Oak View Preschool and Education Resource Center, located on the northwest
corner of the Oak View School property, is the first new school in the Ocean
View School District since 1971. It is a collaborative effort of Ocean View
School District, Huntington Beach High School Adult School, University of
California at Irvine, Orange County Children and Families Commission (Prop.
10) and Jeanne Hardy Head Start.
Oak View Preschool provides free half-day preschool for 240 three and four
year old children of low-income families. The goal of the program is to
provide developmentally appropriate activities to enhance the children's
intellectual, language, social-emotional and physical development, and to
prepare children so they enter kindergarten with the skills they need to be
successful. The preschool sessions are 8:00 - 11:15 am and 12:15 - 3:30 pm A
State Preschool grant from the California Department of Education Child
Development Division provides funds to support the preschool. For
information please call the preschool office at (714)843-6938
Huntington Beach High School Adult School offers classes for adults at the
Center during mornings (M-F 8:00 am - 11:00am) afternoons (Tues. and Thurs.
11:30 - 2:30 pm) and evenings (M-F 6:00 - 9:00 pm). English as a Second
Language (ESL), and computer classes are offered. For more information please
call (714)847-2873.
Child Care is provided for children while their parents attend adult
education classes at the Center. Children must be at least two years old.
Proof of necessary immunization is required for each child. Child Care is
supported by the Orange County Children and Families Commission.
The EVEN START Family Literacy Program is also located at the Center. EVEN
START works with approximately thirty Oak View families who have children
age birth to eight years old. Each family participates in adult education,
parent education, early childhood education and parent-child activities. For
information, please contact coordinator Jo Ann Takemoto at (714) 843-6938.
Through a grant from Orange County Children and Families Commission, three
parent educators provide monthly in-home parenting lessons for parents of
100 children aged birth to three years. The parent educators use the Parents
as Teachers curriculum which is based on current brain research and gives
parents information and strategies to encourage their child's intellectual,
language, social-emotional and physical development. For information please
contact Jo Ann Takemoto at (714) 843-6938
