Rocky Hill Cooperative Nursery School

where teachers, parents, and children work together to provide a rich preschool experience

FAMILY. COMMUNITY. EXPLORATION.

RHCNS is a fully certified, non-profit and non-sectarian community for Rocky Hill, Montgomery, Princeton, Hillsborough, Hopewell, Kendall Park, Kingston, Franklin, South Brunswick and surrounding areas. We are located in the heart of New Jersey’s historic Rocky Hill Borough, in Rocky Hill’s Municipal Building with a beautiful open space and wonderful playground.


WE ARE NOW ENROLLING FOR FALL 2026!

You can now easily apply through Brightwheel after creating a login. There is no application fee.

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RHCNS admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.
It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

Cooperative

Why choose a Cooperative Preschool?

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Distinctive

We are play-based, developmentally appropriate, and have a heavy emphasis on nature.

Find out more about our curriculum and our Music Together program.

Program

Our program is for 3 and 4 year olds in a multiage class setting.

Find out more here!

Mrs. Linden's Blog

“We Don’t Paint with Marshmallows, We Burn Them in a Fire.”

    That’s the reaction I got recently from a new student on his first day of school. My reaction:  “But look, we are!”    Why, might you ask, did we paint with marshmallows?   Why not?  We have a hot chocolate shop, they used pom-poms for marshmall0ws, and I certainly didn’t want to give…

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Happy 60th Anniversary to Us!

On Saturday, May 4th from 1:00 to 3:00 we’ll be celebrating our 60th Anniversary!  Looking through the archives, I saw how while some things are radically different over 60 years, some are the same.  Board members were noted as, for example, “Mrs. John Smith.” There were questions on the parent and teacher applications such as…

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What Have We Been Doing?

February started with our map exploration.  First, a map of our school yard with photos. Where are the swings?  The gazebo? Where is the sidewalk?   A symbolic map of our classroom.  The colors closely represent the object  (the yellow desk, the red piano, the large blue rug.) Here, some wooden children are sitting on…

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