Preschool

Kindergarten Registration

Davie County Schools child care and preschool services meet five-star facility requirements and serve children ages two through five years of age. The program provides for both special needs and typically developing children. Our lead teachers have a minimum of a 4-year degree in Early Childhood Education/ Birth to Kindergarten and our staff to child ratios are no more than one teacher to 9 children in each classroom. Teacher assistants have acquired Early Childhood Credentials and are working towards associate degrees in Early Childhood.

Central Davie Preschool
Five inclusive classrooms
1:6 staff-to-child ratio with a maximum 18 of children in each class (1 teacher and two assistants).

Developmental Early Learning class for ages 2-3
Developmental Readiness class for ages 3-4
Kindergarten Readiness classes for ages 4-5

The application process determines eligibility, which is administered by the Preschool Director, North Carolina Prekindergarten guidelines, or an IEP Team, if the child has special needs.

Operating hours are 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM and the rate effective 09/01/24 is $627.00/month ($580.00/month Early Pay Discount), plus the cost of meals. For more information, contact Kirsten Link, Preschool Enrollment Data Manager, at 336-751-0016. 

Preschool Classes at the Elementary School Sites
1:9 staff-to-child ratio with a maximum of 18 children in each class (1 teacher and one teacher assistant.)

Cooleemee Preschool
Cornatzer Preschool
Mocksville Preschool
Pinebrook Preschool
Shady Grove Preschool
William R. Davie Preschool

The  application process determines eligibility and is administered by the Preschool Director and guidelines set forth by the NC Pre-K State program.

All sites have above a 5.0 on the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales, which is a minimum requirement by our Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE). Operating hours are 7:45 AM - 3:45 PM and the rate effective 09/01/24 is $627.00/month ($550.00/month Early Pay Discount), plus the cost of meals. 

For more information, please contact Kirsten Link at 336-751-0016 or visit the NC Pre-K or Preschool Private Pay tabs above.

---

Enrollment

We are so excited you are interested in Davie County Schools' Preschool services. Please note that our two/three year old classrooms are only available at Central Davie Preschool and have an extensive waitlist. With very limited slots for two year old children, priority will be given to our Davie County Schools (DCS) employees. School site locations are typically for the rising kindergarteners, with a limited number of older three year old children. Please take a moment to provide us with some initial information using the Enrollment Request link below.  Please contact Kirsten Link at 336-751-0016, option 0 with enrollment questions.

Enrollment Request

Enrollment Timeline

Jan 1: NC Pre-K applications open for the following school year and open enrollment for returning/current students.

Mid-Feb: We begin working off our private pay waitlist and offer spots at specific locations. To join the waitlist, please see the Enrollment Request Form. This link is open year-round. Our waitlist is continuous and rolls over year to year. 

Mar: Pre-registration, an online registration link will be sent to all new students.

Apr: Confirmation letters (including site placement and important dates) will be sent to all students who have completed their online registration.

Jun: Back to School packets will be mailed out. This includes information about Open House, supplies, school calendar, operational days, fee schedule, and more.

Jul: Parent/Student handbook will be posted to our webpage. Please review, print, sign and turn in the signature page to your teacher at Open House or on the first day of school. Teachers will have copies on hand, if needed.

Aug: Online back to school forms open, teacher assignments and open house. Teachers will call to make open house appointments their first days back from summer break.

---

NC Pre-K applications are for children who will turn four by August 31.

The North Carolina Prekindergarten program (NC Pre-K) is designed to prepare at-risk four year old children in North Carolina for success in school. Children attend a full 6.5 hour school day (8:00 AM—2:30 PM), 180 days, that meets high quality state standards. For more information about NC Pre-K, please click here.

Each Davie County Schools' Preschool site offers NC Pre-K funded slots for children. To apply for this FREE program, click on the link below to complete the application or contact us at 336-751-0016. Applications for the next school year are accepted starting in January of that year.

NC Pre-K Application (Google sign in is required for security measures. You may create a FREE Google account if needed.)
NC Pre-K Application Spanish / español 
Children's Medical Form (PDF) Due within 30 days of enrollment/first day of school.

Wrap Around Care (WAC)

Wrap Around Care (before/after school care) is a fee for service program available on a limited basis for students that receive funding, such NC Pre-K scholarships or Exceptional Children Services, for the 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM instructional day. This service extends your child's care beyond the regular school hours. Wrap Around Care may be accessed from 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM (effective 08/22/23) at Central Davie and 7:45 AM - 3:45 PM at preschool sites located at an elementary school. Families paying tuition do not need to pay for the wrap around care, as it is included in your tuition.  If you are in need of extended care for your child and you do not currently pay tuition, please contact your private NC Pre-K provider or use the following link to register for Davie County Schools' Preschool WAC services:

Davie County Schools' Preschool WAC Services

Early Interventions / Exceptional Children

Early Intervention
Davie County Schools Preschool Programs encompass a wide variety of services for children 3 to 5 years of age.

