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.

Keep your student home with a fever, or if they have been sick in the night, until the next morning. A teacher calls a parent when a student is unwell at school, and the office tells families if something is going around.

A teacher greets each student at the door from 8:15 a.m. At dismissal a teacher walks each student to the right car or bus. Only the adults on a family's pickup list may collect a student, and we ask for ID from anyone we don't know.

The school closes for the usual holidays and for a few days in the winter and spring. When weather closes the school, the office sends a message by 6:30 a.m.

We ask for notice in writing before a student leaves, and the office will tell you what happens to a term in progress. If you are thinking about it, talk to the head of school first.

Phones stay in a basket at the door and are returned at dismissal. Students use school laptops for some writing and research, always in the room with a teacher.

There is no uniform. Students wear comfortable clothes they can move in, closed shoes and a layer for time outdoors. Bring a water bottle and a change of shoes for indoors.

Families send lunch, and the school provides water and a snack in the morning. Tell us about allergies at your visit; we ask privately once you enroll, and each teacher keeps the plan for the students in the room.