The Director’s Message

Ms. Tina Clarin

Owner/Director

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about Best Friends Preschool. Each day at our school is an exciting new opportunity to enrich the minds of our students, and we hope your child will join us.

Best Friends Preschool welcomes students regardless of race, gender, national and ethnic origin, and is non discriminatory in all our policies. We accept children between the ages of 12 months and 8 years old.

There are no specific academic entrance requirements; however, we base admission decisions on many factors, especially your child’s age and suitability for our program.

Please contact us regarding availability for your child, and to schedule your personal tour of our school. We will be happy to answer your questions and provide additional information about our educational programs.

Kind regards,

Ms. Tina Clarin
Owner/Director, Best Friends Preschool

Our Mission

Helping children foster a love of learning is our Passion! 💜 We provide a loving, safe, secure, and healthy environment for the children that attend our Early Childhood Education center. Creating an atmosphere of learning that promotes appropriate social skills and preparation for Kindergarten and beyond, while having fun.

Trips

At Best Friends, we believe that the best learning takes place both inside and outside of the classroom. We take our school-age students on fun and educational field trips off site. These trips are designed to enrich their minds while teaching them new lessons. Our Preschool and Pre-K students will take field trips within walking distance related to the weekly theme to enhance and supplement the learning.

Our Owner

With more than 30 years of experience in early childhood learning and higher education, Tina is proud to represent the foundations of our school. She has a B.S. in Elementary Education and Family Life Childhood Development, an MAEd in Curriculum Instruction and Adult Education, an MA is Innovative Leadership, a Post Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education and a MS in Psychology. Tina maintains her AZ state teacher certification.

Tina was the assistant director of Best Friends Preschool (BFP) from 1997-2003. During this time she met her husband Craig (single father of 2 at the time). All four of their children attended BFP from 1997-2011 and their grandson began attending in 2016 and granddaughter 2018. Tina and her husband, Craig, became the owners in January 2017.