Welcome to Laurelwood Preschool

What is a Cooperative?

A cooperative (or parent participation) preschool is one in which the parents assume the many responsibilities of the administration of the preschool. All of the activities that make the school function at the optimum level are in our hands. All parents are required to attend a mandatory parent orientation, provide snack for all children on their assigned day, work in the classroom, and participate in the bake sale.

A cooperative preschool provides a healthy, safe and diverse environment in which your child will develop physically, mentally, emotionally and socially. It allows you to see your child in a preschool setting with other children, to become aware of some of the common behavior patterns of young children and to learn how to adapt to these traits.

Laurelwood Preschool is a growing and changing organization. No two years are the same. New ideals are advanced with some being retained and some discarded. The organization depends upon your ideas for the improvement of the school. You, as a participating parent, can shape the programs that help your child to develop. You are vital to the functioning of your child's school, which is one of the greatest advantages of a cooperative preschool education.

In addition to the administrative and organizational responsibilities of a cooperative preschool, we could not function without thoughtful consideration of each other. Parents help one other by switching workdays, by working out transportation problems, by volunteering for necessary duties and by being considerate of others. Most families who enroll at Laurelwood Preschool do so because they greatly enjoy the collaborative, give-and-take dynamic of our community.