Early Childhood

Welcome to DGF Early Childhood Family Education!  Early Childhood Family Education is a program of DGF School District for all families with your children (age birth up until kindergarten entrance).  ECFE believes that the years before a child begins school are the most important in their development.  The program is based on the recognition that the home is the child's first learning environment and that the parents are the primary and most important teachers.  We provide parent/child classes, preschool classes for three and four-year-olds, and early childhood screening.

Contact Us:

• Tracy Tollefson, Director of Community Education and Public Outreach, 218-477-6805 

• Sarah Iwen, Administrative Assistant, 218-477-6870

• Maria Ranz, Early Childhood Teacher 

• Kelli Fuchs, Early Childhood Teacher

• Nicole Rinke, Early Childhood Teacher

• Megan Aalgaard, Early Child Family Education Teacher

• Samantha Zimmerman, Paraprofessional

• Toinette Bjerke, Paraprofessional 

• Kristen Kadrie, Early Childhood Special Education Teacher

• Rachelle Gilbert, Early Childhood Special Education Teacher