Prelude Preschool Faculty

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Prelude Preschool of the Arts Director

Rebecca Storozuk
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413-732-8428 ext. 114

Becca Storozuk has been the Director of Prelude Preschool since 2019. Prior to Directing, she was the Lead Teacher in the Allegro Classroom. Becca has worked in private and public early childhood and elementary settings for over ten years. She has a Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education and a Masters degree in Education. She is inspired by various educational philosophies including Visual Thinking Strategies and Inquiry Based Learning. Becca is deeply committed to supporting the social-emotional and creative well-being of children and families through the use of the arts, play, and literature.

Prelude Preschool Classroom Teachers

Whitney Thompson Romeo, Lead Teacher and Assistant Director, has been working with preschool age children for over twenty years, including eight years as a Director of a preschool program. She has her Associates degree in Early Childhood Education and a Masters degree in Human Services and has worked extensively with at-risk children. She looks forward to applying her Prelude training and early-education skills to her students to foster a dynamic and creative learning experience.


Alison Needham, Lead Teacher, has a BS in Art Education and has been in the field of early education for 15 years. She has experience as a public-school art teacher and has made art the focus in all the years in which she has been teaching. She is a mural artist and currently has work displayed in a few schools in Springfield, including Prelude! She is also a mother of 2 boys, Emmet and Jacob, who are the world to her.

Donna Allard, Lead Teacher, has been a Lead Teacher at Prelude Preschool of the Arts for ten years in the Pre-K classroom. She has been teaching in the field of Early Childhood Education for almost 25 years and has received her Lead Teacher Certificate, as well as attended additional training courses. She has a natural passion for early education, by enriching young minds through play and learning experiences within a classroom setting.


Mariah Roman, Lead Teacher, has worked with children for more than three years at a local nonprofit. She is a passionate artist in her free time. She is in her final semester of her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her next journey after that will be to continue on to her Master’s in library science and a life of enriching the community she lives in with art and literature.


Jennifer Cruz, Teacher: With a warm smile and a passion for nurturing young minds, Jennifer is dedicated to creating a lifelong love of learning in the next generation. Her fascination with the transformative power of music and arts in early childhood education led her to join the Prelude community, where she can inspire and guide little ones on their educational journey. As she pursues her degree in Early Childhood Education, Jennifer delights in crafting engaging classroom experiences that foster creativity and a sense of wonder. Outside of the classroom, Jennifer’s creativity shines through her love of melodic expression on her violin and piano, and brings vibrant colors to life through her watercolor paintings and handmade crafts.


Lauren Parker, Teacher, attends Holyoke Community College pursuing a degree in Early Childhood Education. Recently, she has completed her certificate program and is now Lead Teacher certified with infants, toddlers and preschool age. Lauren has been at CMSS for over a year and continues to learn and grow in her experience with fellow teachers and artists to make the environment a colorful place of learning.  Being a fellow artist herself in poetry and an aspiring ballet dancer; Lauren embraces the Reggio Emilia philosophy that Prelude has been integrating in their curriculum. She understands the depth and forms of expression that children have as they move throughout the world around them. Lauren’s goal in the next couple of years is to study abroad in Italy and visit the town of Reggio Emilia to get a hands on experience of the philosophy in real to enrich her teaching here at CMSS.


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