Ideally our efforts will foster a life-long interest in learning.  We welcome, honor and enjoy the uniqueness of each person who comes to our school. We accept and celebrate differences in people and strive for a school environment in which students, parents, staff and other community citizens are active partners in educational excellence.  We are committed to challenging each and every student and providing many options to the ways in which children acquire knowledge and express what they have learned.

Meeting the academic, social and emotional needs of our students is our first and foremost goal.  Academically, the Monterey Kindergarten core curriculum is based on both the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and on national curriculum standards in the arts, English, history and social studies, health, mathematics, science and technology.  Art, music and physical education are a part of the each student’s schedule.

The Monterey Kindergarten is a two year Kindergarten program with 14 students.  The full-time paraprofessional  gives the teacher the flexibility to group and regroup students throughout the school day.  Parents are updated on their child’s progress at parent conferences, team meetings, through teacher phone calls, and written reports that are sent home two times per year.

Among the vital organizations that help to make Monterey program excellent are the school council and the P. T. A.   Through collaboration, these organizations provide the school with support in the development of the school’s improvement plan, enrichment programs and supplies and materials.