Enrollment
ENROLLMENT PROCEDURE AND REQUIREMENTS
Del Mar Hills Nursery School is licensed for 60 children. It admits children from 2 1/2 years, through the age of six. A child may not be six on the first of September, but may turn six during the school year. A child needs to be toilet learned before beginning school. While recognizing that accidents do happen, we do not have a diaper changing area for children still wearing diapers.
To gain admission for a child, parents need to visit the school, observe, and have an interview with the Director or Assistant Director. The purpose of the interview is to acquaint the parent with the philosophy of the school, not to screen children. Del Mar Hills Nursery School suggests that parents visit more than one school so that they can make an informed decision for their child.
Once a parent has decided to send his/her child to Del Mar Hills Nursery School, an application is filled out, signed and dated.
In the event the schedule a parent desires for his/her child is filled, the child's name may be placed on a waiting list. In order to be fair to all applicants, the list is first-come, first-served. Spaces are filled according to the hours of the opening. (Example: An opening for three mornings a week will be filled with the first child on the waiting list whose parent has requested three mornings a week.)
Upon enrollment, parents fill our a Parent's Report on their child's health, and a Physician's Report. The physician's Report gives the child's medical history and immunization history.
Toilet Learned Policy
A child needs to be toilet learned
before the start of school. If your child
needs to wear pull-ups, we consider this not
toilet learned. We will however allow
children to wear pull-ups only while napping
if provided by the parent.
At the beginning of the year, teachers will
take the 2 & 3 year olds to the toilet
during their 9 a.m. group time and every
hour thereafter. Teachers will provide
assistance when needed but children should
be dressed in non-restrictive clothing to
make their toileting more successful.
If your child is not toilet learned by June
1st you will need to notify us. Once
notified, you have several options:
1. Opt to pull your child’s enrollment in
which you will be reimbursed for tuition
deposit.
2. Opt to place your child on an “On
Hold” status, which means that we
keep your fees, you don’t pay tuition, we
offer your spot to another family, we will
work your child into an opening when toilet
learning is completed and when we have
availability. If your child is not potty
trained or a spot does not become available
for the contracted school year, you may
enroll for the next school year with the
fees we have “on hold” from the previous
year.
3. Opt to continue to secure your child’s
spot by paying tuition on the contracted
start date. Whenever the toilet learning
process is completed, your child may start.
If you do not notify us by June 1st, we will
assume there isn’t a toilet learning issue
and will continue to reserve your child’s
enrollment spot. The “On Hold” status will
no longer be available after June 1st.
After June 1st, if your child is unable to
start at the contracted time due to a delay
in toilet learning you have 2 options:
a. Opt to continue to secure your child’s
spot by paying tuition on the contracted
start date.
b. Opt to pull your child’s enrollment,
forfeit tuition deposit and enrollment fees
and restart the enrollment process when your
child is toilet learned. This would include
new payment of the enrollment and tuition
deposit fees.
