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The Applegarden Montessori School Calendar
2009-2010 TUITION INFORMATION AND CALENDAR
| Payments |
Tuition and childcare fees for the school year term are paid in 10 monthly
installments. The first payment is an advance deposit for the tenth installment
period from May 20 to June 16, 2010 - and is due March 1st, 2009
or at the time your child is first registered in the school, usually within
two weeks of your receipt of a tuition contract. The nine remaining installments
are due on the 1st day of each month, September through May. Late payments
incur a 1.5% finance charge monthly. Invoices for tuition installments are
sent out on the 15th day of each month and should be paid in full by the
1st day of the following month. Statements are mailed on the first
day of each month and summarize all invoices, payments and finance charges
for your records. Sibling discounts of 5% may be arranged when two or more
children from the same family are concurrently enrolled. |
| Annual Payments |
If you would like to pay for the entire school year in September, you may discount 2% from your total tuition payment. No discounts are possible after Sept. 30th. |
| Registration Fees |
Registration
fees for the summer session and fall programs are $30 and $50
respectively. These fees are not refundable. |
| School Development Fees |
You are
required to deposit $300 toward the fall school development fee soon after
you first register your child for a school year program. This fee is not refundable. However, it may be deducted from any month's tuition when you have completed 20 hours of service for the
school. Please return the Parent Work-Exchange Report found in your Parent Handbook to claim your earned
tuition credit. The school development fee plus one full month's tuition
deposit, reserves your child's place in the school program prior to the first
day of attendance. |
| Tuition Payments |
Write checks to: The Proludium Corporation and mail to the school business office, 5667 Thornhill Drive, Oakland, CA. 94611. A $30 fee will be assessed to your child's account if a check is returned to us by your bank. Late payments accrue a 1.5% finance charge monthly and compromise your child's continuance in our program. If a child's account has amounts unpaid for more than 60 days, the child will not be permitted to attend school until all fees are paid and may be dropped from the school roster. A $25 per month late penalty will also be assessed to your account. |
Withdrawal From
School Programs |
Adequate written notice to the school business office is required to make
a withdrawal from any school program (including childcare). June 1, 2009 is
the final date notice may be received by the school with regard to school year
OR summer school withdrawal. Summer or school year tuition deposits (due in
March) are credited ONLY with one month's advance written notice by June 1st,
2009. After October 1st, 2009, one month notice only will be required to withdraw
a child from a school program. However, no notice of withdrawal will
be accepted after February 1, 2010 because no withdrawal from any school program
is allowed after March 1, 2010. After that date, parents are held
responsible for the full tuition contracted to the end of the school year regardless
of the reasons given for a child's withdrawal. The same notice is required
for withdrawal from childcare programs as from any other school program. No
registration fees or school development fees are refundable. |
Fees for Childcare and
Extra Sessions |
Each family using the childcare program will owe the following fees:
$1,570 - prorated school year fee for ALL workday and vacation
full-time childcare (20 days)
$9.50/hr. for scheduled pro-rated childcare (no teacher workdays
included)
$10.50/hr. for all unscheduled, drop-in, workday or vacation
childcare
$11.85/hr. for extra school sessions
$1 per minute for children left at school after our 6 p.m. closing time.
Late pick-up (of more than 5 minutes) of a child from a school session or from childcare will result in a charge for one full hour of unscheduled childcare.
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| Full-time Childcare |
Full-time annual childcare is available excluding only the month of August and the first few days of September, the week between Christmas Eve Day and New Year's Day, and a few other days. Families needing this program owe full-time school year and summer fees plus the pro-rated school year workday and vacation childcare fee. |
Note: Teacher workdays & vacations are printed in bold.
| June 2009 |
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T |
W |
TH |
F |
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| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
6/12 - Last day of school. |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
6/15, 16 & 17- Teacher workdays. No childcare available. |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
6/18– Summer school begins. Theme: GREENING THE FARM! |
| July 2009 |
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| M |
T |
W |
TH |
F |
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| 29 |
30 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
7/3 & 7/6 - 4th of July School Vacation. No school
or childcare. |
| 6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
7/12 - Sunday Open House for families interested in enrollment. |
| 13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
7/31 - Last day of summer school. |
| 20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
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| 27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
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PLEASE NOTE: A limited amount of vacation and teacher workday
childcare is available at our school for all children on a first-come/first-served
basis. Workday childcare is often available for full-time children only. HOWEVER,
SPACE IS LIMITED AND MUST BE RESERVED AND PAID IN ADVANCE BY BOTH FULL AND PART-TIME
STUDENTS TO ENSURE ADEQUATE STAFFING. The cost is $10.50 per hour. If
your child is enrolled in the full-time childcare program, you have the option
of paying an annual fee of $1,530 for 20 childcare and teacher workdays or paying
$10.50/hr. for prescheduled childcare for the days you request in advance. If
workday childcare is not filled by full-time children, part-time children may
enroll on an hourly basis.
