Pre-k scholarships still available at Emerson Preschool

The Starkville-oktibbeha Consolidated School District on Monday announced that a limited number of preschool scholarships are still available to students who qualify at Emerson Family School for the 2019-2020 school year.

The SOCSD said individual family conferences will be scheduled June 3-7 at Emerson Family School to submit required documents. Assessments will also be conducted to determine academic need for children whose families meet minimum requirements for scholarships.

The assessment will be held June 10-14, with the estimated assessment time frame per child lasting around 15-20 minutes.

The school district also said an adult family member must accompany the child and stay at Emerson while assessment is completed.

Families will be notified no later than June 28 about scholarship acceptance for their child.

The scholarships are funded through Starkville Oktibbeha Early Learning Collaborative Tax Credit Donations.

Required documents:

• Birth certificate of child (Must be 4 yearsold on or before Sept. 1, 2019)

• Government issued ID for family member

• Recent family income tax return

• SNAP documentation (if participating)

• TANF documentation (if participating)

• SSI documentation participating)

• Section 8 or HUD housing documentation (if participating)

• Documentation of free/ reduced meals with SOCSD for older children in family (if participating) (if