Pre-Kindergarten at Ichabod Crane

Ichabod Crane Central School District’s school budget includes funding for a district-wide Targeted Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) program for resident children who reach the age of 4 years-old on or before December 1 of the year students enter school.

Click here to download the 2025-26 application

If you need a Spanish version of the application, please reach out to Michael Burns, Questar III Early Learning Principal, at michael.burns@questar.org. (Si necesita una versión en español de la solicitud, comuníquese con Michael Burns, director de aprendizaje temprano de Questar III, en michael.burns@questar.org.)

The program is provided by Questar III BOCES and the Ichabod Crane Central School District. The half-day program is located at the Ichabod Crane Primary School. Pre-K is offered Monday through Friday, with two sessions available in the morning and afternoon. The AM session runs from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and the PM session runs from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Transportation to and from the program is provided by families.

This comprehensive, enriched and integrated program, taught by a certified teacher with support from a certified teaching assistant, utilizes the NYS Pre-K Learning Standards. It focuses on child-centered activities, the development of strong foundational skills in early literacy and numeracy, social interaction, and kindergarten readiness skills.

If you have questions, please contact Mr. Burns at michael.burns@questar.org. If you would like an application mailed, you can request that by emailing bgrochan@questar.org.

You can also contact the program’s pre-K teacher at Ichabod Crane CSD, Jennifer Welch, at jwelch@questar.org.

Completed applications can be mailed to the address below:

C/O: Beverly Grochan
Re: Ichabod Crane Pre-K Application
Questar III
10 Empire State Blvd
Castleton-On-Hudson, NY 12033

Please see the newsletters below, which are written by Michael Burns to give parents and the community an array of information about the learning and activities at Questar III’s Pre-K Programs, which are housed at schools across the region.