With a 50 year history, Ruth Washburn Cooperative Nursery School (RWCNS) is a beloved preschool in the Pikes Peak region. Children two and a half through six years of age enjoy an enriching preschool experience that focuses on their full development as human beings.
Through small class size and a wide variety of materials, music, art, movement, and dramatic play, the children are invited to creatively explore the world and discover how to uniquely express themselves.RWCNS is organized as a cooperative, in the belief that its educational aims can best be accomplished with the active presence of parents within the school.
Through small class size and a wide variety of materials, music, art, movement, and dramatic play, the children are invited to creatively explore the world and discover how to uniquely express themselves.RWCNS is organized as a cooperative, in the belief that its educational aims can best be accomplished with the active presence of parents within the school.
Services
Ruth Washburn Cooperative Nursery School offers a complete preschool program for the young child. For children aged two-and-a-half through five years, the school offers various two and three and day classes, both mornings and afternoons. A typical three-hour preschool day involves a broad opportunity for the child's stimulation and development.
Special thanks to Wendy McPhee, daughter of Minnow Howbert and niece of Ruth Washburn, for writing the following biographies. Dr. Washburn was born in 1890 in Northampton, Massachusetts to Philip and Miriam Washburn. In 1893 the family moved to Colorado Springs where her father became Rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.
First and foremost, a child's day begins with a warm welcome the minute he or she walks through the door. The atmosphere at Ruth Washburn is comfortable and inviting. Children enter with big smiles on their faces, excited to see what the day has in store! With an average of one teacher to four students, teachers and aides are able to engage children throughout their center time.
Ruth Washburn is a Pyramid Plus Implementation Site. Pyramid Plus works to improve the social and emotional competence and inclusion of young children through the Pyramid Plus Approach: embedded inclusion practices along the entire developmental continuum (Birth - 5 years) within the Pyramid Model framework.
Teresa Aten is a lifelong resident of Colorado Springs, having graduated from Coronado High School in 1995. She attended the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) with a major in Chemistry and a minor in Spanish. While attending UCCS, she was a founding member of the Iota Kappa Chapter of the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority.
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Andy Staver
Sep 21, 2021
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Sabryna Holloway
Dec 06, 2018
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Wow, this is a special place there really isn’t another preschool like this in the Springs. I have tried four preschools in town (Yak Academy, Discovery Trails, & Global Villiage preschool now defunct) Ruh Washburn is by far superior, here is why. The staff is AMAZING, you will not find a team of people more kind, encouraging and nonjudgmental. You can approach the director and teachers with questions, concerns or advice and receive honest helpful feedback. The school grounds and commitment to outdoor play is really special, even on snowy days they bring out sleds and help with mittens and boots
