LOS GATOS-SARATOGA OBSERVATION NURSERY SCHOOL
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Mission Statement
The Los Gatos-Saratoga Observation Nursery School, affectionately refereed to as "The Mountain School" is a parent child development program for children ages 2-5 in a rural setting that emphasizes the value of the outdoors, self-directed play, and self-esteem.
About This Cause
LGSONS was founded in 1956 by Betty Peck as a farm school and named after its caretakers, the late Harold and Louise Easterbrook, who owned property including a farm with hillsides of sheep, pigs, chickens, rabbits, horses and orchards between Austin Way and Bainter Avenue, behind the Quito Fire Station on Los Gatos Saratoga Road. She started the school for her own children, Bill and Anna, and Anna's children have now both been through the school. In 1958 when the original farm was sold, the school moved to Saratoga Springs Park where we still meet today in the fall and spring for approximately 6 weeks each season. In 1973 classes began to meet at Lakeside School for the winter months where we continue today as well. Parents have always attended, writing observations from the very first years. Montessori materials have been used as part of the curriculum for a long time although we are not a montessori school. The school was established to include parent education as well as nursery school activities for children from 2 - 5 years and has had a long association with the Los Gatos Saratoga adult education department.