Welcome to the Hale Early Education Center. Whether your children have been part of our program in the past or this is your first child to attend, we are honored to be able to help your child learn and grow. We are proud to be part of the Coventry Public Schools. In addition, we are fully accredited through the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).

HEEC enrollment will fluctuate over the next several months due to the new Kindergarten Age Requirement legislation and the appeal process that the district has put in place. This necessitates a need to fill spots on an ongoing basis as spots open and close. If a spot opens, we will contact families per the priority list below. It is possible that spots will be offered to families on the waitlist as early as April or as late as August. We will make every effort, however, to fill all open spots as soon as possible. 

The order of registration is not the sole criteria by which your child can be accepted to HEEC. The HEEC registration process prioritizes students according to the following:

1. Returning students and families who have requested an extra year of preschool
2. Siblings of current families
3. Tuition Assistance families (3- or 4-year olds)
4. 4-year-old students
5. Students of BOE employees

Please note the following:

1. Coventry residents take priority over non-community members.
         a) In the instance where there are tuition assistance spots open, non-residents will be considered.
2. Families meeting the above criteria will be on the waitlist if there are no spots available at the time the registration is received. If a spot opens, we will contact you. If you are contacted, families have 24 hours to respond and submit a registration fee. If we do not receive a response, HEEC will move to the next family on the waitlist.
3. Families who have registered but do not meet the above criteria will be placed on a waitlist. If a spot opens, we will contact you. If you are contacted, families have 24 hours to respond and submit a registration fee. If we do not receive a response, HEEC will move to the next family on the waitlist.

For more details regarding registration, please click on the appropriate year below.