Orchard Hill Children’s School
524 Ourso Drive
Hillsborough NC 27278
919-338-2575
Age Range: 4-6 years
Tuition: Nine monthly payments of $600 per month, September-May. Non-refundable deposit of $600 upon acceptance to program.
Scholarships available: Yes, some partial scholarships available.
Accreditation: N/A
Application Fee: $50, non-refundable
Application Deadline: March 1st
School Starts: The day after Labor Day
School Runs: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. September-first week of June.
Class Size: Maximum enrollment 15 students with 3 full time co-teachers
Boy/Girl quota: We try to have a balance of ages and gender.
Parental participation required: Parental involvement is encouraged and considered vital to the growth of our learning community but not mandatory.
Special Features: This is a half-day kindergarten adjacent to our home located on 8 acres of woods and gardens. We believe that children are strong and capable, and that they have an inborn delight in learning. Small class size, beautiful learning environment, lots of time spent outside in nature, rich arts environment as well as age appropriate literacy and math activities are offered. This is a mixed age class with children of varying abilities and talents. Some children attend for a pre-kindergarten year, some for their kindergarten year and some for first grade. Children work on traditional skills at their own pace with individualized instruction, while projects inspired by the children’s ideas are developed across the ages and subjects. Orchard Hill Children’s School is deeply committed to supporting children in social skills, by embracing conflict in order to learn from it. We coach children to become aware of, and to be able to communicate, their feelings. We believe these skills should be learned before the “basics” currently taught in many programs for 5 and 6 year olds. We believe these skills ARE the basics.
Email address: [email protected]
Web Address: www.orchardhillschool.com
Updated September 2011
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