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.

A child with a fever, vomiting or a contagious illness stays home and comes back after a full day of feeling well. If a child becomes ill at school, we call you right away and ask you to come promptly. A teacher stays with the child until you arrive.

We release a child only to the adults on the pickup list you give us, and we ask for ID at the door until we know you. Tell us ahead of time when someone new is coming.

Pickup is at 12:30 p.m. for mornings and 3:00 p.m. for the full day. If you are running late, call or text so that a teacher can tell your child. We talk with families about repeated late pickups, and the enrollment agreement says what follows.

Families send a water bottle and, on full days, a lunch. We serve a morning snack of fruit, vegetables and crackers. Tell us about allergies at the tour; we ask privately once you enroll. We ask families not to send nuts.

Send clothes that can get messy and shoes that stay on outside, with rain boots in wet weather and a coat when it is cold. Leave a spare set of clothes in a labeled bag in your child's cubby.

We close for the usual holidays, for a week in late December and for a week in spring. If weather closes the school, we email and text families early that morning.

There are no screens in the rooms. We ask families to keep phones away at drop-off and pickup too, so the doorway stays calm for the children.