Our Mission
Inspire creativity, joy in learning, and self-confidence in children through exploration, love and laughter. Our children are our future - they lead, teach, create, and explore a world we have not yet imagined.
Imagine: We believe that children are creative, capable, and caring. Our philosophy is to trust the child and foster their capacity to imagine.
Discover: Our environment lends itself to the joy of discovery. Together we learn the possibilities of what can be imagined.
Act: Our school is a community of action. Our children's use of imagination and capacity to discover nurtures the self-confidence to act with passion, purpose, and playfulness.
The goal at CRMS, Inc. is to enable children to gain the skills and abilities that allow them to follow their passions:
● Fostering their fullest capacity to think, feel and express themselves
● Developing self and social awareness, values, initiative, adaptability to change and self-discipline
● Exercising critical judgment, inspiring them to use and heighten their knowledge
● Gaining the skills to collaborate and participate in the society in which they live
● Intellectual, social, physical, emotional and moral/ethical growth; the one hundred languages of children or - the concept of the "whole child".
Our History
The COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL PRESCHOOL (CRMS Preschool) was founded in 1989 as an integral part of the Colorado Rocky Mountain School to serve three, four and five year old children in a rich experiential program and simultaneously providing an opportunity for high school students to become actively involved with young children.
In the spring of 1998, at the request of the CRMS Board, the preschool became a separate entity for tax purposes. At that time, the name was changed to Children's Rocky Mountain School, Inc. (CRMS, INC.) The preschool had been on the CRMS campus for 27 years.
In the fall of 2016, the preschool relocated to 126 Main St in Downtown Carbondale, Co. Appropriate equipment and materials are provided both indoors and outdoors. This location provides many opportunities for the children,
science center. The outdoor area features a wooden hallow blocks, a playhouse, bike path, along with full- grown trees and bushes, lawn and garden areas, a water table, and a sandbox. The new in-town location also
provides walking access to all our town has to offer: more biking, nature walks and cross-country skiing on
the Rio Grande bike path, projects at the Carbondale Clay Center, educational/experiential field trips to local
businesses, True Nature, the Launchpad and Carbondale's amazing arts community, the Carbondale
Recreation Center, the parks, and the fantastic Carbondale Library