Willow Hill Preschool
Diana Steele, Director/Teacher
1207 Mason Farm Road
Chapel Hill NC 27514
919-357-6257

Age range: 3–5 years old. Older twos may start, but pay a surcharge of $25/month per enrolled weekday until they are three.

Tuition: By academic year: $1,800 for two days/week; $2,500 for three days/week; $3,200 for four days/week

Scholarships available: Partial scholarships, and/or work exchange sometimes available

Accreditation: N/A

Application deadline: Rolling admissions throughout the year

Application/Enrollment fee: There is no application fee. If a place is offered, your deposit of ten percent of the academic year tuition confirms your child’s place here and applies toward tuition. Ten percent is $180 for two days/week; $250 for three days/week; or $320 for all four days/week. Nine additional ten percent payments are due at the beginning of each month, from August through April. With the exception of the first $100, all tuition paid is proportionally refundable at any point with three weeks’ notice of termination.

School starts: Usually Monday after Labor Day. Our academic year runs from early September through much of April. There is often an optional spring extension, and sometimes other special sessions.

School runs: Between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. There is no provision for early arrival or late pickup.

Student:teacher ratio: 6:1 to 10:1

Boy/girl quota: We try to balance boys/girls.

How toilet-trained do children need to be? Don’t need to be “trained,” but need to wear clothes/bottom coverings that they themselves can (learn to) manage. Send extra clothes.

Parental participation required: Not a cooperative; parents choose days for their child to bring healthy lunch materials for the group, and help them plan an organic, vegetarian meal, based on vegetables, fruits, nuts, berries, whole grains and other unprocessed foods. We drink tap water. Parents are welcome to make other contributions—come play guitar, bake bread, rake the playground, etc. There is no fundraising required.

Special features: Home setting, in natural surroundings. Adventure Playground—large area in woods, play house, garden. “River” (hose or rain) and water construction when drought conditions allow. We are very international.

Email address: Diana Steele at either willowhill@clearwire.net or iDiana@me.com

Updated September 2011