Davis Parent Nursery School

Fence Painting at 8th Street Site The sign at the 8th street location

Locations

1447 Danbury Street

426 West 8th St.

Hours

Variable

Phones

Danbury Street (530)757-5375

West 8th St. (530)757-5377

Website

davisparentnurseryschool.com

The Davis Parent Nursery School (DPNS) is a non-profit parent participation pre-school associated with the DJUSD Adult School. Parent participation and education is required to varying extents in all programs. Though it is a non-trivial time commitment it is widely regarded by the participants as well worth it. There is currently a waiting list for the 2006/2007 school year.

DPNS offers several programs including:

• Mixed age playgroup (15 months - 27 months)
  

• Older playgroup (24 months - 33 months)
  

• 2 day AM preschool (2 years 3 months - 3 years 3 months)
  

• 3 day AM preschool (2 years 9 months - 4 years 8 months)
  

• 3 day PM preschool (2 years 9 months - 4 years 8 months)
  

• Pre-K (4 years - 5 years 3 months)
  

• 5 day AM preschool (3 years - 4 years 8 months)

What did you think of Davis Parent Nursery School?

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2005-10-01 01:52:25   My daughter was enrolled at DPNS for the 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 school years. We were in the 5 Day AM program with Teacher Sandy Rendig. May daughter absolutely adored Sandy. Now that my daughter is at Cesar Chavez Elementary attending Kindergarten she still asks me if she can go back to DPNS. If you ever visit their 8th Street facility you can understand why kids want to go there. It has over an acre of areas where kids can play. (The site was established over 50 years ago when the real estate was much cheaper. And the entire site was built by parent volunteers.) Some people have been put off by the extensive volunteer time that you need to put in to be a DPNS parent. But I must say that I enjoyed the time with my child. DPNS can be hard if you have 3 or more kids (because you have to volunteer for each child). But I have known quite a few Moms & Dads that have done it. —SherryOneal

2005-10-01 02:08:12   I can speak as an alumni of DPNS - class of 1962. I still have fond memories of this nursery school. The original fort is still there on the property, but the mud area is now a sandbox. I remember that there were parents there but I don't recall them participating in our play that much. Maybe it is different now with parents hovering more over their children. It was a place for me to make friends and play with other children, learn to get along, take turns, paint, ride tricycles up and down the hill, play in the mud and eat graham crackers. —SharlaDaly

2006-11-03 08:12:32   Everybody raves about this place. I have anly seen the W8th place from the outside and the play yard looks awsome. They have a fleet of trikes in all shapes and sizes. The only downside so far is that the wait list to get in is looooong (ofcourse that is a good sign ina sense). I wish I'd be a tot again. —ArneAnka

• As of September 27th, there were a few spots open in the South Davis school. They're probably filled by now, and might not be for the age group you need, but the waiting list is probably shorter. —JessicaLuedtke
  

2007-03-01 09:48:45   What you don't realize about this preschool is how much you get out of it for you, the parent. Not only is it a fantastic place for kids (every teacher is amazing) but as a parent you obtain many skills that you don't even realize you're obtaining until you are in other situations where you find yourself using them. It's hard to even explain. —WesHardaker