Author: Diana Bender

Southwest Youth & Family Services helps people use their own strengths to make what they want of their lives. We offer counseling, education, and family support programs for people in West Seattle, White Center, and South Park, and many participants use more than one program. Most of our services are free. We connect people to high quality services, and also to each other. As a result, our communities become stronger, the changes last, and the impact can be felt wherever you are.

Some of our Goals:
Goal 1: Nurture the construction of a knowledgeable, confident identity as an individual and as a member of multiple cultural groups (such as gender, race, ethnicity, or class).
Goal 2: Promote comfortable, empathic interaction with people from diverse backgrounds.
Goal 3: Foster each child’s ability to recognize bias and injustice.
Goal 4: Cultivate each child’s ability to stand up, individually and with others, against bias or injustice.

SWEL Preschool
Southwest Early Learning

In partnership with SWYFS & DNDA

The Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association (DNDA) is a private non-profit based in the community of Delridge in West Seattle. The purpose of DNDA is to engage residents, business, and institutions in creating a thriving Delridge.

Southwest Early Learning Preschool
www.southwestearlylearning.org

Address:
4 555 Delridge Way SW
Seattle, WA 98106
AND
5411 Delridge Way SW
Seattle, WA 98106

Contact Info:
Phone:
206.790.7500
206.937.7680
Fax: 206.935.9967

A great new bilingual (Spanish-English) non-profit preschool for 4 year olds in Seattle

Call Tana at 206.790.7500 or stop by the Family Center
Check us out at: www.southwestearlylearning.org

SWEL’s Philosophy

At SWEL we create an environment where children can continue to live out their childhoods. We believe children learn best when the curriculum is child-centered, play-based, and emergent, based on their interests and passions. We also believe that by thoughtfully planning social experiences, activities, environments, and teacher-child interactions we facilitate children’s success in kindergarten and beyond.
Our Vision
Our vision for SWEL is a high quality dual language, multilingual, bicultural, Reggio Emilia inspired early childhood program that fosters the holistic development of each child within the context of their home culture and language.

SWEL Preschool…
Prepares your child for
Kindergarten
High quality, culturally enriched early childhood education with a strong focus on early literacy.
Experiential learning with field trips, outdoor adventures and multi-stage science projects
Bilingual programming helping your child learn Spanish
Monthly tuition is $450 (scholarships make it free for families who meet income guidelines)
Morning or afternoon sessions Monday-Thursday; lunch and snack included.

SWEL receives funding from the City of Seattle Step Ahead program (funded by the Families and Education Levy) and United Way which pays for additional classroom resources as well as scholarships for working families. With our City funding, all children must live within Seattle city limits and be 3 or 4 by August 31.
Scholarship Guidelines
Guidelines vary by family size. or example, a family of 4 with monthly income up to $5,301 qualifies for a scholarship with a small monthly co-pay.

Southwest Early Learning Preschool
www.southwestearlylearning.org

Address:
4 555 Delridge Way SW
Seattle, WA 98106
AND
5411 Delridge Way SW
Seattle, WA 98106

Contact:
Phone:
206.790.7500
206.937.7680
Fax: 206.935.9967