About Us
Your Child Is in Great Hands
Philosophy
We are a community of families and teachers who work together support the growth and education of our children. We stress the importance of LEARNING THROUGH PLAY - not rushing children through the pleasurable experience of being children - and of learning to live with others.
Families take an active role in our school community with a rotating responsibility (approximately once a month) to:
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volunteer in the classroom
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participate on the board and/or on a committee
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help clean classrooms
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participate in fundraisers
As the classroom volunteer, a parent assists the teachers, cleans up the room, and provides a healthy snack for the class. It is always a special day for a child to have a parent come to school, and the parents are able to observe their child with their friends and with their teachers.
What is a Co-Op?
A cooperative preschool recognizes that parents are the primary educators of their children. While staffed by professional teachers, a co-op is operated by the parents of the young students. Parents assist the teachers in the classroom and share responsibility in the daily work necessary to operate a successful school.
What are the parent responsiblities?
Can I bring my younger child to parent-help?
Due to our licensing, we can only accommodate the children that are enrolled. Parents have many different ways they arrange care for the younger siblings while they parent help in the classroom with their preschooler. Some families have the younger siblings stay in the care of the other parent or family members. Still other families get together and exchange babysitting days to cover each other’s parent helping days.
Parents are required to “parent help” in their child’s classroom on a rotating basis, usually about one morning a month depending on the class size. Parent helpers are responsible for bringing a healthy snack in addition to assisting the teacher in the day’s activities. Parents are also asked to be on a committee for the school year, to participate in the fundraisers and to help clean the classrooms as assigned.