Victorville’s Hollyvale Innovation Academy’s preschool program earns awards

Hollyvale Innovation Academy's preschool program has been selected five years in a row for the Best of Victorville Awards for preschools.

The school, in the Hesperia Unified School District, now qualifies for the 2024 Victorville Business Hall of Fame, district officials stated.

The program focuses on building social skills and academic learning pathways through the six C’s of education, which are:

• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Creativity
• Character
• Citizenship

The program also relies heavily on parental involvement and communication between families and program staff, district officials stated.

Preschool teacher Susana Morales quotes the late Russian and Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky, who said, “A child's play is not simply a reproduction of what he has experienced, but a creative reworking of the impressions he has acquired.”

In a written statement, District Superintendent Dave Olney said, that Hollyvale’s program being selected as the Best of Victorville for preschools five years in a row exemplifies the commitment the preschool and school staff maintain to provide the best services for our preschool students.

“As superintendent, I am so very proud of the work they do day in and day out to take care of our youngest students and prepare them for future success,” Olney said.

Hollyvale is located south of Bear Valley Road and west of Amethyst Road, within the Golden Triangle of Victorville.

“Preschool is the foundation to learning filled with sticky fingers, curious minds, and hearts wide open to the world. It is a time when friendships blossom, imaginations soar, and the seeds of lifelong learning are sown,” Hollyvale Principal Adora Sayre said.

Hollyvale opened its doors in 1993 and currently has 557 students enrolled. The preschool program started in 2013 with nine students and has grown to help 32 students in 2024.

Daily Press reporter Rene Ray De La Cruz may be reached at RDeLaCruz@VVDailyPress.com. Follow him on X @DP_ReneDeLaCruz