Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center

:30 and 12:30-3:00. Students who are 3 years old attend class 4 days per week, Monday through Thursday. Pre-Kindergarten students attend class 5 days per week, Monday through Friday. Currently Fort Meadow has 8 preschool classrooms. Each class has a maximum enrollment of 15 children. Classes consist of 8 children who are typically developing and 7 children who have diagnosed special learning needs. Fort Meadow's developmentally appropriate curriculum allows children to develop and learn at their own pace. All classes are taught by a highly qualified, certified special education teachers and classroom paraprofessionals. Licensed service providers include speech and language pathologists, an occupational therapist, a physical therapist, a school adjustment counselor, a school psychologist and an ABA certified autism consultant/behaviorist. The philosophy of the Westfield Public Schools Early Childhood Program is:

To provide a supportive, nurturing environment with developmentally appropriate activities and equipment to meet the general needs and varying learning styles of 3-5 year old children in order to foster their social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and language development. To encourage ongoing communication and interaction between school and parents. To provide a variety of supportive services and resource material to young children and their families