The Strawberry Patch Parent Cooperative Preschool

 

NOW an NAEYC Accredited Preschool

Welcome to ROY-YELM-LACAMAS PARENT COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL, where parents are an important part of their child's preschool experience. A special feature is parent participation where the parent has the opportunity to work in the classroom, and observe the growth and development of the children. We are the only accredited cooperative preschool in Pierce or Thurston County!

Strawberry Patch Preschool is for children ages 2 3/4(3 by November 15) to 5 years and their parents. One objective of the parent cooperative preschool is helping children develop a positive self-image-feeling good about themselves. image of young girl smiling.

Other goals and activities include:

  • Relating to other children, sharing
  • Developing creative expression, art, Music, imagination
  • Fostering independence and Responsibility
  • Encouraging intellectual curiosity
  • Developing physical coordination
  • Parent education programs

School starts the middle of September and runs through the middle of May. You will be notified of the exact date.

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Registration

There is a registration fee required upon enrollment; amount to be determined yearly. This money is used for insurance and the tuition fee for Clover Park Technical College. It is not counted as tuition. A child is officially registered when registration is paid.

Registration may be mailed to the preschool at P.O. Box 478, Roy, WA, 98580; make checks payable to Strawberry Patch Preschool.

Class hours are as follows:

3 year olds ( 3 by November 15 ) Tue & Thur, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm.

4 year olds Mon, Wed, Fri, 9:00 am to 11:45 am or 12:30 pm to 3:15 pm

Tuition

Tuition rates are determined yearly by the membership. Tuition is prorated over a nine month period, so an equal amount is paid monthly.

Record Keeping and Medical Requirements

The following forms have to be up to date before the child can begin school:

  • Immunization records
  • All registration forms
  • Emergency Medical Care

For more information call (253) 843-1729

Quality Teacher's at the Strawberry Patch

Teresa Cook (Ms. Teresa) has been the teacher at Strawberry Patch Preschool since 1994. Her personal goals for the children are to provide a safe environment that creates learning opportunities, offers appropriate activities, and provides time for children to be with each other and with loving adults. Children learn best when they actively participate, work at their own pace and style, talk to each other, use real objects, build on their own experience, follow their natural curiosity, experiment to find solutions, and PLAY!!!

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Ms. Teresa’s goal is not to have children reading or writing when they move on to formal education, but to provide them with a positive experience of learning and of school. The activities will be student directed, not teacher directed. The role of the adults in the classroom is to ‘play’ with the children – dialogue, sharing, problem solving, encourage new thoughts and activities (co-learning). She would like children to look forward to coming each day to learn new things and be a contributing member of the group.

Ms. Teresa respects children and their families. Each person is valuable and she feels it is important to have families contribute knowledge of their heritage and skills with the children. She hopes to enable the children to grow physically, emotionally, socially as well as intellectually. Most of all, preschool children are really fun, and Ms. Teresa enjoys working with them!!!


Located behind Roy Elementary School:
221 East Third Street
Roy, WA

253-843-1729
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