Parents
For parents, the benefits of a cooperative school are numerous. Our emphasis, alongside that of our children's development, is parent education. Throughout the year, various opportunities for that development are scheduled. Three parent ed meetings feature a speaker on relevant family/child topics. Twice a year, the teacher and parents of each class gather for "staff meetings." Since we all help out in the classroom, we use these meetings as a time to discuss our joys and challenges of that experience as well as get to know each other better. We also have a wonderful, very casual, Fall Festival and Parents' Night Out dinners where it gives parents time to socialize and have fun.
