Summer 2025 Newsletter: Parents, Students, Teachers Working Together!
- Escuela Cooperativa
- Jun 9
- 2 min read
Escuela Cooperativa offers a distinctive learning experience for children ages 3-5. Two of its guiding principles are its Montessori-based approach and the engagement of families in the overall experience. Maria Montessori emphasized the importance of holistic development where the focus is on the social, emotional, intellectual, and physical growth of children who learn to be self-directed and resourceful through a mixed-age interaction. Montessori children develop a love for learning and resourcefulness.
The word cooperativa in our name represents the active role of family members. Instead of paying tuition, our parents share their skills and interests to complement the work of the teaching team. Every day, on a rotating basis, parents deliver a parent-approved hot lunch to school for all the children. They also ensure the school grounds are cleaned daily and kept in good repair. They create teams that reflect their areas of interest. For our environmental focus, the parents volunteered for one of three teams: composting, creation of a public garden, and beach cleanup. With their children and the teachers, they participate weekly with their chosen team.
The following pictures demonstrate the elements of Escuela that make it distinctive. Maria Montessori would encourage you to look at them and decide for yourself what they represent!
Help us create more opportunities!
Please help us continue our distinctive approach to early education. Our tuition-free school is only possible through individuals like you who believe that early access to education and creating a family-based community around school is significant. You can support one child for a year with a donation of $1800 USD. Please visit our website to make a donation or set up a recurring monthly donation for $150 USD a month. Escuela is a not-for-profit organization (EIN 81-5475752), and all donations are tax deductible.
La Escuela Cooperativa de Sayulita is a collaboration of local families and educators to create an innovative pre-school for 3-5 year old children.
La Escuela builds on the natural curiosity of our students to develop a love of learning. We follow a Montessori-style approach: to help children learn independently, retaining the curiosity, creativity and intelligence with which they were born.
Each classroom is considered the “children’s house.” The teachers prepare and maintain the physical, intellectual, and social/emotional environment within which the children will work and play. This all works together to create an environment where the kids, parents and staff feel connected and invested.
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