech or any potential developmental delay, we're here to help!  The next child find will be held at the Mercer County Educational Service Center on November 19, 2021.  This screening is not a requirement in order to enroll in preschool but can be used to help identify any potential learning needs.  The free screening will cover:

Articulation/Language

Fine Motor/Gross Motor

Hearing/Vision

Pre-Academics 

 
 
Please call our office at 419-586-6628 to make an appointment for September 24, 2021. 
 

 Upcoming Child Find Dates:

 November 19, 2021

 January 21, 2022

 March 4, 2022

 June 3, 2022

 
 
 

Programs Options
  • Preschool Itinerant Services. These services are provided by preschool special education teachers in two different methods of service: 1) Services delivered in the home environment. 2) Services delivered to a child attending a public or private preschool.
  • Center-based Services. These services are classroom programs that provide group educational experiences to children led by preschool special education teachers.
  • Related Services. These services are available to children who qualify in one of the following areas: communication, hearing, vision, social-emotional/behavioral functioning, motor functioning, adaptive behavior, cognitive ability.

Mercer County Educational Service Center Quality Programming

  • Encourages curiosity, initiative, persistence, and self-confidence- all attitudes which lead to life-long learning.
  • Helps children develop thinking and problem-solving skills. Expand the knowledge of self, others, and the physical and social world.
  • Enhances the development of the whole child, including his learning, communication, physical, and social skills.
  • Enables children to see adults as respectful, nurturing, supportive, responsible, and helping resources.

Supervisor

Valerie Scott
Preschool Supervisor

Parenting Tip


Realistic Expectations

  • Children learn more when they practice things that they know how to do.  Watch children at play and during daily routines.  

  • Pay attention to what they can do without help.

  • Note how they spend their time.  

  • If you ask a child to do something and he does not respond right away, wait! 

  •  It takes some children a little longer to figure out what is expected of them. 

  • Children can become confused when they do not have enough time to figure things out.  

  • Frustration, resistance, and lack of interest are clues that too much is being asked of them.
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