Northampton Preschool Programs 2020-2021
Virtual program and Hybrid program
OVERALL PROGRAM
The preschool program in Northampton is still in two locations, and runs the equivalent of 4 half-days a week, but is mostly virtual this year for typically developing students:
Fall 2022 schools and classrooms: CLICK HERE for a Preschool Overview
FALL 2022 -- those who applied by March 15 were in the first-round acceptance lottery. Decisions about placement will be sent to applying families as soon as negotiations have completed about fall preschool and we know exactly how many classrooms we will have.
Complete a preschool application for next year: click here
Current Public Preschool Options:
Hybrid learning (limited in-person) -- 4.5 hours of in-person two consecutive days a week
For more information:
The preschool program in Northampton is still in two locations, and runs the equivalent of 4 half-days a week, but is mostly virtual this year for typically developing students:
- Bridge Street School
- Leeds Elementary School
Fall 2022 schools and classrooms: CLICK HERE for a Preschool Overview
- Children in the Jackson Street or Bridge Street school zones go to the Bridge Street School preschool
- Children who live in the Ryan Road or Leeds Elementary school zones go to the Leeds Elementary school preschool
- Children are placed in programs via a lottery system, both for placement in the default 1/2 day program and for placement in a full day program. All applications submitted by March 15 are considered equally in the first round of the lottery. There are rolling admissions thereafter.
- The School Choice process does not apply for the preschool -- that system only applies for K-12 grades. Occasionally, if one school program has more spaces and the other school has more applicants, a space at the other school might be offered.
FALL 2022 -- those who applied by March 15 were in the first-round acceptance lottery. Decisions about placement will be sent to applying families as soon as negotiations have completed about fall preschool and we know exactly how many classrooms we will have.
Complete a preschool application for next year: click here
Current Public Preschool Options:
- Virtual learning: primary preschool access for our students -- 1/2 day program either mornings or afternoons 4 days a week
- In-person learning: Hybrid program, with 2 consecutive days a week of in-person instruction and the rest as-needed asynchronous instruction via a class dojo. In discussion: whether NPS Public Preschool will follow the mandate for all in-person learning starting in April 2021.
- SPED partnership with private preschools: some private preschools are part of the Preschool Partnership, where children on IEPs can receive instruction at a private preschool with itinerant SPED specialists from the Northampton Public Schools dropping in to provide services onsite.
Hybrid learning (limited in-person) -- 4.5 hours of in-person two consecutive days a week
- Cohort A: Mon & Tues from 8:50-1:20 and Thurs/Fri asynchronous learning -- log onto class dojo for related activities
- Cohort B: Thurs & Fri from 8:50-1:20 -- log onto class dojo for related activities
For more information:
- PRESCHOOL OVERALL: Contact Erika Frank at earlychildhood@northampton-k12.us for more information.
- COMMUNITY-BASED PRESCHOOL & NPS 5-day classrooms: Contact Laura Frogameni at lfrogameni@northampton-k12.us for information about the NPS 5-day CPPI Community Preschool Partnership program with links to local preschools as well as the BSS and Leeds public preschools.