The Story
At BHNS, our mission is to provide the child with a nurturing environment to instill a love of learning through our developmental play-based curriculum informed by foundational theories of early childhood education and current brain development research.
Established in 1939, we are the oldest nursery school in Southern Marin. In 1950, the site on Cove Road Place was purchased and in 1953, we changed from a parent co-op to a professionally staffed nursery school. By 1968, the enrollment had grown, and all the Pre-K children moved to the Hawthorne Campus on Rock Hill Road.
We are a private non-profit organization owned and operated by the parents who have children attending Belvedere Nursery School and/or Hawthorne Pre-K. The Board of Directors is responsible for policy making. Recommendations from the teaching directors provide important guidance for board decisions. Board members are elected annually by the parent body and serve volunteer terms of one to three years.
We maintain a child/staff ratio of six to one for all programs.
