Bright Prospects Co-op Preschool

COOPERATIVE

A co-op is more than just a name, BPCP is operated and “owned” by the parents. We serve as school officers, determine all matters of policy, and conduct school business. Each parent or parents serves on a committee, assists in fund-raising activities, and participates monthly as a parent helper to the two certified teachers. During the summer of 2006, we moved to our current location. You can now find the preschool at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, located at 2730 E. 31st Street behind the East Lake Library, near to bus and light rail service. Although the school rents space from the church, the preschool is not church-affiliated.

YEARLY PROGRAM

Designed to enhance total development of each preschool child, the program recognizes and accommodates individual differences in children. The teachers organize curriculum by themes that change approximately every two weeks. These themes provide the framework for many of the children's activities throughout the day. Some examples of themes are: celebrations; wheels; story weaving; and bugs, bugs, bugs. The children begin their day with circle time for music, sharing, and discussing plans for the school day. Children then choose from a wide variety of crafts and play activities--including art materials, manipulative toys, and equipment that encourages social and dramatic play. A snack is provided by the parent helper. Snack time is followed by unstructured large muscle activities that occur inside or outside depending on the weather. The day ends with another story. BPCP is in session Monday through Friday from 9a.m. to 12 noon, from early September through late May. Children can be dropped off as early as 8:45a.m. Our calendar follows the schedule of the Minneapolis public schools.