Growing Minds Preschool to Open Satellite Campus at Countryside Elementary

Dysart Unified School District’s Growing Minds Preschool is adding a fourth satellite campus to serve children ages 3-5 this school year. The new site will be at Countryside Elementary School, located at 15034 North Parkview Place in Surprise, Arizona 85379. Enrollment applications are now available by selecting the Enroll Now button at Dysart.org/EnrollatGMP. 

Classes at Countryside Elementary will follow the district Preschool Calendar, and begin on Monday, August 5, 2024. It is a full day program, with the hours of operation being Monday through Friday, 7:30am through 4:30pm. The full-day rate for 5-days a week is $442. A 15% sibling discount is available for those with multiple children in the program.

Financial Assistance may be available to income qualified families through the Department of Economic Securities (DES) Child Care Services, or through a Quality First/First Things First scholarship. Quality First Scholarship applications are available here. Growing Minds also offers a Family Referral Program that provides a tuition credit to the currently enrolled family and newly enrolled family after 90 days of enrollment. 

Growing Minds Preschool has a Quality Plus, or 4-Star Rating, from Quality First program through First Things First, and serves children with the core value of cultivating learning by supporting the “Learn through Play” mantra. Through the application of Creative Curriculum, all children are provided with developmentally appropriate academics in reading, writing, academic vocabulary, oral language development, math, science and social studies. All Growing Minds Preschool skills are aligned with the Arizona Early Childhood Education standards.  

The Growing Minds Preschool main campus serves children ages 2-5, and is located at 17999 W. Surprise Farms Loop S., Surprise, AZ 85388. Satellite locations serve children ages 3-5, and are available at Countryside Elementary School (15034 N. Parkview Pl., Surprise 85379. Freedom Traditional Academy (16066 N. Parkview Pl., Surprise 85374), Marley Park Elementary School (15042 W. Sweetwater Ave., Surprise, AZ 85379), and Mountain View School (18302 W. Burton Ave., Waddell, AZ 85355).