Your advance deposit is applied to the 10th installment period.
Ends of installment periods are designated by *.
Teacher workdays & vacations are printed in bold.
| September 2009 |
1st Installment Period (9/1-9/28/08) |
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T |
W |
TH |
F |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4
| 9/1 & 2 - Teacher Workdays. No school or
childcare. |
| 7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
9/3 & 9/4 - Phase-in days for all classes |
| 14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
9/7 – Labor Day. No school or childcare. |
| 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
9/8 - 1st school day for all children together |
| 28* |
29 |
30 |
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9/27 - Welcome back to school picnic(at school)! |
| October 2009 |
2nd Installment Period (9/29 - 10/22/09) |
| M |
T |
W |
TH |
F |
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1 |
2 |
10/3 - Saturday Parent Workday, yard clean-up 9 a.m.
- 1 p.m. |
| 5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10/10 & 11 – Staff retreat weekend. |
| 12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
10/12 - Teacher workday. Childcare available. |
| 19 |
20 |
21 |
22* |
23 |
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| 26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
10/30 - Halloween Parades! |
| November 2009 |
3nd Installment Period (10/23 - 11/17/09) |
| M |
T |
W |
TH |
F |
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| 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
11/08 - Sunday Open House for families interested in enrollment. |
| 9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
11/11 - Teacher Workday with childcare. |
| 16 |
17* |
18 |
19 |
20 |
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| 23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
11/27 & 28- Thanksgiving Vacation. No school
or childcare. |
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| December 2009 |
4th Installment Period (11/18 - 12/15/09) |
| M |
T |
W |
TH |
F |
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| 30 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
12/16 - Teacher Workday with childcare. |
| 7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12/17, 18, 21, 22 & 23 - VACATION. Vacation childcare
available.
Childcare must be scheduled in advance. |
| 14 |
15* |
16 |
17 |
18 |
12/24/09 - 1/1/10 - HOLIDAY VACATION.
No childcare. |
| 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
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| 28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
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| January 2010 |
5th Installment Period (12/16/09 - 1/27/10) |
| M |
T |
W |
TH |
F |
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1 |
1/1 - NEW YEAR'S DAY HOLIDAY. |
| 4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
1/4- Teacher Workday with childcare. |
| 11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
1/10 - Sunday Open House for families interested in enrollment. |
| 18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
1/18 - Martin Luther King Day Vacation. No school
or childcare. |
| 25 |
26 |
27* |
28 |
29 |
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| February 2010 |
6th Installment Period (1/28 - 2/25/10) |
| M |
T |
W |
TH |
F |
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| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
2/5 - Teacher Workday with childcare. |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
2/7 - Sunday Open House for families interested in enrollment. |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
2/15- Presidents’ Day. No school
or childcare. |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25* |
26 |
2/16 & 2/17 - Midwinter Break. Vacation childcare
available. |
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| March 2010 |
7th Installment Period (2/26 - 3/23/10) |
| M |
T |
W |
TH |
F |
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| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
3/8 - Teacher Workday with childcare. |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
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| 22 |
23* |
24 |
25 |
26 |
3/27 - Begin spring vacation |
| April 2010 |
8th Installment Period (3/24 – 4/23/10) |
| M |
T |
W |
TH |
F |
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| 29 |
30 |
31 |
1 |
2 |
3/29 - 4/2 - SPRING VACATION. No School. Childcare available. |
| 5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
4/5 - Easter Monday. TEACHER WORKDAY. Childcare available. |
| 12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
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| 19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23* |
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| 26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
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| May 2010 |
9th Installment Period (4/24 - 5/19/10) |
| M |
T |
W |
TH |
F |
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| 3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
5/3 - Teacher Workday with childcare. |
| 10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
5/7 - Mother's Day Teas |
| 17 |
18 |
19* |
20 |
21 |
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| 24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
5/31 - Memorial Day Vacation. No school
or childcare. |
| June 2010 |
10th (Deposit) Installment Period (5/20
- 6/16/10) |
| M |
T |
W |
TH |
F |
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| 31 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
6/14 - Last day of school. |
| 7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
6/15 & 16 - Teacher Workdays. No childcare
available. |
| 14 |
15 |
16* |
17 |
18 |
6/17 – Summer school Teacher Workday. No school or childcare. |
| 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
6/18 – Summer school begins. |
| 28 |
29 |
30 |
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| 7/31 – Summer school ends. |
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