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1207 Mason Farm
Road
Chapel Hill NC 27514
919-929-8922
Age range: 3–5 years (older 2's may start, but
pay surcharge of $25/month per enrolled weekday until they are 3)
Tuition: By academic year:
$1,800 for 2 days/week; $2,500 for 3 days/week; $3,200 for 4 days/week
Scholarships available: Partial
scholarships, work exchange sometimes available
Accreditation: N/A
Application deadline: None: rolling
enrollment
Application/Enrollment fee: There is no application fee.
If place is offered, payment of $50 per enrolled weekday confirms reservation
($100, $150 or $200; applies toward tuition. All but $100 is proportionally
refundable with three weeks' notice) The remainder of a 20% payment is due by
August 5 ($260 additional for two days a week; $350 for three days; $440 for
four days)
School starts: Monday after Labor
Day. The academic year runs from that Monday through much of April. There
is usually an optional spring extension, and sometimes other special sessions.
School runs: Between 9:00 and 10:00
AM until 1:00 PM
Student:teacher ratio: 8:1 to 10:1
Boy/girl quota: Do try to balance boy/girl and personalities.
How toilet-trained do children need
to be? Don't need to be "trained," but need to wear clothes/bottom
coverings that they themselves can (learn to) manage.
Parental participation required:
Not a cooperative; parents choose days for their child to bring
lunch materials for the group, and help them plan an organic, vegetarian
meal, based on vegetables, fruits, nuts, berries, whole grains and other unprocessed
foods. Parents are welcome to make other contributions—come play guitar, bake
bread, rake the playground, etc. No fundraising.
Special features: Adventure Playground—large area in woods, play house, garden. River
(hose or rain)
and water construction
when drought conditions allow. We are very international. Established in 1970.
E-mail address: willowhill@bellsouth.net
Last Updated: 3 March 2006
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