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The Applegarden Montessori School Calendar
2011-2012 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, 2012. It is due March 1st, 2011 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 first day of each month, September through May. A $75 parent education fee is due October 1st, 2011. Invoices for tuition installments are sent out on the 15th day of each month and should be paid in full by the first day of the following month. Statements are mailed (or emailed) 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 1.5% from your total tuition payment. No discounts are given 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
& Parent Education Fees |
You are required to deposit $500 toward the fall school development fee soon after your child is accepted into the school year program. This fee is not refundable. However, $300 of it may be deducted from any month's tuition when you have completed 20 hours of service for our school. Please return the Parent Work-Exchange Report found in your Parent Handbook or on our website 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. A nonrefundable parent education fee of $75 is due on October 1st each year for all families (one fee per family). |
| 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 from your bank. Late payments accrue a 1% 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 fee 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, 2012, is the final date notice may be given to the school for a refund of the advance summer deposit. June 1, 2012 is the final date notice may be given for a refund of the fall tuition deposit. After October 1st, 2012, 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, 2012. Withdrawal from any contract with our school is not permitted after March 1, 2012. After that date, parents are held responsible for the full balance of the tuition contract to the end of the school year regardless of the reasons given for a child's withdrawal. No registration fees or school development fees are refundable. |
Fees for Childcare and
Extra School Sessions |
Each family opting for the childcare program will be charged the following fees:
$1,782/mo. Option B tuition includes 21 "extra" teacher workday, phase-in & vacation childcare days
$9.75/hr. for scheduled pro-rated childcare (no teacher workdays
included)
$10.75/hr. for all unscheduled, drop-in, teacher workday or vacation
childcare
$12.25/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 and without advance notice) 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, the first few days of September, the week between Christmas Eve Day and New Year's Day, and a few other dates. Families requiring this program will be charged full-time school year and summer fees, plus the pro-rated school year workday and vacation childcare fee. A special August program may be offered. |
NOTE: Teacher workdays and vacations are shaded.
| June 2011 |
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2 |
3 |
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| 6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
6/13 - Last day of school. |
| 13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
6/14, 15 - Teacher workdays. No childcare available. |
| 20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
6/16 - Summer school teacher workday. No Childcare. |
| 27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
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6/17– Summer school begins. |
| July 2011 |
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1 |
7/4 - 4th of July School Vacation. No childcare. |
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5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
7/10 - Sunday Open House for families interested in enrollment. |
| 11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
7/29 - Last day of summer school. |
| 18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
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| 25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
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Possible August summer session from Monday, August 1st through Friday, August 26th TBA depending upon need.
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.
End of installment periods are designated by *.
Teacher workdays & vacations are shaded.
| September 2011 |
1st Installment Period (9/1- 9/28/11) |
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2
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9/01 & 002 - Teacher Workdays. No school or
childcare. |
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6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
9/05 - Labor Day. No school or childcare. |
| 12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
9/06 & 007 - Phase-in days for all classes |
| 19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
9/08 - 1st school day for all children together |
| 26 |
27 |
28* |
29 |
30 |
9/25 - Welcome back to school picnic(at school)! |
| October 2011 |
2nd Installment Period (9/29 - 10/24/11) |
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| 3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
10/ & 09 -Staff retreat weekend. |
| 10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
10/10 - Teacher workday. Childcare available. |
| 17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
10/15 - Saturday Parent Workday, yard clean-up, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
| 24* |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
10/31 - Halloween Party & Parades! |
| November 2011 |
3nd Installment Period (10/25 - 11/17/11) |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
11/01 - Teacher Workday. Childcare available. |
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8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
11/06 - Sunday Open House for families interested in enrollment. |
| 14 |
15 |
16 |
17* |
18 |
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| 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
11/24 & 26 - Thanksgiving Vacation. No school
or childcare. |
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| December 2011 |
4th Installment Period (11/18 - 12/15/11) |
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2 |
12/09 - Deadline for early preferential enrollment for 2012-13. |
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6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
12/14 & 15 - Holiday Parties. |
| 12 |
13 |
14 |
15* |
16 |
12/16 - Teacher Workday. Childcare available. |
| 19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
12/19, 20, 21, 22 & 23 - VACATION. Advanced-schedule vacation childcare available. |
| 26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
12/26/11 - 1/1/12 - HOLIDAY VACATION. No childcare. |
| January 2012 |
5th Installment Period (12/16/11 - 1/25/12) |
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TH |
F |
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| 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
1/02- Teacher Workday. Childcare available. |
| 9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
1/08 - Sunday Open House for families interested in enrollment. |
| 16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
1/16 - Martin Luther King Day Vacation. No school
or childcare. |
| 23 |
24 |
25* |
26 |
27 |
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| February 2012 |
6th Installment Period (1/26 - 2/23/12) |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
2/03 - Teacher Workday. Childcare available. |
| 6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
2/04 - Saturday Open House for families interested in enrollment. |
| 13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
2/20- Presidents’ Day. No school
or childcare. |
| 20 |
21 |
22 |
23* |
24 |
2/21 & 2/22 - Midwinter Break. Vacation childcare
available. |
| 27 |
28 |
29 |
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| March 2012 |
7th Installment Period (2/24 - 3/20/12) |
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2 |
3/01 - Deposits due for 2012-13 enrollment. |
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6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
3/16 - Teacher Workday. Childcare available. (REVISED from original calendar.) |
| 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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| April 2012 |
8th Installment Period (3/21 - 4/20/12) |
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TH |
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3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
4/06 – Teacher Workday. Childcare available. (Revised) |
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10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
4/9-13 – SPRING VACATION. No School. Childcare available. (Revised) |
| 16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20* |
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| 23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
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| 30 |
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| May 2012 |
9th Installment Period (4/23 - 5/16/12) |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5/07 - Teacher Workday. Childcare available. |
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8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
5/11 - Mother's Day Teas |
| 14 |
15 |
16* |
17 |
18 |
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| 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
5/28 & 29 - Memorial Day Vacation. No school
or childcare. |
| 28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
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| June 2012 |
10th (Deposit) Installment Period (5/18
- 6/14/12) |
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6/12 - Last day of school. |
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5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
6/13 & 14 - Teacher Workdays. No childcare
available. |
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12 |
13* |
14 |
15 |
6/15 – Summer school Teacher Workday. No school or childcare. |
| 18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
6/18 – Summer school begins. |
| 25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 | 7/31 – Summer school ends. |
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