Application fee
- A non‑refundable application fee of USD 200 is required at the time the online application is submitted.
Enrollment deposit / tuition down payment
- When a family is offered a place, a USD 2,000 deposit is required to secure the spot. Families accepted for enrollment have two weeks to submit this deposit and complete enrollment forms.
- In addition to the enrollment deposit process, a tuition down payment equal to 10% of the full year's tuition is required with the tuition contract; this 10% down payment is non‑refundable and will be deducted from the total tuition balance. An illustrative example shown in the tuition contract lists a 10% down payment of USD 2,013.40 (consistent with a full‑year tuition of USD 20,134 in the published tuition materials).
Tuition — full year and per term / per program notes
- The school publishes a full‑year tuition amount that has appeared as USD 20,134 in the published tuition materials associated with the school's tuition form. This figure has been used in the school's enrollment/tuition contract materials.
- The tuition amount is charged on a full‑year basis; there is no pro‑rating for partial‑year attendance and families commit to pay the full year's tuition even if their child does not attend for the entire academic year.
- Aftercare (Curiosity Lab) and precare are billed separately from base tuition; these optional daily programs have published daily rates rather than being included in the per‑term tuition. Sample published daily rates include:
- Curiosity Lab FLEX: USD 18 per day (pick‑up by 4:00 PM).
- Curiosity Lab FULL: USD 32 per day (pick‑up by 5:45 PM).
- Precare (drop‑off between 7:45 AM and 8:20 AM): USD 18 per day.
- The standard tuition shown in the tuition contract is stated to include the lunch plan fee, classroom materials fee, field trips, and music lessons as part of the full‑year tuition total. Aftercare, drop‑in programs, Passport Day packages, and similar optional programs are charged separately.
Billing schedule and payment terms
- Standard payment plan options listed in the tuition contract materials are:
- Plan A: Single payment of the full tuition amount (one payment), due in April.
- Plan B: Two payments due five months apart, beginning in April.
- Plan C: Six monthly payments beginning in April; Plan C carries a processing fee (example: USD 240 processing fee) added to the payment plan.
- A 10% tuition down payment is required with the tuition contract and will be credited to the family's tuition balance. That down payment is explicitly non‑refundable.
- Late payment penalties: a USD 50 late fee is automatically added for payments overdue at 5 days, 10 days, and/or 15 days; late fees may continue to accrue at 5‑day intervals and prolonged delinquencies can result in refusal of admission or termination of enrollment.
- Tuition is assessed on a full‑year basis and the school does not pro‑rate tuition for partial attendance; tuition obligations remain even if the child does not attend for all or part of the academic year.
Boarding fees
- There is no boarding program and no boarding fees for this school; programs are day‑time early childhood and elementary offerings (preschool through elementary levels) located in an urban campus.
Other costs and optional program fees
- Passport Days (full‑day bilingual enrichment on school closure days) and Passport Day packages are sold separately; package pricing and single‑day drop‑in rates are published (example: multi‑day packages and single‑day drop‑in rates such as USD 125 per day for single drop‑in Passport Days are shown in the school's program listings). Some Passport Day packages are stated to be non‑refundable.
- Optional Saturday community classes and enrichment programs (e.g., FantaSIEF / Fantavolando offerings) have their own published session fees and refund rules (an example refund rule for a Saturday program: full refunds, minus a USD 40 administrative fee, if requested in writing at least one week before the session begins).
- Processing fee for multi‑installment payment Plan C: USD 240 (applies to the payment plan; shown in the tuition contract materials).
- Credit card processing fee policy: the initial 10% down payment is not charged a credit‑card processing fee; future tuition invoices processed through QuickBooks may incur a card processing fee, and bank transfer is recommended for paying those invoices to avoid card processing fees. Families are provided a finance contact for custom payment arrangements.
- No separate uniform fee is listed in the school's tuition/contract materials reviewed; uniforms are not identified as a charged item included in the published tuition items. (Optional program fees and aftercare are specifically itemized in tuition materials.)
Refund information
- The tuition contract states that tuition and fees are charged on a full‑year basis and will not be refunded or pro‑rated for partial attendance; the school's tuition agreement language makes clear that the school will not refund tuition even if a child does not attend for all or part of the academic year. The 10% tuition down payment is explicitly non‑refundable.
- Certain program‑specific refunds are addressed separately: for example, Passport Day packages are listed as non‑refundable in program descriptions, while some community class sessions list a refund window (e.g., full refunds minus an administrative fee if canceled at least one week before session start).
Fee payment options
- Accepted/used payment channels described in the tuition materials include credit‑card payments through the school's invoicing system (QuickBooks) and bank transfers; families are advised that QuickBooks credit‑card payments may incur processing fees for future invoices and bank transfer is recommended to avoid those fees. The school provides a finance contact for payment questions and custom arrangements.
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Brief note on availability of per‑grade 2026/27 fee breakdown:
- The materials and enrollment/tuition contract forms that are publicly available and accessible list the school's standard tuition practice, the 10% non‑refundable down payment requirement, the USD 2,000 enrollment deposit requirement upon acceptance, the sample full‑year tuition figure shown (USD 20,134 in the published tuition materials), the standard payment plans (one, two, or six installments), and the separate daily rates for aftercare programs. A detailed, explicit per‑grade (Pre‑K 3, Pre‑K 4, Kindergarten, Grade 1, etc.) table labeled specifically for the 2026/27 academic year was not located in the accessible tuition materials; the tuition contract and related documents provide the policy structure and the example tuition figure noted above.
