For many students the Nursery experience will be their first steps away from family and home. We recognize the importance of building strong relationships between school, family and community. As a Parent Cooperative Nursery School we encourage families to play an active role in the program and in our immediate community. Family members are welcome in the classrooms as visitors or volunteers. Through formal family conferences, school events, workshops, informal meetings and frequent dialogue families and staff build relationships of trust and cooperation. Classroom teachers call upon the expertise of families for projects or themes that may be studied in the classroom. Class books are developed by each classroom teacher based on projects or themes being worked with in the classroom that are circulated among the families to build a strong home school connection. We hope our program can help set school relationships that parents can carry over into elementary and secondary school programs.
The Nursery is governed by an active Executive Board which is comprised of elected parent members. The Executive Board is responsible for overseeing and making financial decisions. In addition there are committees for program planning, newsletters, housekeeping, maintenance, publicity and fundraising.
The Executive Board plans events throughout the year to allow families the opportunity to socialize and meet other families in the community. Activities generally include parent workshops that help children transition from Pre-Kindergarten to Kindergarten, pot luck dinners, weekend pancake breakfasts, children’s entertainment, quilting sessions for our annual children’s literature quilt, workshops on topics of interest for families as well as group maintenance sessions to help keep the school in good repair. We pride ourselves with the fact that many long term friendships have been established among both adults and children through involvement with our school community. We hope our families feel as welcome and nurtured as their children.
The Nursery is governed by an active Executive Board which is comprised of elected parent members. The Executive Board is responsible for overseeing and making financial decisions. In addition there are committees for program planning, newsletters, housekeeping, maintenance, publicity and fundraising.
The Executive Board plans events throughout the year to allow families the opportunity to socialize and meet other families in the community. Activities generally include parent workshops that help children transition from Pre-Kindergarten to Kindergarten, pot luck dinners, weekend pancake breakfasts, children’s entertainment, quilting sessions for our annual children’s literature quilt, workshops on topics of interest for families as well as group maintenance sessions to help keep the school in good repair. We pride ourselves with the fact that many long term friendships have been established among both adults and children through involvement with our school community. We hope our families feel as welcome and nurtured as their children.
