Attendance & Tuition

Our mission at the The Children’s Community School is to create a learning community that honors and empowers children to engage their whole selves in education. Utilizing progressive education, we build a better society by fostering creativity, problem solving skills, communication skills, a sense of initiative, and a capacity to listen. We encourage students to engage their bodies, minds, and emotions, to make meaning, form relationships, and to develop an understanding of themselves as active members of community.

 

 

 

 

 

To Apply/ Enroll

In order to enroll at CCS we require:

  • An application and application fee:  CCS Application 2012-13
  • A visit to an Open House or to CCS
  •  Emergency Contact Information; CCS Enrollment Agreement 2012/13; Pediatrician Form and Immunization Records
  • One month’s security deposit, returned when you leave CCS minus any outstanding payments
  • First month’s tuition for the 2012/13 year

Please note that enrollment is for 11 months. We offer a part time and a full time program. Our part time program is made up of two, three, and five day options for 2-5 year old children from 8:30-12:30. We have three teachers and 18 children a day in the part time program. In 2012/13, we will also offer a full time program from 8:30- 3:00 for 4 and 5 year olds, with 12 children and two teachers. We are open September-July.  We provide a healthy snack and students bring their lunches. Our tuition includes our adjunct offerings–several months of classes with outside music, dance, or yoga teachers. We often have a volunteer teacher’s assistant in the room as well.
 

Brochure

If you would like to download our brochure; please click here: COMING SOON.

 

Our Tuition 2012/13

PART TIME PROGRAM (8:30-12:30)

  • Two day program: $338 a month ($3718/year)
  • Three day program: $498 a month ($ 5478/year)
  • Five day program: $836 a month ($9196/year)

FULL TIME PROGRAM (8:30-3:00)

  • Five days full time: $1050 a month ($11,550 /year)

After the first month payment to secure your child’s spot, the remaining payments are structured on the following timeline: two months of tuition is due the first of every other month, starting in July.

  • A two month payment for the 2-day program is $ 676
  • A two month payment for the 3-day program is $ 996
  • A two month payment for the 5-day Part time program is $ 1672
  • A two month payment for the Full Time Program is $2100
A tuition payment of two months tuition is due on:
  • July 1
  • September 1
  • November 1
  • January 1
  • March 1

All families are invited to pay in full if they wish at any time.

For enrollment in the 2013/14 year, we require your decision to re-enroll in writing, along with the desired program, no later than January 10th, 2013. We then require the first month’s tuition for the 2013/14 year no later than February 1st, 2013.  If you switch your child to a new program at CCS, we require that your security deposit matches the monthly tuition of that program.  

Our late Payment Policy

There is a $50 charge for all late payments and $5 additional for each week that payment is late.Should your debt to CCS exceed your security deposit, your child will be considered to be withdrawn from the program. Enrollment is for 11 months. Security deposits are returned by August 15th of the academic year in which your child was enrolled, regardless of your withdrawal date. We can only refund deposits to families withdrawing before the year’s end, if we find another family to enroll in your child’s place.

Other Fees:

We have a program change fee of $125 for any changes in program mid year (from 2 day program to 3, for example). In order to change programs, we do require that there be a child to take your child’s place. There is also a $125 fee  for leaving the program midyear.

Work Study Positions & Scholarship Fund

We offer a limited number of work study options for tuition reduction.

As we move forward we will apply for grants and continue to undertake fund raising to support a scholarship fund.

Students eligible for state and federal daycare support are able to use this to attend CCS.

In certain circumstances, we will work with families to develop an alternative payment plan.

 Nondiscrimination Statement

 The Children’s Community School welcomes and does not discriminate against children and families from all ethnic, racial, religious, or national backgrounds and diverse family structures.