When our children were preschoolers, we saw them learning with joy at home:
creating, exploring, observing, discovering, asking questions and pondering great thoughts.
We believe this self-directed desire to learn should be nurtured when highly capable children enter the loving environment of preschool.
At Bellevue Discovery Center, we are a community of families and teachers who believe these bright, curious children need love, challenge and the freedom to grow toward their full potential in a creative and nurturing environment.
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Erin Vernon
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Ren Cedar Fuller
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Board President
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Director, Preschool and Parent Education Programs
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The Bellevue Discovery Center for Early Childhood Education is a non-profit organization that supports highly capable children, their families, and the community.
We accomplish this by:
- Nurturing the children's limitless potential and creativity
- Supporting their families in developing each child's unique gifts
- Fostering understanding in the community of the educational, social and emotional needs of highly capable young children
The Preschool Program at Bellevue Discovery offers:
- An enriched curriculum, using research-based methods for working with young gifted children
- Preschool peers who seek similar intellectual challenges
- Teachers who understand and cherish the creativity and independent thinking of high-ability children
- Families with a shared vision
- Access to information about gifted education
- A half-day preschool program that leaves time for family, activities with friends and independent play
- A parent education program that supports and advises community members who are raising and educating young gifted children.
The Bellevue Discovery Center for Early Childhood Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, physical ability, religion, family composition, sexual identity, nationality, ethnic background, or other legally protected status in admission of qualified students, administration of educational programs, hiring and employment.
We believe diversity enriches learning and seek to promote and celebrate diversity at Bellevue Discovery.
