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| 979 1st St, Lafayette, CA, 94549 | |
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Specialties
Our mission is to nurture and educate both parents and children, connect families together and build upon their strengths. We encourage children’s growth within a play-centered learning environment, with adults facilitating the children’s development. We foster ongoing community through a spirit of cooperation and outreach.
History
Established in 1953.
In November 1953, six local parents met to discuss the formation of a cooperative nursery school in Lafayette. These parents had a vision for their children, their families and the community. One family’s previous involvement at a cooperative preschool in Berkeley served as a model for them. These families held onto their vision, worked very hard, and overcame many obstacles to see that vision through. Several downtown locations including the present Town Hall as well as the Lafayette Methodist Church served as early locations for the program for 3,4 and 5-year-old children and their parents. The property and building at 979 First Street were purchased for $ 9,500, in May of 1957. On September 5, 1958, Lafayette Nursery School opened at that location, where it continues to this day.
