How pricing works

What sets tuition

Tuition depends on your child's age and on the schedule you choose: three mornings, five mornings or the school day. Our figures are on our enrollment page, and we go through them with you at the tour.

Registration

A registration fee covers the enrollment file and the first set of studio materials. It is due when you apply, and the enrollment page says what it is.

Holding a place

A place is held once we have your enrollment form and a deposit, and the deposit goes toward your first month's tuition. When the room is full, families join a waitlist and we offer places in the order families joined.

Billing

Tuition is billed monthly and paid by autopay through our parent portal. If another arrangement would help your family, tell us at the tour.

Help with tuition

Ask us whether state child care assistance works with our tuition. We will tell you plainly what we can and cannot do, and we would rather you ask before you apply.

Siblings

A second child from the same family is handled differently from the first. Ask at the tour and we will explain how.

Withdrawing

We ask for a month's notice before a child leaves, so we can offer the place to a family on the waitlist. The enrollment agreement says what happens to a month in progress.

Uniforms, costumes and other costs

Costs outside tuition are few: the studio materials fee and the occasional walk to the library, a gallery or the waterfront. The enrollment page names each one and says what it covers.