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On the PCLG campus in Los Gatos

From eighteen months to first grade

A small, year-round preschool where familiar teachers and a redwood-shaded yard carry children from eighteen months to first grade.

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Cut-paper illustration of four classroom blocks and a green path becoming footprints beneath redwood trees, with art materials nearby

Which room is my child in?

Rooms go by color and are placed by age and readiness.

  • 18 months to 2 Red Room

    Our youngest. Toilet training is not required to start.

  • Two by September 1 Green Room

    The year most children turn three. Toilet training happens here.

  • Three and four Older preschool

    Placed by the director, by readiness and by space.

  • Already in TK or K Blue Room

    After school, walked over from Blossom Hill at 1:30.

Questions about rooms or availability?

GFP Director, Vanessa Manrique, can help find the right room and tell you what is open.

Book a Tour

  • Join the waitlist

    We are close to capacity for 2026–2027. The application takes a minute and the director answers it herself.

  • See what it costs

    Compare morning, Morning Plus, and extended-day schedules and current fees.

  • Come and look

    Where we are on the campus, when to come, and who to ask for.

  • Pick up after school

    We walk TK and kindergarten children over from Blossom Hill and keep them until 5:30.

Cut-paper path connecting an open classroom, circle time, lunch, outdoor play, and rest
A bright classroom with a large alphabet circle rug, low tables and chairs set for a group, and windows along one wall.

What the day looks like

The program is built on HighScope, which starts from what a child is already interested in and builds outward. A week touches art, music, movement, language, mathematics, life skills, fun fitness and time outside, and handwriting comes through Learning Without Tears.

We do not read Bible verses. Teachers say a short, age-appropriate prayer before snack and before lunch, each in their own style.

The full program, room by room and subject by subject

A small school on a shared campus

Growing FootPrints has been a mission outreach program of the Presbyterian Church of Los Gatos since 1993. The preschool wing, playgrounds, campus paths, and redwoods are all right here on Shannon Road.

The state license covers toddlers from 18 to 36 months and preschoolers from age 3 through entry into first grade.

Every teacher is qualified in early childhood education and certified in First Aid and CPR. Growing FootPrints is also a member of Californians for Quality Early Learning.

The main play structure with its slide and two shaded towers, on bark chips, with tall redwoods behind it.
The yard, under the redwoods at the back of the church campus
Vanessa Manrique, Director of Growing FootPrints, smiling in the school office.
Vanessa Manrique has been at Growing FootPrints since 1997.

Meet the people at Growing FootPrints

Vanessa started here in 1997 and now directs the school. Olga, Christina, Emie, Karla, Karina, and Martha make up the teaching team.

Every teacher is qualified in early childhood education and certified in First Aid and CPR.

Meet the Staff

The year at a glance

The 2026–27 year began August 10th. Planned breaks include the winter holiday and a two-week summer closure from July 26th through August 6th, 2027, for maintenance, teacher inservice, and training.

See the school calendar

Hours and tuition