Together in the Park

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Parent Education through the Watsonville/Aptos
Adult School
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• Watsonville Parent Cooperative Preschool
• 220 Elm Street
• Watsonville
• Starting our 54th year
• In existence since 1950
• Always been a part of the Adult School
• Inspired an elementary charter school
• Twice monthly parent education meetings
• Currently serving 40 families

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El Jardin Cooperative Preschool
112 E. Beach Street Watsonville New
bilingual cooperative preschool Emphasis on
language development Started as a request from
parents of our Together in the Park
program Twice monthly parent education
meetings Currently serving 25 families
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Together in the Park

• Juntos en el Parque

• A collaboration between
• Watsonville/Aptos Adult Education
• First Five of Santa Cruz County
• Even Start
• Early Start
• Watsonville City Parks and Recreation
• Santa Cruz County Parks and Recreation

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• Together in the Park
• Free preschool
  program in local parks
  serving families of children 0-5
• 
  Program is offered 45 weeks of the
  yearrain or shine!
• Red Wagon Librarylending library of
  books for children and parents
• Chevy Cargo Van
• for transporting program materials
• Park programs offered six different
• parks throughout Watsonville
• on six different days of the week

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Creativity and name writing
A chance to do some quiet reading
Together in the Park A Park Full of
Opportunities
Brothers and sisters help little brother learn to
write his name