Tule Elk Park Child Development Center050

Tule Elk Park (TEP) Child Development Center is one of thirty-six centers operated by the San Francisco Unified School District. TEP offers an all-day pre-kindergarten and after-school program for 196 children. Tour, enrollment, and tuition information is available on the website. The curriculum framework integrates three core programs - environmental education, artist-in-residence, and music and movement. The curriculum is delivered through the project approach as influenced by the public preschool system in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The site priorities are Literacy Development and Project-Based Learning, Parent Involvement and Community Building, and Professional Development and Leadership. TEP offers an interdisciplinary curriculum which allows children to study a topic in-depth over an extended period of time. Tule Elk children play and learn in an outdoor environment (20,000 square feet) complete with oak trees, redwood totem carvings, native plant and butterfly habitats, an art studio, and their own vegetable and herb garden. The schoolyard and the garden comprise the outdoor classroom where children study science, math, language, and the visual arts in the dynamic structure of the natural world. Tuition: Pre-Kindergarten:(three to five years)$34/a day full-time. School-age: (five years to 5th grade): $17.50/a day for part-time afterschool program. During summer sessions, school-age students pay the $34/day for full-time enrollment. Note: Subsized tuition rates are determined by the state for low-income families. See enrollment section on the school's website for more information.