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Preschool enrolls for winter quarter

This Weeks Briefs

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Jan

23rd

2010

SEQUIM — There are a couple spots still available for the winter quarter of the Sequim Pre-Three preschool.

The class meets on Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave.

Sequim Pre-Three is a nonprofit organization sponsored by Peninsula College for parents and guardians with children ages 10 months to 3½ years of age.

Parents come weekly with their children for a wide variety of activities including music, art, social interactions and outdoor play.

Parents take turns working in the classroom with the children’s teacher and participating in a discussion led by an experienced parent educator while earning college credit.

For more information, phone Leslee Francis at 360-681-6648.

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