Welcome

To the current site for Oasis Community School and temporary site for Oasis Nurturing Education, Inc. a non-profit education foundation supporting child-centered, democratic education.( website under construction)

Oasis schools first opened in Encinitas in the early 1980's with Oasis Montessori School located in Old Encinitas near the library. Since then it has transitioned to Oasis Community School in Leucadia and will now add a new non-profit elementary program beginning in September; The Organic School.

Oasis schools offer a unique style of child-centered education. We are also organic schools in not only our green living practices but in the ever-changing , alive quality of our classrooms. We focus on the growth of the whole child; body, mind and spirit.

The Intention

To use a garden analogy, we see the child as a seed with all the potential just waiting to bloom in the right environment and with careful nurturing. It is education from the inside out. The guiding principles underlying our methods and classroom practices are designed to help unlock this hidden potential inherent within each child.

This is not limited to a few areas of academic learning but includes a broad spectrum of learning experiences for the development of social, creative, emotional, and physical abilities as well .

See Nurturing Needs , Community and Nature , and Curriculum sections for more information.

Best of all , schedule a visit. Come and see our active, happy kids in action.