Exceptional Children's Preschool
Exceptional children services are available when a child has a disability that impacts their ability to access their regular educational environment. Davie County School system offers the following services when they are identified as a need but not limited to: speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, or classroom/academic interactions. These services are free to a child who is determine eligible under NC guidelines of the IDEA Act and has an active IEP (Individual Education Plan). If you know of someone who may need these services, please call our office to begin a referral. We can assist families in providing available assessments to determine potential delays.

Every year our Speech Pathologists visit local daycares in the county to help assess children to determine eligibility for speech/language services. If you would like to have your child screened, please contact Central Davie, 751-0016, at any time during our offices hours 8:00am to 4:00pm.

Referrals are received and procedures are followed to access proper screenings and evaluations for eligibility determination to access our exceptional children services. Services can be administered within an early childhood environment, the home, a developmental day center, a public school setting, or another setting determined to be the least restrictive learning environment for the child. If you have concerns about your child's development call Lisa Hughes, referral/itinerant teacher, at 751-0016.  Once the child turns four, we also assist the parents through the transition process to school age services.

Kindergarten Readiness

Kindergarten Readiness Brochure  - English

Kindergarten Readiness Brochure - Spanish

NCDPI Readiness Resources

NC LAW

• A child can enter kindergarten if they are 5 on or before August 31
• A child can enter kindergarten at age 5 on or before August 31

  ---

A child can be more ready to succeed if they are able to or are aware of the following.
Socially
Shares and takes turns
Takes responsibility for self-help skills (washing hands, toileting, wiping nose)
Follows complex directions with two or more steps
Accepts responsibility for property and actions
Listens attentively without interrupting
Cleans up and puts away materials
Transitions from one activity to another easily
Attends to one task for more than 5 minute
Completes a task even with problems or distractions

Language Arts
Attentive to stories being read
Answers simple questions about a story with prompting and support
Offers alternate story plot suggestions to familiar stories
Has awareness of the parts of a book (cover, spine, title page including-author and illustrator)
Knows how to hold a book and turn pages
Recognizes and produces rhyming words
Identifies the sounds of letters 
Recognizes 10-15 letters upper and lower case
Has awareness of site words and begins to recognize them
Identifies name in print and begins to write name in print
Expresses thoughts, feelings, and ideas through spoken words, or pictures
Beginning to draw ideas using scribble, stick figures, or shapes and tell about it
Traces and copies letters
Categorizes objects (Animals, Foods, Clothing, etc) 

Math
Route counts to 30 or higher
Recognizes Numbers 1-10
Writes/traces, copies numbers 1-10
Has concepts of number quantities (one-to-one correspondence, hand me three block)
Sorts by color, shape, and size
Creates and repeats simple 2-3 step patterns
Recognizes 9 geometric shapes (circle, triangle, square, rectangle, oval, star, heart, diamond, cone)
Describes positions (in, out, beside, under, behind, between)
Builds block towers and copies a model
Has awareness of the concept greater than and less than          

Motor Skills
Demonstrates cutting a straight, a curved line and cutting out objects
Demonstrates jumping, hopping, skipping
Demonstrates a tripod hold for drawing or writing                                 

All information is based on current child development standards, new common core expectations, Foundations, DIAL Screening, Davie County Schools Preschool, and Kindergarten Teachers.
 

Menus

Visit School Nutrition Page

Meals, foods and beverages sold or served at schools meet state and federal requirements based on the USDA Dietary Guidelines. All meals, foods and beverages are prepared and served by qualified child nutrition professionals. We provide students with access to a variety of affordable and appealing foods that meet the health and nutrition needs of students. 

NC Pre-K

The North Carolina Prekindergarten program (NC Pre-K) is designed to prepare at-risk four year old children in North Carolina for success in school. This program is for children who are four years of age on or before August 31 and fall within financial guideline set by the state. Also considered are previous preschool experiences, developmental concerns, and chronic health diagnosis. 

Davie County Schools (DCS) administers the NC Pre-K contract for Davie County. Procedures for this program are produced through the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) and a local NC Pre-K committee. 

The NC Pre-K program is available in approved private child care and public school sites across Davie County. All NC Pre-K sites must hold a four or five star child care license rating and must meet NC Pre-K requirements to ensure that a high-quality pre-kindergarten classroom experience is provided and that, to the extent possible, uniformity exits across the state. Children attend a full 6.5 hour school day, 180 days, that meets high quality state standards. 

