The Village School is hosting an Open House on Saturday February 8, from 10 a.m. to noon. Come see classrooms, meet teachers, talk to current parents and students, meet alumni and learn about the engaging and challenging curriculum. Find out about the admissions process, financial aid, and openings in preschool, kindergarten and 1st - 5th grade for next fall.

Bring children! From 10 to 11:45 a.m., children can join in arts and crafts and science activities in the classrooms. At 11:45 a.m. everyone will gather together to meet with school director Risa Richardson. Coffee, tea and light refreshments are served throughout the morning.

The Village School is an affordable independent school for children from Preschool through the 6th grade. For more information, call 978 249-3505, or go to www.villageschoolma.org.

The Open House takes place in the new Village School building, 253 S. Royalton Rd, on Rt. 68 on the Camp Caravan property in Royalston. Walk through the spacious sunlit new building.

Director Risa Richardson was asked about where learning begins. She said, "Beyond initial curiosity, the foundation of learning is relationship. Each teacher has a personal relationship with each of his or her students. Our teachers know their students well, and this relationship gives the student security to take risks and rise to a challenge. Relationship also means acceptance by your peers. The school provides a safe warm social environment where children respect each other, accept each other and work together in large or small groups easily. Learning is a cooperative, group endeavor in a learning community, doing ones personal best and working towards understanding together."

"We believe in growth mindset, the confidence that all children are mathematicians, all children are writers, all children are artists, knowing that it is through effort and practice that each child can develop his or her abilities and talents."

You can find out more about the innovative Village School education at the Open House.