Early Childhood Center - ESSD

08/17/2026

We are back in action!

First order of business?! Sharing something we are pretty excited about, officially announcing our ECC motto!

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"Building Strong Foundations Together"

It represents who we are & what we believe. The first 5 years are such a powerful time, foundations built through relationships, meaningful learning, purposeful play & family partnerships. It takes all of us... staff, families and our community working together to help our Tigers succeed! 🐅

This crew can't wait to get to work. see you soon 🥳

08/13/2026

ECC Enrollment TODAY until 3:00 pm! We need to see ALL families. 😀 Come on in & let us know if you have any questions!

08/12/2026

We had a great Day 1 of enrollment! ✨ Please remember that ALL (new and returning families) need to come by the ECC to fill out paperwork and update all your information. If you weren't able to come today, please stop by tomorrow!!

This must be complete for all children to start on the first day. If we have missing items, we have you complete them before you go to your classroom on open house night and that is chaotic and stressful! Help us, help you and come enroll ahead of time. 🤗

Your children are always welcome here but this is a not-so-exciting paperwork appointment so it is not required for them to be with you!

Early Childhood Center

08/12/2026

We are soo excited to welcome you this year with our b-e-a-utiful new PBIS inspired murals!! 😍🐅 👏🏼

Mackenzie Cole brought our vision to life in the best way. If you've been in the ECC, you know you hear these phrases day in and day out & we just love having them bring all the preschool joy to our space! ✨🎨

Mackenzie said "I really appreciated the support of the Excelsior Springs community and I am thankful the school district gave me this opportunity. If you’d like to see more of my work or follow along my Instagram is '🐅

I would also like to shout out Ember Manley for documenting this fun process. You can see it all come to life at Home with Ember

We will see you at enrollment tomorrow & Thursday and you can take a peak yourself! 🥳

08/09/2026

Special delivery from our friends at The Elms! They host an amazing event every August where the entry fee is a backpack and school supplies! 👏🏻🐅

We are so grateful for this creative way to support not only children at the ECC but throughout the district!

08/07/2026

MARC Head Start Pre-Service Conference today! So excited for all the possibilities and opportunities this team will provide for children and families this year! 🐅

08/05/2026

Attention RETURNING families (or as we like to call them, preschool experts 😎) We had a few frequent questions today so you know we had to make a visual for that!!

Please let us know if you have any other questions! See you next week at enrollment!

08/05/2026

Check out our first newsletter of the year! 🥳

🐯Enrollment information (next week!)
🐯Supplies
🐯Open House
🐯First Day! (different from the district!)

Questions?! Give us a call at 630-9297. We can't wait to see you all!!

Early Childhood Center

07/25/2026

We hope you are soaking up every bit of summer! ☀️ If you're working on preparing for preschool, we wanted to share our supply lists with you!

In true ECC fashion, we also made a picture version too! 🤪

We realize our list is slightly unique, we use many consumables at the ECC and these are things it seems we could never have enough of. Whether you're shopping for a student or looking to make a donation, these are items we love to use to learn and create with! We appreciate your support & are getting excited for the best year ahead!