Early Discoveries, a Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) preschool program contracted with the YMCA of South Hampton Roads, is conducting eligibility conferences for the 2015-2016 school year. The program is made possible through the Virginia Preschool Initiative, a Virginia Department of Education grant program.
Early Discoveries serves Virginia Beach preschoolers who will be 4 years old on or before September 30 and who are continuously exposed to high-risk factors and situations that are likely to have an adverse impact on their social, emotional, physical and cognitive development.
Information about the risk factors considered for eligibility purposes, program sites and the application are available on the Early Discoveries Preschool Program page on vbschools.com.
Parents/legal guardians are also invited to attend one of the Early Discoveries eligibility conferences at the Meyera Oberndorf Central Library, located at 4100 Virginia Beach Boulevard, on one of the following dates and times:
- Tuesday, June 23 – 9:15-11:15 a.m. or 1-3 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 30 – 1:30-4 p.m.
- Tuesday, July 7 – 9:15-11:15 a.m. or 1-3 p.m.
- Thursday, July 9 – 9:15-11:15 a.m. or 1-3 p.m.
Early Discoveries coordinators ask that parents/legal guardians attending an eligibility conference bring the following items in order to complete an application:
- Child’s certified birth certificate (original only)
- Child’s Social Security card
- Two proofs of residence (lease agreement or mortgage statement and one of the following: current electric, gas or water bill)
- Current paycheck stubs (four most recent) or proof of 2014 incomes (W2, SSA 1099 or SSI)
- Unemployment income (if applicable)
- SNAP or TANF documentation and case number (if applicable)
- WIC ID number (if applicable)
- Custody papers (if applicable)
- Child support documentation (if applicable)
- Current physical exam report and immunization record
- Current information for two emergency contacts
For questions concerning Early Discoveries eligibility conferences or enrollment, please call 757-648-4443.
Please I just received information on this program. I didn’t make the deadline. Is it too late for me. I have a daughter n I really need her in this program. Please contact me.
For questions about eligibility, the best number to call is 757-648-4443.
Are the kids in the early discoveries eligible to attend hosting school before and after school program?
When are the Early Discoveries eligibility conferences for the upcoming 2018-2019 school year?
Early Discoveries, a program managed by the YMCA, is no longer operating in Virginia Beach City Public Schools. The school division now offers a pre-kindergarten program for students who will be 4-years-old on or before Sept. 30 of the upcoming school year. More information about the pre-kindergarten program and the upcoming eligibility applications conference is available on the pre-kindergarten webpage found here: http://www.vbschools.com/curriculum/prek.asp
Is there anyway for a 3 year old to be able to be eligible for the pre k program?
Children have to be four-years-old on or before Sept. 30 of the upcoming school year. Our website has a page with more pre-kindergarten information. You can also call 757-263-1492.