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Tift County Pre-K Center At-A-Glance

Located on the north side of Tifton, Georgia, the Tift County Pre-K Center serves children anywhere from 3-5 years old. We serve 244 students in both Preschool and Preschool Intervention which focuses on 3-5 year olds with special needs.

The preschool program began with one to three classes at each of the elementary schools.

The Preschool program obtained this building at the beginning of the 2003-2004 school year when Annie Belle Clark Primary School was moved to a brand new facility on Carpenter Road. This allowed all of the preschool classes to be in a central location and be able to better serve our community.

Things to Know

  • The student to teacher ratio is 10 to 1.
  • We have 244 students with 220 in Preschool and 24 in Preschool Intervention.
  • All of our students are provided an opportunity to work on computers each day.
  • The students have an opportunity to participate in a music class twice a month.
  • Bus transportation is provided to all students, if desired.

Teacher Tidbits

  • Our longest serving staff members are Darcie Norton and Wanda Horton who have each taught Pre-K for 15 years. Interestingly, they have also worked in the same classroom together for all 15 of those years.
  • At 30+ years, Linda Cantlebary has the most years of experience.
  • We began the Inclusion program at the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year.

Timeline

2003 – All Pre-K classes moved to the old Annie Belle Clark building and became known as the Tift County Pre-K Center.

2003 – Kathy Miller became our first principal.

2004 – Cheryl Trevelyan became our principal.

2007 – Wanda Veazey became our principal.

2007 – The Tift County Pre-K Center held it’s very first annual Fall Festival.

2008 – The Tift County Pre-K Center began participating in Relay for Life.