The Applegarden Montessori School Calendar

2010-2011 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 19 to June 15, 2011 - and is due March 1st, 2010 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 $500 toward the fall school development fee soon after you first register your child for a school year program. This fee is not refundable. Parents may deduct $300 of this payment from any tuition installment when they have completed 20 hours of service for the school. However, parents may deduct $300 of this payment 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(at least one month in advance) to the school business office is required to make a withdrawal from any school program (including childcare). Summer or school year tuition deposits due in March and April are not refunded unless advance written notice is received. May 15th, 2010 is the final date notice may be received by the school for a refund of the advance summer deposit. June 1, 2010 is the final date notice may be received for a refund of the fall tuition deposit. After October 1st, 2010, one month's written notice is required to withdraw a child from a school program. However, no notice of withdrawal will be accepted after February 1, 2011 because no withdrawal from any school program is allowed after March 1, 2011. 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:

$1,720 - tuition includes all 19 teacher workday and vacation full-time childcare

$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.

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 2010  
M T W TH F  
  1 2 3 4  
7 8 9 10 11 6/14 - Last day of school.
14 15 16 17 18 6/15, 16 - Teacher workdays. No childcare available.
21 22 23 24 25 6/17 - Summer school teacher workday. No Childcare.
28 29 30     6/18– Summer school begins. Theme:Animals of the World!
July 2010  
M T W TH F  
      1 2 7/5 - 4th of July School Vacation. No school or childcare.
5 6 7 8 9 7/11 - Sunday Open House for families interested in enrollment.
12 13 14 15 16 7/30 - Last day of summer school.
19 20 21 22 23  
26 27 28 29 30  
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. THERE ARE NO REFUNDS FOR NON-ATTENDANCE AT PRE-SCHEDULED WORKDAY OR VACATION CHILDCARE. 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 for19 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 2010 1st Installment Period (9/2-9/29/10)
M T W TH F  
  1 2 3 9/2 & 3 - Teacher Workdays. No school or childcare.
6 7 8 9 10 9/6 – Labor Day. No school or childcare.
13 14 15 16 17 9/7 & 9/8 - Phase-in days for all classes
20 21 22 23 24 9/9 - 1st school day for all children together
27 28 29* 30 1 9/26 - Welcome back to school picnic(at school)!
October 2010 2nd Installment Period (9/30 - 10/25/10)
M T W TH F  
4 5 6 7 8 10/2 - Saturday Parent Workday, yard clean-up 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
11 12 13 14 15 10/9 & 10 – Staff retreat weekend.
18 19 20 21 22 10/11 - Teacher workday. Childcare available.
25* 26 27 28 29 10/29 - Halloween Party & Parades!
November 2010 3nd Installment Period (10/26 - 11/18/10)
M T W TH F  
1 2 3 4 5 11/1 - Teacher Workday with childcare.
8 9 10 11 12 11/07 - Sunday Open House for families interested in enrollment.
15 16 17 18* 19  
22 23 24 25 26 11/25 & 26- Thanksgiving Vacation. No school or childcare.
           
December 2010 4th Installment Period (11/19 - 12/16/10)
M T W TH F  
29 30 1 2 3  
6 7 8 9 10 12/15 & 16 - Holiday Parties.
13 14 15 16* 17 12/17 - Teacher Workday with childcare.
20 21 22 23 24 12/20, 21, 22 & 23 - VACATION. Vacation childcare available.
Childcare must be scheduled in advance.
27 28 29 30 31 12/24/10 - 1/1/11 - HOLIDAY VACATION.
No childcare.
January 2011 5th Installment Period (12/17/10 - 1/26/11)
M T W TH F  
3 4 5 6 7 1/3- Teacher Workday with childcare.
10 11 12 13 14 1/9 - Sunday Open House for families interested in enrollment.
17 18 19 20 21 1/17 - Martin Luther King Day Vacation. No school or childcare.
24 25 26* 27 28  
February 2011 6th Installment Period (1/27 - 2/24/11)
M T W TH F  
31 1 2 3 4 2/4 - Teacher Workday with childcare.
7 8 9 10 11 2/5 - Saturday Open House for families interested in enrollment.
14 15 16 17 18 2/21- Presidents’ Day. No school or childcare.
21 22 23 24* 25 2/22 & 2/23 - Midwinter Break. Vacation childcare available.
           
March 2011 7th Installment Period (2/25 - 3/22/11)
M T W TH F  
28 1 2 3 4  
7 8 9 10 11 3/7 - Teacher Workday with childcare.
14 15 16 17 18 3/15 Deposits due for 2011-12 enrollment
21 22* 23 24 25  
April 2011 8th Installment Period (3/23 – 4/15/11)
M T W TH F  
28 29 30 31 1 4/11-15 – SPRING VACATION. No School. Childcare available.
4 5 6 7 8  
11 12 13 14 15  
18* 19 20 21 22 4/18/11 – Teacher Workday.
25 26 27 28 29 4/23-24 – Easter Weekend. Childcare available.
May 2011 9th Installment Period (4/25 - 5/18/11)
M T W TH F  
2 3 4 5 6 5/2 - Teacher Workday with childcare.
9 10 11 12 13 5/6 - Mother's Day Teas
16 17 18* 19 20  
23 24 25 26 27 5/30 - Memorial Day Vacation. No school or childcare.
June 2011 10th (Deposit) Installment Period (5/19 - 6/15/11)
M T W TH F  
30 31 1 2 3 6/13 - Last day of school.
6 7 8 9 10 6/14 & 15 - Teacher Workdays. No childcare available.
13 14 15* 16 17 6/16 – Summer school Teacher Workday. No school or childcare.
20 21 22 23 24 6/17 – Summer school begins.
27 28 29 30  7/31 – Summer school ends.