1702 Legion Road
Chapel Hill NC 27517
919-929-3339
Age range: 18 months to 6 years
Tuition: Prices vary
Scholarships available: Yes, on a need basis.
Accreditation: Teachers are Montessori certified.
Application deadline: Open
Application fee: $75, non-refundable
School starts: Late August
School runs: For Toddler and Preschool students the hours are 8:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.; for Kindergarten-age children, the hours are 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Afterschool program (MDS Little House) available onsite for separate cost.
Class size: We multi age the Toddler class with 18 months to 3 years and the Preschool class with ages 3 to 6 years old. Toddler class has maximum 12 students. We have 2 classes of 20 students ages 3 to 6 years.
Student:teacher ratio: 10:1 for Preschool and 6:1 for Toddler.
How toilet-trained do children need to be? Must be fully trained in ages 3 to 6 classes.
Boy/girl quota: No, but we do try to balance the age ranges in each class and try to balance the boy/girl ratios
How toilet-trained do children need to be? Must be fully trained to enroll in preschool class.
Parental participation required: We are not a cooperative, but have a Parent Support Group that parents can be involved in if they wish. www.mdspsg.org
Special features: In addition to our enriching Montessori Program, we do have a music teacher come to each class one time a week.
Web address: www.mdsch.org
Updated January 2015
