Lil' Longhorns Preschool

Welcome to Lil' Longhorns Preschool Last Updated: 1/10/2023 10:26 PM

 

Contact Lil' Longhorns Preschool

Greta Cox - Preschool Coordinator
Westerly Campus 
1008 S. Westerly Rd. 
Payson, AZ 85541
(928) 468-2660

Payson Unified School District #10
P.O. Box 919
Payson, AZ 85547

Preschool Hours

Hours of Operation: 2.5-hour sessions
Based on a 4-day week (M, Tu, W, Th)
AM Sessions 8:00 - 10:30
PM Sessions 12:30 - 3:00

Julia Randall Preschool

This play-based program is aligned with the Arizona Department of Education Early Learning Standards, with a focus on critical thinking skills and social/emotional development. The program is supplemented using Fundations and Creative Curriculum. Typically developing peers and those with developmental delays work together and grow in one inclusive environment. Instruction is individualized based upon ongoing progress monitoring (Teaching Strategies GOLD) so the teacher knows what a child knows and what they are ready to learn next. GOLD is an authentic, ongoing observational system for assessing children from birth through Kindergarten. It helps teachers observe children in the context of everyday experiences, which is an effective way to learn what they know and can do.

Westerly Campus Preschool

This play-based program is aligned with the Arizona Department of Education Early Learning Standards, with a focus on critical thinking skills and social/emotional development. Thematic units are explored by students using a variety of learning styles and modalities, which in turn, ignites curiosity and encourages sustained attention. The program is supplemented using Fundations and Creative Curriculum intentional learning materials. Typically developing peers will receive instruction based upon ongoing progress monitoring (Teaching Strategies GOLD) so the teacher knows what a child knows and what they are ready to learn next. This is a tuition based program with payments ($250) due the first of the month.

Preschool Startup

Screenings

The Lil' Longhorns Preschool program offers free screenings once a month for children between the ages of 2 years, 9 months, and 5 year olds that are not eligible for kindergarten. Children are screened for vision, hearing, cognitive (thinking skills), communication, social/emotional, motor skills, adaptive and self-help skills. 

Children that receive a red light after screening are scheduled for further evaluation. Children who meet state criteria for eligibility and are at least 3 years old may be eligible for our Special Needs Preschool Program.

Evaluations

Comprehensive Developmental Assessments are conducted to determine Preschool eligibility, present levels of performance and to assist in placement decisions made by the Multidisciplinary EvaluationTeam. 

The evaluation team consists of state and/or nationally certified caring professionals. One or more of the following team members may evaluate your child: 

  • School Psychologist
  • Speech-Language Pathologist
  • Occupational Therapist
  • Physical Therapist
  • Audiologist
  • Vision Specialist

Eligibility

To qualify for Special Education Preschool services, a child must exhibit a developmental delay based on the evaluations given. Categories of preschool eligibility are: 

  • Preschool Speech Language Impairment
  • Developmental Delay
  • Preschool Severe Delay
  • Vision Impairment
  • Hearing Impairment

If a child is found eligible to receive Special Education services and parent consents to Initial Placement into Special Education, and Individual Education Plan (IEP) will be created.

Chairs at Westerly Preschool