Perley Integrated Preschool is Moving
For the 2025/2026 school year, Perley Integrated Preschool will be moving to Penn Brook Elementary School. Please see below for our FAQs.
- How many preschool classrooms will be at Penn Brook? It was recently announced that we will have three preschool classrooms at Penn Brook!
- When will we be officially registered for next year? Once you have received a confirmation email from the school, you are all set! We are enrolling for full-time families only, and the link for registration is here: Preschool Registration.
- When can new students register? Registration for new families is open!
- Will there continue to be part-time options available for registration? At this time, the plan is to enroll families for full-time (M-F) schedules only. We do not anticipate having part-time spaces available.
- Will my child be able to take the bus? There will be no bus for preschool students.
- When will we have additional information pertinent to extended day services? As previously mentioned, the district is intending to outsource the extended day program to a separate provider such as the YMCA. The district is hopeful to finalize the extended day program arrangement in the coming months.
- What will the hours be of the preschool at Penn Brook? As of now, the intention is to keep the hours as they are: 9-2.
- Will the current Perley staff be moving to Penn Brook? Some of our team will be moving to work with the new preschool classrooms, but there will be a reduction in the number of team members needed. Some individuals will be spread out to work in other positions in the district while some positions will be eliminated.
Our Mission
The mission of the Perley Integrated Preschool Program is to ensure that all preschool-aged children have the opportunity to engage in an inclusive setting that is both play-based and developmentally appropriate. We believe that early childhood is a time for children to build their sense of self, experience new friendships, and fall in love with the educational process.
Curriculum
Our curriculum is embedded in the Massachusetts Learning Standards for Prekindergarten. Utilizing the Guidelines for Preschool and Kindergarten Learning Experiences, we create activities which support student learning while encouraging student-directed exploration and fun! Our team plans according to their classroom age group and diverse needs of their students.
Heggerty
35 weeks of easy-to-implement phonological and phonemic awareness lessons to build strong foundational literacy skills in your preschool students.
Building Blocks Pre-K Math
Building Blocks® PreK Math is designed to support teachers and nurture the early mathematical development of young learners.
Units
Our units provide a balance of teacher-directed large and small group lessons, learning center rotations, and opportunities for play and socializations.
Unit 1-My Community and Me
In this Unit, students explore themes such as All About Me, My Family, and Community Helpers.
Unit 2-The Big Wide World
In this unit students explore physics, astronomy, and meteorology.
Unit 3-Living Things
Students will learn about plants, animals, and habitats in this unit.
Our Integrated Preschool is a fully inclusive early learning center. For those unfamiliar with the inclusion model of preschool, our school integrates special education and related services into all aspects of its program. This makes it possible to address the needs of both special needs and typically developing children in the classroom.
Inclusive Preschool Resources for Families
SEPAC
Georgetown SEPAC is a volunteer organization open to anyone interested in special education. Our goals are to develop relationships between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for every child the highest advantages in education.
To work so that that every effort be made by all concerned to ensure each child is treated fairly and impartially.
And to foster better understanding and communications between staff, parents and custodians, families, administrators, School Committees, organizations, and the Community-at-large concerning all aspects of special needs education.
Each week, our school issues a weekly newsletter complete with important dates, happenings at the school, links to school-related events, and parenting resources. This is our most important means of sharing information with families and we are hopeful to reach a large Perley audience with each edition.
If you have a topic or item that you would like to see added to our newsletter, please email Shannon Tenney.