Philosophy & Curriculum

The Norwood Cooperative Nursery School offers a child-centered, teacher-guided pre-school education. The children are encouraged to grow, create, explore, and to make their own decisions. The teacher acts as a guide to enhance this growth by creating a nurturing and stimulating environment with a variety of interesting, challenging choices. Our dedicated staff members have developed a program that seeks to foster a positive self-image and to build trust and friendly relationships.

Parent Involvement

A cooperative means working together to benefit all; therefore parental involvement is an essential part of our program. Parents enrich the school program by assisting in the classrooms and contributing hobbies, ideas, talents and customs.  Parents also help outside the classroom by serving on the Board of Directors and by participating in fundraising events or on a committee. The children love to share their school with their parents. The combination of a child-centered program with highly qualified and dedicated teachers and parent participation has contributed to the warm and caring environment of the school.

Licenses & Partnerships

The Norwood Cooperative Nursery School is licensed by the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC).

The school is a member of the Norwood Community Partnerships for Children Program and the Early Childhood Educators of Norfolk County.

The Carol Lockwood climbing structure

The climbing structure in the 3-year-old classroom was dedicated to the memory of Carol Lockwood, a former parent and Board member in the earliest years of NCNS, on Sunday, January 25th 2004.

All of us at NCNS feel privileged to honor Carol in this very special way. Carol was very dedicated to the school and her early vision of the “cooperative” nature of the school became the model that we are still using today.

The plaque, which is mounted on the structure, remembers Carol as “founding parent, wise mentor, and true friend of children and the Norwood Cooperative Nursery School”.