Enrollment Process
Tour
Welcoming a new family and child into the Casa community is a fairly fluid process where the family is invited to get to know the campus by an initial tour. By scheduling a tour with our Director of Admissions, parents are invited to walk the campus and observe children working in their classrooms. This initial visit is generally conducted with only the parents and allows them to better focus on the daily practices and rhythms of a normal classroom where they can decide if this is the right place for their child.
Schedule your tour by emailing our Director of Admissions, Kathy Todd, at admissions@casamontessori.com. Please include your child's name and age, and if your child has had previous experience in a Montessori program.
Child Visit
A visit with your child is scheduled after your initial tour. For parents of a Toddler, both parents and child are scheduled to meet and get to know the teacher and the program. For our Primary and Elementary programs, your child will meet one or more teachers, and is given the opportunity to work one-on-one with them doing Montessori lessons and work with other children in the classroom. Your child's visit could last from 30 minutes up to 2 hours based on his or her comfort and readiness to interact in the classroom.
Teacher Feedback
The Director of Admissions will follow up after your child's visit to give our teacher’s recommendations. If your child is ready to begin in one of our Montessori classrooms, your child will be invited to begin at a date agreed upon by you and the teacher.
Contract, Registration Fee & Forms
Before your child begins regular attendance at Casa Montessori, an enrollment contract, registration fee, and registration forms must be submitted. Once enrolled, you will set up tuition payments online that follow a payment plan of your choice. If you are enrolling after the school year has already begun, tuition will be pro-rated.
Classroom placement is based on several factors — personality and developmental level of your child, space availability, social and age mix ratios per classroom, and whether your child is enrolled in Half Day or Full Day (for our Primary program).