University
Primary School
Web Site: http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/ups
University Primary School (UPS) is an early childhood gifted education program
that serves children ages 3-7. The school is located in the Children's Research
Center on Gerty Drive in Champaign and the Colonel Wolfe School, also in
Champaign. UPS is affiliated with the Department of Special Education in
the College of Education at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
Children must be 3 by July 1 for the preschool classroom and 5 by September
1 to be considered for kindergarten enrollment. The school comprises one
preschool classroom (ages 3-4) and two combined K-1 classrooms. Each classroom
enrolls approximately 25 children, with a head teacher, an assistant teacher,
and student interns. The school is supported by tuition and fees, private
donations, and fundraising events.
