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.

Keep your student home with a fever, or if they have been sick in the night, and for a full day after. A teacher calls a parent when a student is unwell at school, and the office tells families if something is going around.

A teacher greets each student at the door from 8:00 a.m. At dismissal a teacher walks each student to the right car. Only the adults on a family's pickup list may collect a student, and we ask for ID from anyone we don't know.

The school closes for the usual holidays and for a few days in the winter and spring. When snow or cold closes the school, the office sends a message by 6:30 a.m. and posts it on the school's website.

Please tell the office by 8:00 a.m. when a student will be away or late. A late student is welcomed at the door, and the teacher makes sure they have what they missed.

We ask for notice in writing before a student leaves, and the office will tell you what happens to a term in progress. If you are thinking about it, talk to the head of school first.

Phones stay in a basket at the door and are returned at dismissal. Students use school laptops only for some research and writing in the older grades, always in the room with a teacher.

Students wear a plain collared shirt and dark trousers, skirt or jumper, with no logos. In winter, boots, snow pants, a hat and mittens come to school every day.

Families send lunch, and the school provides water and a snack in the morning. Tell us about allergies at your visit; we ask privately once you enroll, and each teacher keeps the plan for the students in the room.