All classrooms have a licensed Birth to Kindergarten Teacher and one Teacher Assistant with no more than 18 children. These classrooms operate no less than 6 1/2 hours with starting and ending times set by the individual facilities. All classrooms follow the school calendar for instruction. 

Applications for the current school year are accepted anytime. Applications for the next school year are accepted starting in January. Please feel free to contact us with questions 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday:

DCS Preschool
220 Martin Luther King Jr. Road
Mocksville, NC 27028
336-751-0016

Below are the qualification factors that are used to determine eligibility and the required documentation that you will need to gather prior to completing an application:

AGE QUALIFICATION

• For the 2024-2025 school year, your child's birthday must fall between 09/01/2019 - 08/31/2020.
• For the 2025-2026 school year, your child's birthday must fall between 09/01/2020 - 08/31/2021.

 

CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY FACTORS

Categorical eligibility factors that may qualify your child include:

Homelessness | Foster Care | Refugee Services | Public Assistance (for family sizes of 8 or less):

WIC | Public Housing | TANF/Work First | Medicaid | SSI | Food and Nutrition Services (Food Stamps)/SNAP

 

INCOME QUALIFICATION

If your family has a categorical eligibility factor, proof of income is NOT required. If your family does not have any categorial eligibility factors, proof of family gross income is required. 

The following shows the Family Size: 75% State Median Income ratio that is used to determine possible eligibility:

Effective 01/01/24  for the 2024-2025 school year:

1: $41,050 | 2: $53,681 | 3: $66,312 | 4: $78,943 | 5: $91,574 | 6: $104,204 | 7: $106,573 | 8: $108,941 | 9: $111,309 | 10: $113,678 | 11: $116,046 | 12: $118,414

Effective 01/01/25 for the 2025-2026 school year:

1: $43,108 | 2: $56,372 | 3: $69,636 | 4: $82,900 | 5: $96,164 | 6: $109,428 | 7: $111,915 | 8: $114,402 | 9: $116,889 | 10: $119,376 | 11: $121,863 | 12: $124,350

For example, a family of 4 would be eligible for the 2025-2026 school year if the yearly gross income is $82,900 or less.

Family size includes:

1. The NC Pre-K child
2. Parents / stepparents / legal guardians living in the same household
3. All minor brothers and sisters, half-brothers, half-sisters, stepbrothers and stepsisters living in the same household

NOTE: Minor siblings include anyone up to age 18 and still attending high school at the time the child’s application is submitted.

Additional Clarification:

1. If a child is living with legal guardian(s) or legal custodian(s) then the family size consists of the NC Pre-K child, plus all of the child’s minor brothers and sisters, half-brothers, half-sisters, stepbrothers and stepsisters living in the same household. The adults and children of these adults are also included.
2. If a child is living with foster parent(s) or kinship provider(s) then the family size consists of the NC Pre-K child plus all of the child’s minor brothers and sisters, half-brothers, half-sisters, stepbrothers and stepsisters living in the same household. The adults and children of these adults are NOT included.
3. Incarcerated or institutionalized individuals are not included in family size.

 

OTHER ELIBILITY FACTORS

Your child may qualify for NC Pre-K even if your family exceeds the 75% State Median Income if the child has 1) a doctor diagnosed chronic health condition or significant health concern considered as having the potential to interfere with the child’s development and learning (documents from a health care provider required); 2) a developmental or educational need (documents from a health care provider required); 3) Limited English Proficiency (LEP) AND/OR 4) a parent or legal guardian who is active duty military OR has been seriously injured or killed while on active duty military status.

Limited English Proficiency (LEP) is identified by the child speaking limited or no English in the home as indicated by the family on the child’s application and/or during the child’s developmental screening.

 

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION

Application will not be processed until all of the required documentation has been received:

• Completed application (signed and dated)
• Copy of the NC Pre-K child’s birth certificate (official or hospital copy)
• Proof of Categorical Eligibility OR Income: award letter, card, etc., OR one month of current paystubs, 1040, 1040EZ, W2 or Leave & Earning Statement (LES)
• Additional income: child support, alimony, Social Security benefits, retirement, etc. (if applicable)

 

IF APPLICAPLE, TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY

• Legal documentation for guardianship/custody
• Disability documentation/chronic health condition
• Military documentation (LES)
• Individualized Education Plan (IEP) documentation

 

The following documentation is required within 30 days of starting school of the North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten program:

• Immunization records
• Children’s Medical Report

If you apply for the NC Pre-K program to receive free preschool placement and find you are not eligible due to the factors listed above, we can help you locate a preschool program and possibly other financial resources to help pay for your child's preschool classroom in your community.

