Community-founded. Family-centered.
An independent, nonprofit homeschool learning center for kindergarten through 6th grade, serving Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln and greater Placer County since 1992.
Where children are known and learning is driven by wonder
RCS is a certified vendor for six charter schools, offering full-time and part-time programs for homeschool families. Children learn through hands-on, child-centered progressive education, with families right beside them.
To develop creative, confident, critical thinkers through hands-on, child-centered progressive education.
A learning community that celebrates each child’s individuality, encourages meaningful risk-taking, and helps children become compassionate, imaginative and self-assured.
Progressive education, every day
Grounded in Alfie Kohn’s model of progressive education, our five core values shape how every class works.
Whole Child
We support intellectual, emotional, social and physical growth together.
Real-World Learning
Children learn by doing, through projects that connect to the world around them.
Individualized Paths
Learning adapts to each child’s needs, interests and pace.
Learning Through Exploration
Play, movement, outdoor learning and creative expression sit at the center.
Collaboration & Community
Students build communication, teamwork and relationship skills for life.
From a trailer on a dirt patch to a campus full of wonder
- 1992
Founded by families
Parents from Roseville Community Preschool, inspired by Bev Bos, start RCS.
- 2005
Nonprofit
RCS incorporates as a nonprofit organization.
- 2020
A pause
Operations pause during COVID-19.
- 2021
Reopened
RCS returns as a learning center for homeschool families through charter partnerships.
- Today
Growing forward
Tall trees, gardens, treehouses and a community that keeps growing.
“If it hasn’t been in the hand and the body, then it can’t be in the brain.”
Bev Bos, the early childhood educator whose work inspired our founding families. Her belief in play, discovery and respect for children is still the heart of every RCS classroom. RCS grew out of Roseville Community Preschool.
Room to climb, dig, build and grow
Our campus is designed for learning that happens outside as much as in.
- Outdoor classrooms
- School garden
- Treehouses
- Zipline & rope swings
- Natural play spaces
- Community room
Easier to watch than to describe
See a school day in progress. Most families know within one visit.
