Farmington Area Community Education

PLEASE NOTE: To align with guidelines from the MN Dept of Health and the CDC, the Summer and School Year Stepping Stones programs will teach and practice Social Distancing and Health skills, including frequent hand washing, activity rotations, and cleaning materials and equipment between uses. We will also maintain small groups of mixed age classrooms. Children will be asked to keep some distance between each other throughout the day.

Reminders:

*Children’s lunches will not have access to refrigeration or microwave.

*All personal belongings not needed on site, including stuffed animals, should be kept at home. Blankets and “softies” used for rest time should be taken home weekly and washed thoroughly.

*Children should bring a labeled refillable water bottle each day. 

*Screening at Daily Drop-Off: The parent and child will be asked if they have the following symptoms: Temperature of 100 or above, Cough, or Shortness of Breath. If the answer is YES to any symptom, the child must return home and monitored for further symptoms.

*If a child becomes ill, the child must remain home for a minimum of 10 days (14 for siblings), and be fever free without medication and show decrease in respiratory symptoms for 3 days (72 hours).

Stepping Stones

Preschool and Child Care Program, School Year and Summer options

Ages 3-5 (3 years of age by Sept 1)

Stepping Stones Preschool provides the perfect stepping stone into Kindergarten with full day programming for children ages 3-5. Our staff utilize developmentally appropriate curriculum and fully equipped classrooms, so that children gain skills and experience in cooperative learning, critical thinking, number and letter recognition, phonemic awareness and early math concepts, science, dramatic play, art, music, and on-going discovery.

Children must be fully potty-trained and able to take care of their own toileting needs. 

Summer 2022

Stepping Stones: $220 per week (5-days M-F)
Location: North Trail Elementary only

• 5-day per week ($220.00) - Mon-Fri
• 3-day per week ($135.00) - M/W/F
• 2-day per week ($90.00) - T/Th

School Year 2022-2023 

Stepping Stones: $220 per week (5-days M-F)
Locations: Meadowview Elementary, Riverview Elementary, North Trail Elementary, Tiger Legacy & Learning Center, and NEW this year at ARES only: 3-day per week ($135.00) - M/W/F

School Year 2021-2022 

Stepping Stones: $215 per week (5-days M-F)
Locations: Meadowview Elementary, Riverview Elementary, North Trail Elementary,
and the Tiger Legacy and Learning Center