Family policies

We ask your written permission before we share any photo of your child, on this site, in newsletters or on social media, and you can change your answer at any time. We never put a child's name with a photo, and the photos on this site are examples until we replace them with our own.

A child with a fever, vomiting or a contagious illness stays home and returns once they have been well for a full day. If a child gets ill at school, we call you right away and a guide stays with them until you arrive.

A guide greets each child at the door at drop-off, in Spanish or English. A child leaves only with the adults on the pickup list you give us, and we ask for ID at the door until we know you. Tell us ahead when someone new is coming.

Pickup is at 12:00 p.m. for morning children and 3:30 p.m. for the school day. If you are running late, call or text us so a guide can stay with your child. We talk with families about repeated late pickups, and the enrollment agreement says what follows.

Families send lunch and a water bottle. Snack is prepared by the children with a guide each morning. Tell us about allergies at the tour; we ask for the details privately once you enroll. We ask families not to send nuts.

Send clothes your child can manage alone and that can get dirty, closed shoes for the yard, a sun hat in warm months, a warm jacket in cold ones, and a spare set of clothes in a labeled bag.

We close for the usual holidays, for a break in late December and for a week in spring, and we share the year's closures at the start of the school year. If snow or ice closes the school, we text and email families early in the morning.

We ask for a month's notice in writing before a child leaves, so we can offer the place to a family on the waitlist. You can give it to us in person or through the contact form.