The Program is open to students who are between the ages of 3 and 5 years old. We provide a four hour program in an integrated setting, offering all children the opportunity to learn, work and play.

The Lincoln Public School system, including the Preschool Program, provides the educational services for the residents of the town of Lincoln and the Hanscom Air Force Base and operates under the philosophy of full inclusion. Inclusion is the process by which all children, including those with disabilities are educated together, allowing each child to excel and enrich the learning environment. Children who have been identified as students with disabilities receive additional support in the areas of speech and language, motor, sensory processing, cognitive and social-emotional development. In addition, there are therapy rooms for speech and language, occupational and physical therapies as well as behavioral consultation. These are provided for those children who require extended programming, individual or small group specific skill development, outside the inclusive classroom.

The Lincoln Preschool Program seeks to maintain an appropriate balance of typically developing students and students with disabilities. Students with disabilities are identified through the Special Education Evaluation Process. The Evaluation Team determines eligibility, program, and placement. Parents of typically developing children from Lincoln, Hanscom or surrounding communities may enroll their children, on a tuition and space available basis.

Our staff consists of Early Childhood Special Education Teachers, Tutors and Aides, therapists in the fields of Speech/Language, Occupational and Physical Therapies, a teacher of Intensive Special Needs and a Program Coordinator. These individuals and the parents of students work together as a team.

The Program follows the preschool curriculum standards as implemented by the Early Childhood Center staff of the Lincoln Public Schools. These standards are based on the Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks which includes the following areas: English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Technology/Engineering, History and Social Sciences, the Arts and Health Education.

For more information or to tour the Lincoln Preschool please, contact us at:

LPS Preschool
Hartwell Building
6 Ballfield Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
781-259-9889