The Rolla Outdoor Collaborative School (ROCS) is a non-profit collaborative preschool, homeschool and afterschool enrichment program for the families of Rolla and the surrounding areas. The program is completely outdoors and takes place in the beautiful 70 acre Audubon Trails Nature Center. 

Our curriculum emerges from the children’s interests and follows the seasons. Our program includes a balance of teacher-directed and child-directed activities. Teacher-directed activities include group meeting/circle time, projects, crafts, hikes and science experiments. The remainder of our program time is centered on child-directed activities such as our learning centers (gross motor play, blocks, easel, dramatic play, sensory bins, mud kitchen, books, etc).  Our student-centered, process-based philosophy introduces young students to a lifetime of learning. 

To learn more about ROCS, please visit our website at www.RollaOutdoorSchool.org or find us on Facebook.

If you have a group that would like to visit the Audubon Trails Nature Center the trained naturalists at ROCS will be happy to customize an outing for your group. Contact us at director@rollaoutdoorschool.org