CLASSES & TUITION
2
YEAR OLDS
Our unique program for two-year-olds offers all the best parts of our curriculum in an age-appropriate format, with 4:1 student-to-teacher ratio and runs two mornings per week:
Tuesday & Thursday 9:15 - 11:30
Wednesday & Friday 9:15 - 11:30
Registration for the 2023/2024 school year for our 2-year-old program is open to all children born in 2021.
YEAR OLDS
3
We offer a variety of class options for
3-year-olds, consisting of:
Morning-only classes 9-12 or 9:15-12:15
Afternoon-only classes 1-3:30
Extended-day options 9-2:30 or 9:15-2:30
An extended day is created by selecting a morning class and Add-on classes for the specific days you would like to extend.
Your child will be added to our Lunch & Learn program automatically if attending an Add-on class.
YEAR OLDS
4
We offer a variety of class options for
4-year-olds, consisting of:
Morning-only classes 9-12 or 9:15-12:15
Afternoon-only classes 1-3:30
Extended-day options 9-2:30 or 9:15-2:30
Full-day classes 9-3:30 or 9:15-3:30
An extended day is created by selecting a morning class and Add-on classes for the specific days you would like to extend. Your child will be added to our Lunch & Learn program automatically if attending an Add-on class.
A DAY IN A LIFE
Learning through play is an important part of how young children develop. Our approach and planning of child activities are both child-centred and directed.
The teachers follow the directions of children and adapt activities in the classroom by observing, documenting, listening and interpreting children’s goals, theories and strategies.
During each class, children have various choices of classroom activities, including:
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Sand / water / sensory area
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Construction & Blook Centre area
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Manipulatives area
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Art area
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Home corner
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Dramatic Play area
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Literacy area
In an average 3-hour preschool class, students divide their time between:
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Classroom
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Preschool Playground
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Preschool Gym (climbers, indoor bikes…)
REGISTRATION
HOW TO APPLY
To be placed on our waitlist for the 2023/2024 preschool year, or our contact list for future years’ registration, please click the button below to add your child to our Contact list.
The Priority Registration period for the 2023/2024 school year is now closed.
Registration for 2024/2025 preschool year will be open for
1 week between January 18, 2024, 8 AM to January 25, 2024, 8 pm.
PRE-REGISTRATION
Please fill out this form so we can contact you if a space becomes available in the current school year or for communication about future years’ registration.
“Contact List” button will be inactive during registration.
OPEN REGISTRATION
The Priority Registration period will be open on our website for 1-week mid-January. During this time frame click on the “REGISTER NOW” button. Fill out the registration application form with all your child’s information, and your 1st and 2nd choice schedule.
There is a $75 non-refundable application processing fee which does not guarantee placement, but rather covers the administrative costs of the application process.
We do our best to accommodate all families, but we have a limited number of spaces available in each class.
PLACEMENT
(Registration is not first come first served)
Once registration closes, we will begin our lottery-based placement process. A Lottery meeting is held by the Registrar, Executive Director, and 3 or more Board Members. There, a tiered Lottery is held for placement order.
Our tiered categories are board/staff, returning students, alumni families, and new students. Once the lottery has been held, the registrar will place students 1 by 1 in classes according to their lottery number.
If your first-choice schedule and second-choice schedule is full you will be placed on the waitlist for those classes, and you will be called or emailed and presented with the available options. If at that point all our classes are full, you will be placed on the waitlist. This is a lengthy procedure and can take approx. 6 weeks.
Please note we try our best to accommodate everyone’s preferred options, however we cannot guarantee a morning or afternoon placement.
(All returning students will be offered a spot. Alumni and new students will be dependant on availability)
ACCEPTANCE
Once all our class spots are filled, we will email offer letters with steps on how to accept or decline the placement you have been offered.
Waitlist letters will be sent to those we were not able to place in a class. These emails are typically received in March.
TUITION
2 YEAR OLDS
REGULAR PRICES
*NOT Part of Pilot Program*
TWO DAY CLASSES:
$415/MONTH
TUES/THURS
9:15 AM - 11:30 AM
WED/FRI
9:15 AM - 11:30 AM
3 & 4 YEAR OLDS
PILOT PROGRAM PRICES
*Guaranteed until March 31, 2023*
2-5 DAY CLASSES/WEEK
UP TO $140/MONTH
6-10 DAY CLASSES/WEEK
UP TO $200/MONTH
3 YEAR OLD CLASSES (2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR)
4 YEAR OLD CLASSES (2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR)
2023 - 2024 SINGLE AFTERNOON ADD-ON CLASSES
*FOR 3 & 4 YEAR OLDS, BORN IN YEARS 2019 & 2020*
EACH DAY CLASS: $90/MONTH
COOKING AFTERNOON CLASS : MONDAYS, 1 - 2:30 PM
FRENCH & YOGA AFTERNOON CLASS : TUESDAYS, 1 - 2:30 PM
MUSIC AFTERNOON CLASS : WEDNESDAYS, 1 - 2:30 PM
SCIENCE AFTERNOON CLASS : THURSDAYS, 1 - 2:30 PM
ART AFTERNOON CLASS : FRIDAYS, 1 - 2:30 PM
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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DO YOU HAVE ANY SPOTS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW?Please email our Registrar to enquire about any current availability, registrar@highlandsearlylearningcentre.ca for more information.
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DOES IT MATTER WHEN I REGISTER DURING THE 2 WEEK REGISTRATION WINDOW IN JANUARY?No – anytime during the registration period is fine. All families— returning and new—who would like to register their child(ren) for September enrollment need to complete our online registration process during the registration period each January. Whether you have added your child to our pre-registration list, or you are a returning family with a child currently enrolled at the preschool, you will be notified in January with instructions on how and when to register online. Our placement process is lottery-based, with class placement preference given to currently enrolled students, siblings, and alumni families.
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WHEN DOES REGISTRATION START?Registration begins in January for the following September and is done online via our website.
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WHERE IS MY CHILD ON THE LIST?We give priority placement to our returning families and their siblings but we always take a large volume of new families each year. Since we are unsure how many families will be returning and if they have siblings it is difficult to accurately know your placement on the list
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HOW DO I GET MY CHILD ON YOUR WAITLIST?Please add your child to our Pre-Registration List by clicking the ‘Add to Pre-Registration List’ icon and fill in your child’s information. Our Registrar will get back to you confirming that your child has been added to the list for the requested year and program. We will also contact you in January of that year regarding important registration dates.
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IF I AM AN INTERNAL/CURRENT FAMILY WHO IS ATTENDING A MORNING CLASS , WILL I BE GUARANTEED MY FIRST MORNING CLASS AGAIN THE FOLLOWING YEAR?With our new 2023/2024 schedule all of current 3-year-old children attending morning class will have enough morning options to potentially register for a 4 year old morning class the following school year, however the placements in the specific classes is not guaranteed.
