Tuba City Unified School District
preschool early education program
PEEP is an Early Childhood Intervention program addressing the needs of children 3-5 years of age.
PEEP provides services to children in the Navajo and Hopi Head Start programs at Cow Springs, Red Lake, Cameron, Gap, Moenkopi and Tuba City Areas.
PEEP is an intervention based early childhood program using the “Creative Curriculum”. We are the Special Education Preschool for TCUSD #15.  A certified teacher and two instructional assistants oversee our three classrooms. Other specialized personnel work with the teacher based upon specific individual needs of the children.  PEEP is a fun, language rich environment that strives to meet each child’s individual needs and encourages all children to develop to their maximum potential.
Screenings
The Tuba City Unified School District’s Preschool program offers free screenings by appointment. Screenings are for children between the age of 2 years, 9 months and 5 year olds, who are not eligible for Kindergarten.
Children are screened for vision, hearing, speech/language, motor, adaptive/self-help and social skills. Children that do not pass the screening are scheduled for further evaluation.
Children who meet state criteria and are 3 years maybe eligible for the Preschool Early Education program.
To schedule a screening for your child, call the Preschool Early Education Program at (928) 283-1028
Evaluations
Comprehensive Development Assessments are conducted to determine preschool eligibility, present level of performance and to assist in placement decisions mad by the Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team.
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
- Audiologist
- Vision Specialist
- Early Childhood Staff
