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General Information

Attendance & Lateness (below)
Emergency Weather Plan
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Forms
Hours
Photographs (below)
Pick-up/Dismissal Authorization (below)
Policies - General
Policies - Health & Insurance
Programs
School Record Forms (below)
School Spirit (below)
Tips for Parents
Transportation (below)
Tuition (below)

Attendance & Lateness

Regular attendance is essential to good progress in school. Should a student be unable to attend for any reason, please contact the school as soon as possible. 

Dr. Montessori stated that work has a beginning, a middle, and an end. It is not an overstatement to say that a child deprived of the proper beginning by being late to arrive is deprived of the most important part of his/her school day. It tends to make him/her feel like an "outsider" because work has started before he/she arrives. Although we understand that there is occasionally an unavoidable delay, please make every effort to have your child/children here by 9:00 a.m.

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Emergency Weather Plan

For notification of Frost Montessori School closings please refer to Channel 29 TV or visit this web site and check the Announcements page. We also change our voice mail greeting on our telephone, so you may call the school in the early morning hours.

If, while school is in session, you think the roads are getting bad, please feel free to come for your child at your discretion. We will never close school as long as children are in the building.


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PHOTOGRAPHS

Each year in the Spring, a professional photographer is contacted to take school pictures of all of the children. Advance information on the dates and costs will be sent home. You are under no obligation to purchase these pictures.

Pick-Up/Dismissal Authorization

The Frost Montessori School will only dismiss children to a parent or those persons designated by the parents on the Emergency Information Form. We will never allow a child to leave school with any unauthorized person. A child must provide written verification of any change in transportation arrangements.

Parents must pick their children up promptly. If a parent has not arrived at the specified dismissal time, a staff member will call a parent or other authorized person on the Emergency Information Form. A staff member will remain with the child until an authorized person has picked up the child from the school. Habitual lateness cannot be tolerated. After 12:00 noon, the staff have responsibilities working with the extended-day and full-day children. We appreciate your promptness!! Not to mention that it is upsetting to a child if he or she is not picked up on time.


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School Record Forms

Annual Emergency Information Forms

Please be sure all addresses and telephone numbers on your child’s form are kept current, and inform us immediately in writing of any change. In the event of an emergency, accident, or sudden onset of illness, the school will not hesitate to seek proper care for your child and transport the child to the nearest emergency room. You will be called immediately.

The child’s individual emergency form will be kept on file at the school.

Children’s Files

Teachers maintain observation notes, lesson plans, cumulative records, conference reports, and an attendance record on each child.

School Roster

An annual roster of enrolled children is established for the use of staff and families (includes name, address, email address, and phone numbers). The school roster is attached at the back of this handbook.

All records and information on children are considered confidential. We request that the school roster not be used to solicit personal business.


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T-Shirt/Sweatshirt School Spirit Day

First Friday of each month during the year, we ask that every child wear a Frost Montessori T-Shirt or Sweatshirt. At the end of the morning, wearing our t-shirts and sweatshirts, we come together with all of the children to sing a couple of songs, and experience being together as an entire school.

Last year’s fundraising effort, selling t-shirts and sweatshirts, allowed us to have a flagpole placed in front of our school. All future t-shirt and sweatshirt sales will go toward the continued purchase of this flagpole. Attached is an order form for t-shirts and sweatshirts if you would like to place an order. We greatly appreciate your support !!
 


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Transportation

Parents are responsible for transportation and are encouraged to form car pools with other families. Parking is available in designated spaces directly in front of the school. Please do not park in the Fire Lane in the drive-through area.


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TUITION

Tuition statements are not sent during the year. After the $275.00 deposit is deducted, the remaining tuition is due in three payments by August 1, December 1, and March 1. There is a $25.00 fee for returned checks.

In the event your child is withdrawn, tuition is due for the remainder of the year and there will be no refund of any fees that have been paid. Any waiver of tuition payments will be at the discretion of the school. There is no reduction of tuition for illness, family vacations, or cancellation because of bad weather or snow.


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1553 Delphi Drive, Charlottesville VA 22911  434-979-5223  

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