This page is for the current (2022-2023) school year’s Early Explorers, 2-, 3- and 4-Day classes. For 2023-2024 school year info, click HERE.
APPS families help run the classroom, maintain the school, and serve on the Board and committees. Parent participation lowers our cost and helps us form a tight community of parents working together to raise all children in a supportive, loving environment. Our participation requirements summarized below are designed to keep the school running smoothly, and to spread the workload around in an equitable manner.
Tuition and Fees for 2022-2023 School Year
Tuition & Fees are subject to change. Schedules may adjust if a child starts school later in the year.
Early Explorers (1 Day Class):
- Application Fee: $50 per family per school year
- Annual Fee: N/A
- Tuition per Month: $100
2 Day Class:
- Application Fee: $50 per family per school year
- Annual Fee: $250 for the first child; $75 per sibling
- Tuition per Month: $225
3 Day Class:
- Application Fee: $50 per family per school year
- Annual Fee: $275 for the first child; $75 per sibling
- Tuition per Month: $325
4 Day Class:
- Application Fee: $50 per family per school year
- Annual Fee: $300 for the first child; $75 per sibling
- Tuition per Month: $425
Discounts and Notes:
- Application Fee: $50 (plus credit card processing fee) is due with the application form, and is non-refundable. The fee is per family, per school year. For example, if you apply for two children within the same school year, your application fee will still be $50.
- Waitlist Fee: IF the class you would like to attend is full, you may put your child on the waitlist by paying a $25 Waitlist Fee. That amount will be applied towards the Application Fee when the class opens up.
- Annual Fee is non-refundable, and due with Registration Forms before classes start in the fall, or before your child’s first day of class if you join later in the year. It includes insurance, materials and other miscellaneous expenses.
- Siblings receive a discount on the Annual Fee, applied to the lower amount owed. For example, if a family has one child enrolling in 2-Day and another child in 3-Day, then the sibling enrolling in 2-Day class is eligible for the discounted annual fee for siblings, and the sibling in 3-Day class will pay the full annual fee for the 3-Day class.
- Siblings receive a 20% tuition discount, applied to the lower tuition amount owed.
- Full-year tuition paid in full will receive a 5% discount.
Family Responsibilities
APPS is a Parent Participation Pre-school. This means that we as a community work together to make APPS the wonderful place it is. Over the course of the school year, families are required to fulfill the following participation obligations:
Early Explorers (1-Day Class)
- A family member is required to stay during class. This is not a drop-off program.
- After class, clean up an assigned “station”.
- When assigned by the teacher, attend a parent/teacher conference.
- Attend the two General Meetings that have Parent Education topics. These are usually in October and April, on the first Thursday evening of the month.
2-Day, 3-Day and 4-Day Classes
- Attend Orientation on your workday during Ease-In Week
- Participate in your child’s classroom one day per week, and attend the parent conference at the end of class, as scheduled.
- Attend ONE of three “Beautification Parties,” as scheduled
- Attend ONE “Yard Maintenance Weekend”
- Participate in ONE fundraising event
- Attend monthly General Meetings (first Thursday of each month)
- Assist with classroom and curriculum committees, as needed
Families with more than one child enrolled may work with the Board when determining how to meet the requirements.
Participating family members(s) can be parents, grandparents or other caregivers & adult family members.