About Oneonta Cooperative

Oneonta Cooperative Nursery School, founded in 1947, is the longest running parent participation preschool in the community of South Pasadena. Serving the community of parents interested in sharing their child’s preschool experience, we are a non-profit organization, powered and operated by families whose children attend our school.

Oneonta is a place of community building, beauty, friendship, growth and learning. Fostering love and a cooperative and collaborative spirit, we offer our families a foundational environment designed to nurture parent/child relationships. OCNS is a place where children learn to be impactful community members who have an empathetic approach and supportive lens to carry with them into the future. Read more about our approach.

 

 

 

Creating memories and messy moments. Learning together and from each other.

 

“ Learning and teaching should not stand on opposite banks and just watch the river flow by; instead, they should embark together on a journey down the water. Through an active, reciprocal exchange, teaching can strengthen learning and how to learn.”


— Loris Malaguzzi, The Hundred Languages of Children