Our Schools and Small Learning Communities
WHAT ARE SMALL LEARNING COMMUNITIES?
Small Learning Communities (SLCs) emphasize small structure and curricular specialization as well as focus on the learner and learning and in particular, the active and collaborative nature of students' and teachers' work. In a Small Learning Community, interdisciplinary teams of teachers assume responsibility for student educational progress across years of school and maximize flexibility to act on the knowledge of students' needs.
This is a form of school structure that is designed to provide more personalized learning to better meet the needs of students. Each SLC shares the same teachers and classes are taught with the emphasis on a theme or career emphasis. Several Small Learning Communities can exist in the same building.
YCS School Buildings
Beatty Early Learning Center
Grade: Preschool
Beatty Early Learning Center is for Preschool students only.
Bell Times
School Start: 8:30 am
School End: 3:30 pm
Ford STEAM Early Learning Center
Grades: Preschool - 1st
Bell Times
School Start: 8:30 am
School End: 3:30 pm
Perry Early Learning Center
Grade Levels: Preschool, K - 1st Grade
TK, K, 1st Grade School Hours
Full Day: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Early Dismissal: 8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Preschool Hours
Full Day: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Half Day: 8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m
Ypsilanti Puentes Multilingual School
Grade Levels: K- 4th Grades
Bell Times
Full Day: 8:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Early Dismissal: 8:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Grades: 1st - 5th Grades
Bell Times
Full Day: 9:20 am - 4:30 pm
Early Dismissal: 9:20 am -12:35 pm
Grades: 2nd - 5th Grades
Bell Times
Full Day: 9:20 am - 4:20 pm
Early Dismissal: 9:20 am -1 2:35 pm
Grade Levels: 2nd - 5th Grades
Bell Times
Full Day: 9:20 a.m. - 4:20 p.m.
Early Dismissal: 9:20 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.
Ypsilanti International Elementary School
Grades: Kindergarten-5th
Bell Times
School Start: 9:20 am
School End: 4:20 pm
Grades: Kindergarten-8th
Bell Times
School Start: 8:00 am
School End: 3:00 pm
Ypsilanti Community Middle School
Grade Levels: 6th - 8th Grades
Bell Times
Full Day: 7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Half Day:7:30 a.m. - 10:45 a. m.
Ypsilanti Community High School
Grade Levels: 9th -12th Grades
Bell Times
Full Day: 7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Early Dismissal: 7:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Ypsilanti A.C.C.E.
Grades: 9th - 12th Grades
Bell Times
Full Day: 7:55 am - 2:55 pm
Early Dismissal: 8:00 a.m .- 11:30 a.m.
Participating Middle and High School Programs | |
Early College Alliance at EMU Washtenaw International High School and Middle Academy (WIHI) | WAVE Washtenaw (Washtenaw Alliance for Virtual Education) |
SCHOOL OF CHOICE OPEN FOR FALL TERM
Students residing outside of the YCS district boundaries but living within Washtenaw County or a contiguous county are eligible to enroll as a school of choice student.
Dates:
Winter: Applications accepted February 12 through October 6, 2026
Application for 2026-2027
