About Us
Our Founding Values:
- Learning through play
- Creating an educational community
- Giving individualized care
- Seeing children as full people
- Providing a student-led educational environment
- Engaging with and teaching about nature
- Supporting diversity and compassion
- Maintaining a low teacher to student ratio (1:5)
- Keeping costs low through parent cooperation
- WPCP offers a Kindergarten Class (ages 4-6), a Preschool Class (ages 3-4) and a Toddler Class (age 2).
- School hours are from 9am – 2pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
- Two, three, or four day enrollment options are available.
- After school program available Tuesday and Wednesday, from 2 pm – 5 pm, for an additional fee.
- Tuition (approximately $30/day) is paid monthly, along with a monthly $10 activity fee.
- Children play outside daily and take frequent walking trips around the neighborhood.
- Children participate in the Pentridge Community Garden.
- The school provides a healthy (sometimes kid-made) snack and parents provide a packed lunch.
- Fulfill a parent job. This job may include participation in a committee (Administrative, Finance, Personnel, Membership, or Development).
- Attend school wide Town Meetings (bi-monthly).
- Complete 3 hours of in-school time per month (exemptions and a buy-out option are available).
- Participate in all-school workdays (approximately 4 hours per semester).
- Attend and participate in Fundraisers.
- Attend and participate in Open Houses
- School communication is done online; members are expected to check and respond to email regularly.
- Contact the membership coordinator or come to an Open House.
- Beginning January 1, 2010, a $25 non-refundable application fee will be \charged to process the application.
- After completed application is received, the membership coordinator will contact you to schedule an initial playdate and school tour.
- If the school feels like a good fit for all parties, membership or a spot on the waiting list may be offered.
- WPCS retains the right to give enrollment priority to siblings of current students or families and students that meet our current membership needs
before drawing from the waitlist. .
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