Northaven Co-operative Preschool

Vision
Our first priority, always, is to nurture students and families, creating an environment for learning and growth.We create this environment by partnering with families to provide early school experiences that offer opportunities for children:
To use their large muscles vigorously and with increasing control;
To explore small muscle skills;
To experience the environment through all their senses;
To become aware of their own feelings and emotions as natural and acceptable and to learn to express them in constructive ways;
To enjoy the company of other boys and girls;
To see themselves as individuals in relationship to other children and adults;
To grow in independence, self-confidence, and self-control;
To explore books, games, fantasy and role-playing, blocks, water, sand, words, print and number concepts, art media, and music and movement; and
To sharpen their abilities to observe, pay attention, follow directions, and communicate, while nurturing a sense of wonder.

History and Program
In 1969, Northaven Co-operative Preschool was founded by a group of parents interested in an alternative, quality, cooperative preschool. In the Co-op environment, parents take turns assisting the teacher in the classroom, and also operate the Co-op. Northaven Co-operative Preschool is non-sectarian, valuing variety and differences in background among its families, with a deep commitment to the growth and education of children.

A co-operative school endeavors to involve parents in the classroom to the best of their ability and to the children's advantage. In this way, parents and teachers and children may appreciate each other's uniqueness within the group. The Co-op provides channels for communication so that skills of teaching and of parenting may be refined and the support and operation of the school may be accomplished.

Our Needs

Our school is requesting funds to enhance security, provide scholarships, and purchase new materials for classrooms and to supplement programming needs.