Category: Keeping up with Cooke

February 2024

Founder’s Celebration Our Founders Celebration shines a light on Cooke’s principles of community and inclusion, the ideals that shape everything we do. Before we had a board, staff, or even a first classroom, there was a group of parents who had a vision and...

January 2024

Admissions Our admissions team, Billy English and Gail Gerzetic, are working hard with potential students for the 2024–2025 school year! Each year we admit about 50 new students! This requires hundreds of parent interviews as we welcome families every week for tours...

December 2023

Year End Update It has been a long year. We spent so much of the last five years dealing with COVID, only to come out of it to a world that sometimes seems chaotic. Given who we are and what our work entails, we must still find strength and resilience within...

Cooke Pride!

Cooke Family Movie Night is Back   Picture this: the school gymnasium is transformed into a cozy movie theater, complete with comfy chairs, a giant projector screen, and buttery popcorn galore (well, maybe not the comfiest of chairs). Students and families gather...

A Supportive Community

  Supporting Our Children in these Difficult Times The Cooke community places great importance on compassion and social justice. At this time, we are deeply saddened by the violence and loss of life that is taking place in Israel and Gaza. We understand that the...

And…we’re back!

Welcome Back! Every year, staff returns  a few weeks early to prepare for the school year, participate in professional development, and make sure classes are set up for opening day. Despite looming challenges (possible bus strikes, and an uptick in COVID cases) we...