Family policies

We ask your written permission before we share any photo of your child, on this site, in newsletters or on social media, and you can change your answer at any time. We never put a child's name with a photo, and the photos on this site are examples until we replace them with our own.

A child with a fever, a rash or a stomach illness stays home until the next morning without symptoms. If a child is unwell at school, a teacher calls a parent and the child rests in a quiet corner until someone arrives.

A teacher greets each child at the door in the morning and walks each child to the right car or bus line at the end of the day. Only the adults on a family's pickup list may collect a child, and we ask for ID from anyone we do not know.

The school closes for the usual holidays and for a winter and a spring break, which the office lists in the fall. For snow, the office sends a text and an email by 6:30 am, and the website says so as well.

We ask for a term's written notice before a child leaves, so the studio can offer the place to a family on the waitlist.

Children use a laptop or a tablet in the project block when the work calls for it, and a teacher is in the room. Phones stay at home or in a bag in the office until dismissal.

There is no uniform. Children wear clothes they can get messy in, bring a smock or an old shirt for the making studio, and keep a change of clothes in their cubby. A coat and boots are for outdoor time in every season.

Families send lunch, and the school provides a snack at midmorning. Tell us about allergies at the visit; we ask privately once you enroll, and each studio keeps its plan.

Call or text the office before 8:30 am if a child will be absent or late. A child who arrives after the morning meeting has begun comes in quietly and joins the studio.