Stevens Cooperative School

The Stevens Cooperative School (also referred to as SCS), founded in 1949, is the only nonsectarian private elementary school in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. The school started as an informal playgroup for children of the faculty at Stevens Institute of Technology. The School, focused on delivering a Progressive education, has since grown into a preschool, elementary school, and middle school and the Stevens Cooperative School has campuses in Hoboken and Jersey City. Stevens is the oldest parent cooperative school in New Jersey As of 2011, from 2s through the 8th grade, nearly 400 students are in the school. The Interim Head of School is Dr. David Penberg. Stevens Cooperative School is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.

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