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Flight School

The little eagles Flight School logo, featuring a cartoon-drawn baby eagle wearing flight goggles atop its head. There are clouds in the background and the eagle is perched on the words "Flight School"Welcome to Little Eagles Flight School! This program invites 4-year-old preschool students from the Irving, Royal Heights and Soaring Heights elementary attendance zones to enroll for quality early learning right in their own neighborhood.

Flight School offers the following benefits:

  • A FREE full day of preschool during normal elementary school hours
  • Bus service available to residents of the school's attendance zone
  • Breakfast and lunch served every day
  • Eligible students will qualify for Free/Reduced lunch prices

Three classes are available each school year. Interested families can begin the pre-enrollment process when all preschool registration opens each January/February. Classes will fill quickly, so timely forms are encouraged. For more information, please call Joplin Early Childhood at 417-625-5275.

To be considered for a Flight School class:

  • three preschool students sitting on a small couch wearing matching Flight School tshirts
  • A group of about 8 preschoolers swarm their teacher, who is smiling and laughing, for a group hug.
  • Two preschool students play with paper leaves and tree branches at a classroom station.
  • A classroom of preschoolers sit on a carpet to hear their teacher read a story.
  • A preschool student and a teacher sit before an art easel, painting.

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"The entirety of Jasper County is classified as what’s known as a ‘childcare desert’ because there are so few childcare centers that our families can afford. About half of our incoming kindergartners come to us with no early learning experience. We want to get more kids in the door so they can have access to our classrooms and teachers.”