Following are specific steps
in our admission process:
- Interested
parents visit and take a tour of
the school
- Interested parents schedule
an interview with the director to
ascertain that
Discovery House is the place to
meet the expectations you have for
your child’s
development.
- Your child
is scheduled to spend a day in the
school.
- Admissions
decisions are made based on an evaluation
of the child's school visit,
and the needs of existing classes
with regard to balance of age and
gender.
- If a place
is not immediately available, you
may wish to be placed on our waiting
list. You will receive notification
of waiting list status.
- When the interview and assessment
have been successfully concluded, and a
space is available, you will be
required to pay an application fee
and complete the
application forms contained in the
admissions packet.
- Your child
may resume as soon as forms are
turned in and fees are paid. If
the
application is for a future date, we will hold a place for the
required date upon
receipt of a non-refundable tuition
deposit. This deposit will be applied
towards
your tuition.
In summary*
Parent
interview**
Child
observation/assessment***
Non-refundable
registration fee
Completed
forms
Enrollment agreement
Medical form
Parent contract
*Admission is typically open
to children aged 2 to 3 ½ yrs
for early childhood, and 6 year-
olds for elementary. Older children
accepted if transferring from another
Montessori
school. Exceptions will be made at our
discretion.
**The purpose of the parent interview
is to determine the alignment of values
and goals
between parents and Discovery House.
***The purpose of the child observation
is to gain information about the child
by watching
him/her in our environment. The elementary
child is assessed based on our entry
level
requirements. |
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