NURSERY SCHOOL'S ROUTINE DISRUPTED : SHERMAN OAKS CENTER NEEDS A HOME.Byline: Jeanne Mariani-Belding Daily News Staff Writer For years the Sherman Oaks Cooperative Nursery School nursery school, educational institution for children from two to four years of age. It is distinguishable from a day nursery in that it serves children of both working and nonworking parents, rarely receives public funds, and has as its primary objective to promote has taught its students the importance of giving to the community. The students hold a yearly toy drive for a local shelter for battered women and their children; they hop in the annual hop-athon to raise funds for leukemia patients; and they sing regularly for residents of a convalescent con·va·les·cent adj. Relating to convalescence. n. A person who is recovering from an illness, an injury, or a surgical operation. convalescent 1. pertaining to or characterized by convalescence. 2. hospital down the street. Now, these 2- to 5-year-olds are counting on the community for help in finding a new school building. They are losing the one used for 40 years at the Van Nuys/Sherman Oaks Recreation Center, officials said Monday. ``We're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a single-room building; any kind of setup with some storage would get us going. A portable trailer would do just fine,'' said Gwen Lew, the nonprofit school's director. The nursery school uses a portion of the recreation center's swimming pool facilities from September through June, when the pool is closed, said Olga Singer, the city's principal recreation supervisor for the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . Each September, after the three-month swimming season ends, parents roll up their sleeves and revamp the recreation center's locker room into a classroom. The walls are plastered with paper cutouts and the shower room Noun 1. shower room - a room with several showers room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" shower bath, shower stall - booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom is transformed into a jungle with paper vines, birds and stuffed animals. Knee-high tables and tiny red, blue and yellow chairs become workstations for 24 children. But the city now plans to upgrade the pool and open it all year, leaving the nursery school nine months to find new digs. The school will be allowed to use a portion of the center's land large enough for a portable trailer or classroom, Singer said. The school is having several fund-raisers for the new building, including one with Numero Uno nu·me·ro u·no n. Slang 1. One that is first in rank, order, or importance. 2. One's own interests; oneself. adj. Number one. restaurant in Encino today and on the second Tuesday of each month. On those days, the restaurant will donate 25 percent of its sales to the school when customers mention the school's name. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1) Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. Patronete, 22 months, naps on the sh oulder of her mother, Debbie, at the Sherman Oaks Cooperative Nursery School. Myung J. Chun/Daily News (2) The school must move from a Valley recreation center. |
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