The Schoolhouse at Greenwood

The Schoolhouse at Greenwood

Educating Young Children in Spanish, Chinese, French, ASL, and English
919-259-2520

Age range: Birth– 5 years

Tuition: Infants (birth-12 months): $1,550 (diapers/formula included); Younger Toddlers (12–24 months): $1,450; Older Toddlers (24 months-36 months): $1,400 Threes: $1,350; Fours and Fives: $1,300.  Prices include diapers, formula, snacks and organic meals for older children. Part-time rates are as follows: 0 to 15 hours: babies, $775,  twos and up: $675; 15
to 20 hours: babies: $900, twos and up: $775; 20 to 30 hours: babies: $1150, twos and up: $1000.

Scholarships available: Small discount for two or more children. We have a contract with Child Care Services and DSS for subsidies.

Accreditation: We have a Five Star License from the State of North Carolina.

Application deadline: Can apply any time during the year.

Application fee: $75, non-refundable one-time application fee and $275 enrollment fee.

School starts: School runs year round. We accept children year round, depending on availability.

School runs:

1.   Day Shift is from 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

2.   Evening Shift is from 2:30 p.m. – Midnight.

Early and late hours available at different rates and by special arrangement. Evening, and weekend care also available upon request.

Class size: Babies, 3; 1-year-olds, 5; 2-year-olds and older, 6.

Student:teacher ratio: Infants 3:1; Toddlers 5:1; Preschool 6:1. When the tutors and substitutes are present, sometimes we have a ration of 4:1.

Boy/girl quota: No quota: we take what comes and normally there is a happy medium.

How toilet-trained do children need to be? We do that; not required for admission. Parents provide pull-ups while child is being potty trained.

Parental participation required: We are not a cooperative but parents are encouraged through school activities to participate. We have several gathering/picnics/parties/activities and parent/teacher days.

Special features: We offer a mix of Curriculum/Montessori. We are a multilingual program (Spanish, Chinese, French, English, and American Sign Language, ASL).  We have music
classes in once a week by teacher/tutor/musician trained to work with young children. Also, we offer  PE/Creative Movement/yoga to make children aware of body and enhance your child’s love for physical movement. Every day the children get 15 minutes of American Sign Language. We are located on three acres of land and have a miniature goat, chickens, ducks,
rabbits, birds, fish and more. We spend two to four hours outside, rain or shine.

Web address: www.the-schoolhouse.org

Email:      [email protected]

 

Updated January 2014