Paso Robles High School

Bearkitten Preschool is a lab preschool offered to children from the community. PRJUSD employees receive priority on our waiting list, as well as Bearkitten alumni and children enrolled in our district Marie Bauer Early Learning Speech Program. The preschool is offered Monday, Tuesday, and Friday half days and the schedule runs the typical PRPS school calendar. The preschool school year begins approximately two weeks after the start of the school calendar year and runs through the end of May. Tuition is paid in August (Parent Meeting), November, and February, and a half payment is in April. If you are interested in enrolling your child, please submit the online Bearkitten Preschool Application and visit the preschool to ensure it's an appropriate fit for your family. Bearkitten Preschool offers children and families a unique environment with a great adult-child ratio, lots of hands-on learning, and a rich, developmentally appropriate environment. Bearkitten Lab Preschool is on the high school campus in rooms 331 and 332, located on the east side of campus and can be accessed using the bus lane. Our classroom phone number is 769-1500 Extension 50331.

The Education and Child Development pathways are offered to ninth through twelfth-grade students at Paso Robles High School. All courses are dual enrolled with Cuesta College offering a student up to 21 units if they choose to enroll in all courses. These students are the student teachers in the program under the direction of Brenda Matthysse, the CTE Education and Child Development Instructor. Maggie Roberts currently teaches the Developmental Psychology with Children course for freshman.Students earn high school credit and have the opportunity to earn Cuesta College credit through dual enrollment. If students complete required Cuesta College coursework and earn passing grades, they will receive credit. This year students will enroll in PEDS 110 (freshman course), CDFS 201 and 202, CDFS 203 and CDFS 205 or EDUC 200 depending on the course in the pathway they enroll in. We also offer CDFS 242 for our Infant and Toddler Care class for all grade levels. The focus is to prepare students for a career working with children in the workplace or moving on to post-secondary education. Students have the opportunity to learn and practice guidance and teaching techniques in various settings. Training takes place at the on-campus Bearkitten Preschool or local community schools (requires own transportation). In these courses, students will teach in the lab preschool environment three days a week and have block days devoted to academic work related to the lab. Students enrolled in these courses may also compete in the SkillsUSA competition for Early Childhood Education, Job Interviews, and other leadership courses.

Pathway Courses offered are:

• Developmental Psychology with Children
• Child Development
• Careers in Education
• Practicum in Education
• Infant and Toddler Care