El Cerrito Preschool Cooperative

Play, Learn and Grow at ECPC

Events

Fall Open House Saturday, October 21

ECPC is now enrolling for Fall 2018! We welcome all parents with children who will be 3 years old by September 1, 2018 to our Open House this weekend. Come explore our beautiful indoor and outdoor spaces where our kids learn through imagination and play, and meet current ECPC parents who are the heartbeat behind ECPC!

When: Saturday, October 21, 10:00am – 12:00pm 

Where: El Cerrito Preschool Cooperative, 7200 Moeser Lane (between Ashbury and Pomona)

If you can’t make it to the Open House but would like a tour of the school, or have any questions, please contact admin@ecpckids.com.

We hope to see you and your children there!

 

Join ECPC at the El Cerrito Showcase Parade

This Saturday, September 16, is the El Cerrito Centennial Showcase Parade, part of an ongoing celebration of El Cerrito’s 100th Anniversary, and ECPC couldn’t be prouder to be participating!

We would love for ECPC members, alumni and friends to join us as we gather with our El Cerrito neighbors and celebrate our own 77 years in the community.

Come in your vintage ECPC shirts/gear or solid bright color shirts, and invite other friends of ECPC to join you. We welcome bringing signs that says what years you or your child attended ECPC. Lets celebrate our 77 years!

When:

Saturday, September 16, starting at 10:00am.

Where:
Gather between 9:00-9:30am at the Safeway/PetFood Express parking lot at 11450 San Pablo Avenue. Look for ECPC signs and folks in pink. Please park personal vehicles in the BART surface parking lot – do not park non-parade vehicles in the Safeway lot.

More Details:
– Parade ends at Cerrito Vista Park
– Parade distance is 1.5 miles
– Young children in the parade should be in strollers/wagons, etc.
– Water will be available, but consider bringing your own drink and re-usable bottle
– At the park, there will be free sandwiches and birthday cupcakes for the first 1000 attendees (plus a food truck onsite) and entertainment following the parade including chalk art for the children.

RSVP on Facebook and let us know if you’ll be joining us! And don’t forget to let other ECPC friends and alumni know by sharing this post or our inviting them on Facebook. We hope to see you there!

 

Team Up with ECPC Superheroes at the Solano Avenue Stroll

ECPC will be participating in the 43rd Annual Solano Avenue Stroll Parade on Sunday, September 10, and we’d love for our members, friends and alumni join us!

ECPC has a rich history of participating in the parade, placing first or second in our use of the theme color each of the last 8 years, and we are excited to represent our wonderful school to the wider community yet again. We will be lining up on Fresno Street, between Solano and Marin, and the parade starts at 10:00am. Come meet new members and help kick-start another successful school year for ECPC.

This year’s Solano Stroll theme color is pink, and we will be sporting brand new ECPC t-shirts to represent our school’s theme this year, superheroes! Why superheroes? Aside from the fact that kids just love them, we know that even with their individual super powers, heroes can’t do everything alone. As a co-op, we couldn’t keep our ECPC community thriving without every child, teacher and member’s unique talents combined with the everyone’s willingness to work together, which makes school days fun for our kids and community events fun for everyone. This Sunday we’ll be celebrating our everyday superheroes who make ECPC such a special place to be.

And in honor of Throwback Thursday, we thought you’d enjoy a few photos from Solano Strolls from the past:

ECPC rocked the 2015 Solano Stroll with our purple Enchanted Garden theme. We took First Place!

 

 

ECPC 2017 graduate Mila, showing off her fall leaves head dress at last year’s Stroll. ECPC tied for 2nd place.

 

ECPC won first place in 2013 with our fire engine float!

 

 

Find more Solano Stroll photos from the past on our Facebook page.

Spring Open House

Please join us on Saturday, April 29th from 10am to 12pm for our Spring Open House. This is a great opportunity to view the school in action and chat with parents and teachers. Parents and children are welcome! Refreshments will be provided.

 

Annual ECPC Spring Auction starts April 12

Beginning April 12, 2017 at 7:00PM PDT and ending April 24 at 9:00 PM PDT you and your friends and family will be able to bid on all types of fun and exciting items and services!

 

Please use (and share) the auction link below:

http://www.32auctions.com/ECPC2017

Messy Art Day March 19

Join us for our biggest and messiest event of the year!

 

Children 4 and under and their parents are welcome to participate in the fun. Older siblings can participate in activities on Ashbury Street, which will be closed to traffic. Food and drinks will be available for purchase from local food trucks.