Why Family, Community, Exploration? Part 2: Community.

Established over 300 years ago, the borough of Rocky Hill is a beautiful little town near Princeton. It’s a nice “walking” town, even the open fields have mowed pathways for residents to use.

Started in 1959, Rocky Hill Cooperative Nursery School has been about community from the start. We’re located in the Municipal Building, but our hours are different from the public’s hours. We can walk to the fire station, rescue squad, post office and library. There is a soccer field behind our school as well as mowed pathways, fields, streams, and woods to explore.

Every year we walk to the Post Office to mail letters. We map the neighborhood.

 

We can walk to the fire station, or they come to us!

 

I think this is one of the most important things our firefighters do. They show us how they go from street clothes to their full gear. Children can practice crawling to them and touching their gloves. Think about. In case of fire, would children typically crawl towards someone who looks and sounds like Darth Vadar? Hopefully, now they will!

 

We walked through the fields to the Rocky Hill Rescue Squad and got to sit in and on an ambulance!

Walking back to school

The EMTs surprised us by driving by on The Gator, the vehicle they use for off road rescue!

Children need to know where they belong and where their roots are before they can take off and explore the world. At RHCNS, family is the beginning. A child’s family is their life-long teacher and support. Next comes the community around them. We know we have neighbors who help us and help to keep us safe. They help us, we help each other. I love this town, I love this school!