Tuition & Program Value

The cost of tuition is based on $18 per hour of childcare, which comes to $72 per day for our 4-hour program.

This increase in tuition reflects the intentional choice to reduce our class size while maintaining a high-quality teaching team.

In previous years, our program served 8 students with 2 teachers each day.

We now offer a more personalized learning environment with only 8 students per day, guided by two highly trained and educated teachers.

This structure allows us to provide a specialized, nurturing, and attentive experience where every child receives the support they need to thrive, while ensuring families can trust in the expertise and care of our educators.

Tuition & Payments

Our program runs on a 12-week trimester schedule, and tuition is calculated per trimester.

To give families flexibility, we offer two payment options:

• Pay in full at the beginning of the trimester

• Pay in monthly installments throughout the trimester

For families choosing monthly payments:

• The first payment (or full tuition if paying in full) is due before the first day of the trimester.

• Ongoing monthly payments are due during our payment window of the 5th–15th of each month.

Because your child’s spot is reserved for the full trimester, tuition remains a flat rate and is not adjusted for student absences or unexpected closures due to extreme weather.

On days with inclement weather our program does utilize a few different indoor locations in the South Lake Tahoe.

These indoor days are more like field trips to our community spaces, as we do not maintain a permanent indoor classroom.

This allows us to keep cancellations to a minimum while still preserving the spirit of exploration and flexibility in our program.

That said, we deeply value consistency for the children and reliability for families, so we will always do our best to provide make-up opportunities in these cases whenever possible.

Accessibility & Scholarships

If the cost of tuition is a barrier for your family, please indicate on your application that you are interested in our sliding scale tuition or one of the 25% or 50% scholarships we offer each school year. It is very important to us that families who want their child to be here are able to participate.

2025-2026 Tuition per 12 Week Trimester

DAYS per WEEK Tuition

5 .…………… $4,320 ($1,440 per month)

4 ..…………… $3,456 ($1,152 per month)

3 ….…..……… $2,0592 ($864 per month)

2 ……….……… $1,728 ($576 per month)