How to enroll
Six steps, from a first question to the first morning.
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Step 1: Get in touch
Call the office, send the form or book a visit. The office writes back within two school days.
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Step 2: Visit the school
Come to an open house, or book an observation morning: you sit at the edge of a room while the children work, then talk with the head of school. Children are welcome to come along.
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Step 3: Apply
Applications open in November. The application asks about your family and what you hope for your child. A guide then meets your child in the room for a short visit.
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Step 4: Hear from us
Families hear in March, by letter and by phone, all in the same week.
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Step 5: Register
After an offer, you sign the enrollment agreement and fill in the school's forms with the office, privately: records, pickup and health.
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Step 6: The first day
New families come to the garden gate in late August for a short meeting. Classes begin the next morning, and a guide meets each new child at the door.
The school year
When to visit, apply and hear from us
Families apply a school year ahead. Open houses begin in the fall, and decisions go out in March.
October and again in January
Open houses
Walk the building and the land, and meet the head of school and the guides.
Most Wednesdays, October to March
TourObservation mornings
Sit at the edge of a room while the children work, then talk with the head of school.
Book a visitNovember
Applications open
For the fall, about nine months away.
Early February
DeadlineApplication deadline
Families who apply by then hear together.
Mid-March
Decisions
By letter and by phone, in the same week.
Early April
DeadlineEnrollment agreements
Signed to hold a place.
June
EventGarden day for new families
Plant a bed, walk the trail and meet next year's room.
Late August
First day
Sample dates.
Ready to look around?
Book an observation morning, or ask the office a question.