BELAIR COOPERATIVE NURSERY SCHOOL 50th ANNIVERSARY EVENT

The Belair Cooperative Nursery School board is pleased to announce that they will hold a celebration for Bowie’s only cooperative nursery’s 50th anniversary.

The celebration will include food, games, and other children activities. This festival, open to all past, current, and interested future members of the Belair Cooperative Nursery school, as well as friends and family, will take place in the parking lot of the nursery school at 3120 Belair Drive, Bowie, MD, on May 19, 2012, from noon to 4:00 p.m. Admission is free, although donations are welcome and tax-deductible.

The Belair Cooperative Nursery School, established in 1962, is one of the oldest preschools in the City of Bowie. The school is a non-profit, non-sectarian, and non-partisan organization. It has been accredited by the Maryland State Department of Education since 1970. The Belair Cooperative Nursery School rents classroom space from the Christian Community Presbyterian Church on Belair Drive in Bowie.

The school’s purpose is to provide children with a group experience that extends the values of family life by fostering a sense of community involvement. It is the philosophy of the school to encourage student awareness of and participation in one's natural, social, and cultural environment. Parental involvement is an essential part of the cooperative school. The parents form the Board of Directors and govern the entire program. They hire the teachers, assist in planning the educational program, and participate in the classroom on a rotating basis as teacher's aides.

For more information on the event and the school, please visit www.belaircoop.org.