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