Cochrane’s only cooperative, volunteer-driven playschool — Cochrane Creative Playschool Society (CCPS) said that May 31 is the deadline for families to apply for their new scholarship opportunity, the J&J Ross Scholarship.
Thanks to the donation made by student Naveah Meyer’s grandparents, John and Janine Ross, for $3,000, one deserving child will be awarded a scholarship that would enable him/her to attend the three-year old program (two days per week, running Sept. through May) for the 2014/15 season.
The successful applicant would be notified June 7.
“We would like to offer it to a child who wouldn’t normally have this opportunity,” explained Erin Munro Clark, a volunteer parent board member for the CCPS.
“(Playschool) makes such a difference in a child’s readiness for school.”
Parents can access the scholarship application form on the website; the parent must also write a short essay on why their child would benefit from the scholarship and what it would mean to their family.
The CCPS has the lowest fees of any playschool in town. Centered on ‘learning through play’, the CCPS offers a three-year-old program and a four-year-old program in the basement of St. Andrew’s United Church.
The volunteer-driven society ensures that one parent is always on staff for each class to accompany award-winning teacher Sarah Blackett.
Learn more at cochranecreative.ca.
