The
Campbell Clark Preschool was a
preschool in
Simcoe,
Ontario,
Canada that ran until the year
1999 due to budgeting reasons. This was the first
preschool to accept disabled children because the
Sunday schools at that
time did not accept children who had
autism and/or
attention deficit disorder. Most
of the former students lived in the town although a few came from
other communities like
Pine Grove. A reunion
was celebrated around the year
2000 that reunited all the generations that came to
Campbell Clark Preschool. Most of the students of this preschool
graduated to
North Public School, although several of
its former students eventually went to
Nixon Public
School,
Walsh Public School,
Simcoe
Composite School, and/or
Valley Heights Secondary
School.
Children here went to Sonny's Animal Farm on special
trips, which started to specialize on
llamas around the year
2001. Classes started at 9 A.M. and ended at 12 P.M.
because it was only a part-time school. While there were no
computers for the children to use,
sing-a-longs were used to learn vocalization skills and vocabulary
skills. Pre-literacy skills,
pre-math skills, manuscript printing,
numbers from 0 to 9, and the
Roman alphabet were also taught in this
school, preparing children for
Kindergarten.
External links
Norfolk Association of
Community Living History