By Grace Gorenflo
September 2025
The Snoqualmie Valley School District opens new Early Learning Center.
"The first day of school for Snoqualmie and North Bend preschoolers included a celebration of a new Early Learning Center in downtown North Bend.
The Early Learning Center (ELC) serves 3- and 4-year-olds who live in the Snoqualmie Valley School District (SVSD) through half-day and full-day programs. The center doubles the amount of preschoolers SVSD can serve, according to the district.
Funding for the ELC came from a $244.4 million bond approved by voters in 2015, which also funded Mount Si High School and Timber Ridge Elementary. The ELC building formerly housed Two Rivers School, which now resides on the Mount Si High School campus.
The SVSD preschool program — formerly run out of Snoqualmie Elementary — has an “incredible reputation,” said ELC Principal Meredith Macvean. While some things about the program have changed this year, she said the caliber of the staff has not."
Read the full article here: https://www.valleyrecord.com/news/snoqualmie-valley-district-opens-new-early-learning-center/