Welcome to the Helen King Reynolds Private School! HKR is a preschool for 3 and 4 year old children located in Stratford's historic district. Founded in 1931, HKR continues its longstanding tradition of excellence in early childhood education. Our goal is educating the whole child through play-based learning in a safe and pleasant environment. Our professional staff is caring, creative, and appreciative of your child's age. Each day at HKR your children will enjoy fun-loving activities for their social, physical, emotional, and intellectual development. The HKR staff, our students, and their families work as a team to provide a wonderful first school experience. It's our pleasure and privelege to share in your children's early years with you!

Lynne Goetz, Director

At Helen King Reynolds Private School, our day revolves around our play - the most effective way to learn - in a nurturing and loving environment. For example, in our dramatic play area we pretend to be anything from a mommy and daddy to a farmer, a waiter, an astronaut, and more! We draw, color, cut and glue all sorts of art and craft projects. We learn about painting and what happens when we mix colors together. We build with blocks, create with manipulative activities, we sing songs and dance to music. We do science experiments, make counting graphs, and even write our own stories. And, of course, we play outside in our play yard.