Asheville City Schools Preschool Program

03/04/2026

What do teachers do on teacher workdays? Professional development. Today we learned about sensory processing, student led conferences, and Math. Lots of fun and new strategies/activities coming our classrooms.

11/07/2025

Attention rising Pre-K and Kindergarten families! Evening elementary school tours start next week - schedule below. Our Pre-K classrooms at Herring, Jones, Dickson, and Hall Fletcher will be also be open as part of the open house night at their school. Come visit!

10/23/2025

Did you know open enrollment for Asheville City Schools starts December 1? Save the date for this opportunity to learn more about what Asheville City Schools offers from Pre-K through 12th grade. Current and prospective families are invited!

Come celebrate the Best of ACS! Don’t miss our district-wide enrollment event on Saturday, November 8th! Join current and prospective students and families to see firsthand the value of an ACS education. From elementary to middle to high school, you belong in Asheville City Schools! Click the link in our bio to RSVP.

09/24/2025

We currently have school day openings for 3- and 4-year-olds in our Ira B. Jones Elementary Pre-K classes!

4-year-olds who meet eligibility requirements may qualify for free enrollment through Buncombe Pre-K. We also have space for tuition and childcare voucher enrollment. For more information contact Preschool Enrollment Coordinator Polly Bolding, [email protected], 828-545-1646.

09/10/2025

We still have NC Pre-K openings at some Asheville City Schools locations! To qualify children need to be 4 as of August 31 and meet income guidelines. Learn more and apply here:
https://buncombepfc.org/buncombeprek/ Contact Polly Bolding for more information about openings: 828-545-1646.

Get your pre-k questions answered with our Frequently Asked Questions or by talking with our bilingual Enrollment Coordinator:

05/13/2025

Help spread the word - we're still recruiting for NC Pre-K! We offer NC Pre-K at Isaac Dickson Elementary School, Ira B. Jones Elementary, Lucy S. Herring Elementary School, Hall Fletcher Elementary, and Asheville High School. To qualify for NC Pre-K in Asheville City Schools, children need to be 4 as of August 31, live in the ACS district or have siblings in ACS, and meet NC Pre-K eligibility requirements. Learn more and apply here:

Get your pre-k questions answered with our Frequently Asked Questions or by talking with our bilingual Enrollment Coordinator:

05/02/2025

Thank you to the preschool families and staff across Asheville City Schools Pre-K locations and Community Action Opportunities Head Start Pisgah View Center who joined us for an awesome father and family engagement event last night! We're grateful for our long partnership with Head Start. Many thanks to the community partners who joined us to make this happen: the John R. Hayes High-Steppin Majorette and Drum Corps, DJ Mark, Verner Center for Early Learning, Read to Succeed Asheville/Buncombe, Rocky from UNC Asheville and Purple Pigs Table Catering. Thank you also to the businesses that donated many giveaways for our free raffle. It was great to see preschool families across our community coming together to play!

04/11/2025

Artsy Thursday!!

Children develop creativity, social skills and fine motor skills with open-ended art projects where they can make choices, use their imaginations, and create with their hands.

Classrooms completed chalk murals, made fairy wands in the garden, decorated a bunny cake, and painted rocks.

Stayed tuned for Family Friday. Several of our picnics have been cancelled due to rain!

04/10/2025

Work Together Wednesday!!

When children play together they learn how to be a friend and develop their social and early literacy skills.

Classrooms completed drawings based on the book David’s Drawings, built obstacle courses (even one for a guinea pig), completed a countdown to the end of the school year chain, and the Honor’s Society read to the Preschoolers at AHS.

Stay tuned for Artsy Thursday.

04/09/2025

Tasty Tuesday!

Not only is Tasty Tuesday about cooking together but about supporting math and literacy skills. Classrooms either made yogurt parfaits or fruit salad on Tuesday!

Stay tuned for Work Together Wednesday!

04/07/2025

Week of the Young Child
This is a fun-filled week celebrating early learning, young children, their teachers, families, and communities.

Music Monday: Lots of dance parties, homemade musical instruments, musical parade at Jones. Enjoy from sights from our classrooms today.

Check back tomorrow for Tasty Tuesday!