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Overview
Welcome to Cadence Academy Preschool, Westerly! We are conveniently located on Route 1, not far from the beautiful Westerly beaches. Our building includes bright, developmentally appropriate, fun classrooms and large outdoor playgrounds. As you will see our Westerly center is warm, inviting, and designed with young children in mind.
Ascend Curriculum
Thanks to the flexibility of our Ascend Curriculum, we take an individualized approach to early childhood education and encourage every child to progress towards age-appropriate goals at their natural pace. New skills are introduced sequentially in 9 different learning domains each month and activities are modified to fit the interests and current skill level of each child. This skill-based approach to early education ensures that every child feels engaged, supported, and challenged and makes learning fun!
Parent Communication App
We have an extraordinary Parent Communication App that our teachers use daily to relay information and send pictures to family members, send newsletters, and track developmental progress for each child’s portfolio! With this application, parents/guardians are able to opt into email or text alerts and they can receive any information, instantaneously, about their child and their child’s school day. Teachers and staff can tag daily pictures with our Developmental Domains (Social/Emotional, Physical, Artistic, Cognitive, and Language/Literacy) and are then able to communicate with the parents/guardians by adding captions or sending quick little notes. Families LOVE this feature and we’re utilizing it more and more each day! We are so excited to be able to communicate with our families throughout the day and to show them what their children are learning each day.
Accreditation
We are VERY proud to be a NAEYC accredited facility and a BrightStars rated program! For more information about NAEYC, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and the high quality standards they demand of their accredited programs, please Visit the NAEYC website.
Daycare Works
Getting To Our Preschool
Our Westerly center is located at 42 Franklin St, Westerly, RI 02891, conveniently situated near the intersection with Broad Street (Route 1). We are close to State Street Elementary School and the scenic grounds of Wilcox Park, making morning drop-offs and everyday family routines seamless for local parents.
Situated just moments from Route 78 with easy connections to Interstate 95, our preschool provides a highly efficient commute for working caregivers. It is an ideal stop whether your daily drive takes you toward nearby Stonington and Mystic, Connecticut, or into surrounding Washington County.
Programs Offered
Our Team
Kathryn Donahue Costa
School Director
Kate started her career as Lead Toddler Teacher for Cadence Academy in 2015 and quickly developed leadership skills that promoted her to Education Coordinator and now Director. Kate has been the Director since 2022 and has enjoyed the connection she can make with every family.
Kate has her bachelor’s degree in education from Rivier University, class of 2000 and her master’s degree from Ashford University, (2019) in Early Childhood Education leadership. She has been an adjunct professor at the University of Rhode Island and has led workshops on classroom management for The Incredible Years.
Kate enjoys time at the beach during the summer months, hiking with friends and spending time with her son.
Justine Jacobson
Assistant Director
Justine grew up in South Africa and came to America in 2000 as an Au-Pair. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and English and an associate’s in early childhood education. She lives in Westerly with her two boys and husband. She has been employed with us since 2006 and watched her boys grow and develop with Cadence Academy when they were younger. She is also the Assistant Director at Michelle’s L’ecole de danse where she teaches dance classes and helps manage the studio. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with my family and friends. She loves exploring new places and experiencing different adventures with her family.
Savanah Cofone
Teacher of the Year
Savanah was born and raised in Westerly. Her childhood was spent mostly with her family in Misquamicut.
She graduated from URI in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in human development and family resources. Most of her time in college was spent inside of classrooms or with children.
She always dreamt of working with children and helping them learn and develop. She is currently the Preschool teacher and received Teacher Of the Year for her school. Savanah is our manager-in-training, so she can also be found assisting in the office and in other classrooms.
She spends most of her free time with family and friends, at concerts and at the gym.
Accreditations
NAEYC Accreditation
Every child deserves access to high-quality early learning experiences. NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) has set 10 standards for early childhood programs that can help families make the right choice when they are looking for a child care center, preschool, or kindergarten. The standards and criteria are also the foundation of the NAEYC Accreditation system for early childhood programs. To earn NAEYC Accreditation, schools must go through an extensive self-study and quality-improvement process, followed by an on-site visit by NAEYC Assessors to verify and ensure that the program meets each of the ten program standards, and hundreds of corresponding individual criteria. NAEYC-accredited programs are always prepared for unannounced quality-assurance visits during their accreditation term, which lasts for five years. In the 30 years since NAEYC Accreditation was established, it has become a widely recognized sign of high-quality early childhood education. More than 7,000 programs are currently accredited by NAEYC—less than 10 percent of all child care centers, preschools, and kindergartens nationally achieve this recognition.
Cadence Academy Preschool, Westerly
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Childcare Schedule Options That Work With Your Life
Every family’s routine is unique — and your childcare should be too. With Cadence Education, our Family of Schools may offer various schedule options designed to fit your life.
Each of our school’s are unique, and may not offer all of the options listed below. Talk with your School Director to learn what options are available for your family at this location.
FlexiPass — New Flexible Care Option!
When schedules change, or the grandparents cancel, or life just gets busy, FlexiPass gives you five prepaid days of care that you can use whenever* you need them, one at a time or all at once. No registration fees. No ongoing tuition. Just dependable care when you need it most.
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