What families ask us

Families visit, apply and hear back within two weeks of a visit day. The admissions page lists each step and the months they fall in.

Open houses are in October and February. Visit days run on Wednesdays from September to May, and the Book a visit button at the top of any page books one.

Yes. A visit day is how most families begin. Your child sits in on a morning, you see all three rooms and you talk with a guide.

It is the long morning stretch, close to three hours, when each student chooses work from the shelves, takes lessons from a guide and finishes what was started. The guides keep track of what each student has done and what comes next.

Spanish is its own subject, taught in a daily block after lunch by guides who speak Spanish. It starts with songs, stories and everyday phrases and grows into reading, writing and discussion in the older rooms. The other lessons are in English.

No. Some students come from Spanish-speaking homes and some have never heard it in a lesson. Each student starts where they are, and the guides pair the work to match.

The guides and the family talk first. A student is usually working with the next room's materials before the move, and the new room's guide visits the old one to meet them.

Each room has up to 14 students. The rooms page lists each room's size beside its ages.

Tuition depends on the room, the days a week and extended day. The tuition page explains how a place is held and how to ask about financial aid, and the office goes through the figures at a visit.

An extended day runs after dismissal on the days a family chooses. Ask the office at a visit how it works for your family.

Yes. Families choose three days or five. The guides plan the week's lessons so a student on three days still sees the work cycle and the Spanish block.

Guides write a note home every Friday, in Spanish and English. Families meet the guides at conferences in the fall and spring, and the office answers calls and messages in either language.