PRESCHOOL 

ELES has had a Virginia Preschool Initiative classroom since August 1999. The class has 16 children who will be 4 years old before October 1 of the school year. First enrollment slots are for at-risk children who live in the ELES attendance district.

The classroom teacher is Sheila Herndon. "Miss Sheila" has been teaching in the preschool programs of Montgomery County since 1991. Prior to that she taught at several other levels. She has four children of her own, now all grown, and loved her years at home with her own preschoolers. She says she wants to stay involved in preschool education "forever". She and her husband have lived in Salem since 1969.

The preschool aide is Melissa Craighead. "Miss Melissa" is a favorite person of both preschoolers and former preschoolers. She is a native of Shawsville and still lives there with her husband, Paul. She has been in preschool education for twelve years; she was at Learning Links and Mini World before she came to ELES when the preschool class began.

One of the goals of the preschool program in Montgomery Count is to help parents identify problems and find solutions for those problems, both at home and at school.

For information about the preschool program or information about applying for enrollment,
please call the classroom at 268-2207.

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