The Early Childhood Department

• Inspires families to discover and develop their child’s talents
• Empowers parents to become active participants in their child’s learning.
• Engages parents, early educators, and community partners in collaborating to support young children and their families’ development prior to kindergarten.
  
  

Please find the results of a two-year project that engaged the community in developing a Strategic Plan for Early Childhood in order to work towards universal preschool for all children in Lowell.

Preschool for ALL Strategic Plan
Preschool for ALL Supply and Demand 
Preschool for All - Findings from the Family Survey and Community Champion Interviews
Lowell's Road to Universal Preschool 

The Lowell Early Childhood Department has four objectives:

1. Engage families in educating their children at home, school, and in the community.
2. Support early childhood community and educators in providing adequate, equitable, and safe early learning programming through public and private partnerships and on-going collaborative professional development. 
3. Provide authentic learning opportunities to young children in formal and informal settings to support the development of the whole child.
4. Foster children’s language, literacy, social & emotional, physical, and cognitive development through rich content at home, in school, and in the community.

Kindergarten Readiness Statement