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 until they are well and have been without a fever for a day. If a child becomes unwell here, we call you right away and a teacher stays close until you arrive.

An adult greets every child at the door and signs them in. At pickup a child goes only with the people on your list, and we ask for ID at the door until we know you.

If you are running late, call or text us and a teacher will stay with your child. The enrollment agreement says what happens when a family is regularly late.

We serve a morning snack of fruit and something simple, and school-day families send lunch from home. Tell us about allergies at the tour; we ask privately once you enroll. We ask families not to send nuts.

We close for the main holidays and for a winter and a spring break, and the dates page lists them by month. If weather makes the roads or the building unusable, we text families early in the morning.

We ask for a month's notice before a child leaves, so we can offer the place to a family on the waitlist. Tell the director in person or by email.

Children wear clothes they can get messy in, and bring a full change of clothes, rain boots and a rain jacket for the yard. The studio has aprons, and the coat room has a hook for each child.