Director's Message
Dear Parents of San Jacinto USD Head Start/State Preschool,
On behalf of the entire faculty, I would like to welcome you and your family to the 2025-2026 school year!
I am honored and feel very privileged to be the Director at San Jacinto Preschool for the eleventh year. Beginning school is such an exciting time for you and your child. I am delighted that you considered San Jacinto Preschool to begin your child’s journey through his/her academic experience. Our commitment at San Jacinto Preschool is to support children’s growth and development in a positive learning environment through a variety of services. In addition, as the Director for Early Childhood Education/Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK), I also oversee Transition Kindergarten (TK). If you have any questions about TK, please do not hesitate to reach out to me.
Some preschool achievements for the 2024-2025 school year were:
- The preschool continues to receive the highest rating of “5” with four our sites (De Anza, Megan Cope, Park Hill and Hyatt) for Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS).
- One of our preschool teacher, Anthony Segura received County Teacher of the Year!
- The Head Start enrollment was maintained above RCOE's goal of 97%. Kudos to the team!
- Program improvements were made after receiving feedback from parents, such as the Hyatt parking lot.
- There was much collaboration between the TK and preschool teachers as they joined the Guiding Coalition Team as leaders.
For this school year 2025-2026, we moved our Inclusion preschool classroom to Rose Salgado. Rose Salgado is a brand new elementary school. Children attend the AM session from 7:30 am to 10:30 am and th PM session from 11:10 am-2:10 pm, Monday thru Friday. On Fridays, the PM session attend class in the morning. This classroom serves children 2.8-5 years old. We have a new preschool program/classroom at Park Hill called San Jacinto Early Learning Academy. This program serves children 2.8-5 years old, and income eligibility is not required. Children attend class from 7:45 am to 2:45 pm, Monday thru Friday. In addition, the district opened another preschool inclusion classroom at Rose Salgado serving 3-5 year olds. Income eligibility is also not required. Children attend the AM session from 7:30 am to 10:30 am and th PM session from 11:00 am-2:00 pm, Monday thru Thursday. Our Hyatt Dual Immersion preschool classrooms is now operating full day. Children attend class from 7:45 am to 2:15 pm. Also this school year, the preschool will be operating an Early Head Start program at our Hyatt site. This one classroom will be serving two year olds from 7:45 am - 2:45 pm, Monday thru Thursday. Once a month, the children attend class on a Friday.
Transitional Kindergarten (TK) continues to offer extended day. The classrooms operates from 7:30-11:50. To enroll in TK, your child must have their fourth birthday by September 1, 2025. Please reach out to the enrollment center to enroll your child into TK.
Family involvement is vital to the educational success of children. We will continue to have our monthly Parent Meetings. This is a time where parents/guardians hear the latest updates and events of the program. In addition, it is also a time for parents to hear about the instructional program, gain strategies to assist their children, ask questions and/or share concerns that will positively impact student academic achievement. I enjoyed meeting with our parents and sharing in celebrating our school’s progress. Hope to see many of you at our monthly Parent Meetings.
I encourage you to really dive into our website and learn all you can about our school. San Jacinto Preschool will ensure that our future ready learners are prepared for kindergarten. Here at San Jacinto Preschool, we create an environment where the strengths, hopes, and passions of families are valued and reinforced! Look out for our new preschool logo!
If you ever have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to come by and see me.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Zaragoza
Director of San Jacinto USD Head Start/State Preschool