You can pick up an application at our office at 220 Martin Luther King Junior Road, Mocksville or click on the link below to download an application. Applications for the next school year are accepted starting in January of that year.

NC Pre-K applications are for children who will turn four by August 31.

NC Pre-K Application (Google sign in is required for security measures. You may create a FREE Google account if needed.)
NC Pre-K Application Spanish / español 
Children's Medical Form (PDF) Due within 30 days of enrollment/first day of school.

For more information about NC Pre-K, please click here.

Wrap Around Care (WAC)

Wrap Around Care (before/after school care) is a fee for service program available on a limited basis for students that receive funding, such NC Pre-K scholarships or Exceptional Children Services, for the 8:00 AM -2:30 PM instructional day. This service extends your child's care beyond the regular school hours. Wrap Around Care may be accessed from 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM at Central Davie and 7:45 AM - 3:45 PM at preschool sites located at an elementary school. Families paying tuition do not need to pay for the wrap around care, as it is included in your tuition.  If you are in need of extended care for your child and you do not currently pay tuition, please contact your private NC Pre-K provider about their wrap around care services or use the following link to register for WAC services in a Davie County Schools' Preschool:

Davie County Schools' Preschool WAC Services

 

NC Pre-K Committee Meeting
Mocksville, NC  27028

Date: Monday, May 19, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM
Meeting Location: Julius Suiter Education Center Meeting Room, 220 Martin Luther King Jr Rd, Mocksville, NC 27028Topics of Discussion:

To be announced

 

NC Pre-K of Davie County is Accepting Site Applications

NC Pre-K of Davie County is open to accept site applications as of March 1, 2025, with a deadline of all applications being until March 31, 2025, at 5:00 PM. Sites must hold a 4 or 5 star rating to apply. The application can be found by visiting:

Davie County NC Pre-K Site Application

Please call 336-751-0016, option 3, should you have any questions.

 

 

2024-2025 Parent / Student Handbook

VIew 2024-2025 Parent/student handbook here

Private Pay Preschool

ALL CLASSROOMS

• A Licensed Birth to Kindergarten Teacher 
• One Teacher Assistant 
• No more than 18 children
• Operate no less than 6 1/2 hours with Starting and Ending Times
• Follow the School Calendar for Instruction
• Central Davie is Open for most Teacher Professional days for their Regular Paying Students

CENTRAL DAVIE PRESCHOOL

• Operating Hours are 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM
• Rate $627.00/month ($580.00/month Early Pay Discount), plus the Cost of Meals

PRESCHOOL AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITES

• Cooleemee Preschool
• Cornatzer Preschool
• Mocksville Preschool
• Pinebrook Preschool
• Shady Grove Preschool
• William R. Davie Preschool
• Operating Hours are 7:45 AM - 3:45 PM
• Rate $627.00/month ($550.00/month Early Pay Discount), plus the Cost of Meals 

PRIVATE PAY BILLING SCHEDULE

Davie County Schools' Preschool Fee Schedule 2024-2025

---

Enrollment

We are so excited you are interested in Davie County Schools' Preschool services. Please note that our two/three year old classrooms are only available at Central Davie Preschool and have an extensive waitlist. With very limited slots for two year old children, priority will be given to our Davie County Schools (DCS) employees. School site locations are typically for the rising kindergarteners, with a limited number of older three year old children. Please take a moment to provide us with some initial information using the Enrollment Request link below.  Please contact Kirsten Link at 336-751-0016, option 0 with enrollment questions.

Enrollment Request

School Supplies: If you would like to donate supplies, we can always use tissues, Ziploc bags, water colors, playdough, construction paper, bottles of school glue, Bingo markers/dabbers, paper towels and fat pencils throughout the year. 

Your child may bring a small blanket and small stuffed animal to use during nap time. A small book bag is optional. Please keep in mind all items must fit within their cubby, along with their mat.  

Your child’s required school supplies are listed below. Label these items with your child’s name.

● Change of clothes in a labeled Ziploc bag      ● Diapers, Wipes if needed      ● Playdough     ● 2 Pocket folder     ● Non-toxic glue sticks*  

Students in a four-year-old classroom at CDEC and all students at school sites will need all the above and the following:

● 4 fold kinder mat 2 inches thick*           ● Mat cover 2 king size pillowcases, 1 large body size pillow case, or small crib sheet

* NOTE: We cannot accept gym mats or tri-fold mats that are 1 inch thick; they must be 4 fold and 2 inches to fit in our storage area or TWO 1 inch 4 fold mats to be put together to make the 2 inches required by child care regulations.

If your family is unable to provide these items due to economic hardship, please call our office so we can make arrangements for you to obtain the necessary items for your child.

2024-2025 Operational Days

Preschool Staff Directory Link