Have questions? Please check out our FAQs below!
What are your hours of operation?
Our Preschool school day is 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. We do offer Before School (6:45 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.) and After School (3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.) programs as well. Half day options are available from 8:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Our Toddler full school day is 6:45a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and our half day is 6:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Do you provide lunch for the students? Do you provide snacks for the students?
Lunch: Royal Montessori Academy provides milk and water for the students during all lunch times. It is the parent’s responsibility to provide each child with a lunch. Lunches are kept at room temperature until our lunch time so ice packs are required to keep food cool if needed in their lunch box. We do however have the means to heat up your child’s lunch so please feel free to pack anything that needs warming. All eating utensils are provided by our school.
Snack: Our parents are the snack providers up to a maximum of 2 time within the calendar school year. Each week has a new parent as the snack provider for the classroom your child is in. Parents are provided with a detailed snack suggestion list and can just bring the snacks to school in the grocery bags. The students use this snack time as a Practical Life work within the classroom by helping prepare snacks and setting the table. Milk and water are again provided by Royal Montessori Academy for snack times.
How is the building secure and what are the security procedures that take place?
Building Security: Each parent is provided with a key card to gain access to our school once enrolled in our program. Visitors need to sign in at the front desk and are with administration and/or staff at all times while in our building.
Student Pick Up Security: students must have an authorization form on file from Royal Montessori Academy giving the school a list of people authorized to pick up your child/ren. All students much be picked up by an adult over the age of 18. No siblings under 18 are able to come into the school to pick up and leave with any child. If an individual does come to pick up your child that is not on the authorization form the child will not be released to that adult and the school will contact the parents to gain verbal authorization before the child can leave. All authorized pick up people should be prepared to present an ID at any time for the staff and administration at Royal Montessori Academy.
What is the difference between Royal Montessori Academy and daycare?
Royal Montessori Academy is not a daycare. We are a private school registered with the DPI in the Ashwaubenon School District. We are a private school with a private educational program that meets all of the criteria under WI s. 118.165(1). We are teaching the Montessori Curriculum and offer programs from Toddler age, 18 months, through Kindergarten. Royal Montessori Academy follows WI 121.02(1)(f) - Each school board shall annually schedule at least 437 hours of direct pupil instruction
How do I know what program is best for my child?
The programs at Royal Montessori Academy are outlined as follows:
Toddler Program is for students 18 months of age to 3 years of age. Each student must be 18 months enroll into this program.
Preschool Program is for students 3 years old to 5 years old. Each student must be 3 years old by September 1st of the current school year and be potty trained to enroll in this program.
Kindergarten Program is for students 5 years old by September 1st of the current school year. Children are only eligible to move up within our programs January 1st of each year pending availability in the next level of the program.
School Calendar; Am I being charged for days that the school is closed?
Our school program runs on average 40 weeks each school year. There are however times that our school is closed for holiday breaks and staff development days. These days closed have already been taken into account in creating the tuition price for each school year. There are no makeup days for the days that the school is closed. Our school calendar goes out each year in January for the upcoming school year.
How do I pay the tuition? Does my tuition qualify for Flex Spend?
The tuition can be paid by cash, check or any major credit/debit card. We do also offer an ACH program that directly pulls tuition from any checking or savings account. The tuition cost can be paid 1 of 3 ways;
1. Paid in full by the first day of school in September.
2. Paid monthly due on the 1st of the month each month September through June.
3. Paid weekly on Monday of each week. All payment policies are laid out in our Parent Handbook located on page 24. There is a $35.00 charge for late tuition payments not received on the date of payment selection made.
There is no credit given for absences (such as but not limited to illness, death in the family, and/or vacations). There are no tuition credits for school closings.
Royal Montessori Academy does qualify for most Flex Spend plans. Due to the fact that each plan is different please verify with your plan carrier for more details.
What is the process for enrolling my child?
Observation and School Tour
Prospective families are required to have a school tour and are encouraged to observe in a classroom before enrolling their child. Appointment for tours or observations can be made through the main office.
Application
If at all possible, parents are encouraged to speak with the Head of School, Mrs. Tara Collins, or the School Administrator and tour the classroom before submitting an application. All applications will be processed upon receipt of a completed application form accompanied by the application deposit.
The application is valid for three years from the application date or until the child is no longer eligible for enrollment. If an offer for enrollment is declined for any reason, the application will be withdrawn. Please remember to notify the school if you change your address or phone number.
Waiting List
If there are no openings available in the program selected, your application will be placed on a waiting list. You will be contacted as soon as space becomes available and will then have two weeks in which to enroll your child by signing a contract and paying the one-month, refundable, security deposit.
Provisional Acceptance
All children enrolled are accepted into the program with the understanding that if the teacher feels the program cannot meet the child’s needs, the staff and parents will explore alternatives together.
Enrollment Agreement
A child is officially enrolled in the program when the school has received the signed enrollment agreement and tuition deposit. Enrollment in all programs is binding. Parents are responsible for tuition each month regardless of the amount of time the child attends the school.
Royal Montessori Academy admits students of any race, color, nationality, and ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. Royal Montessori Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, and ethnic origin in administration of educational policies and admission policies. Following the traditional multi-age Montessori classroom model, Royal Montessori Academy is committed to creating a balanced learning environment for all students. We are committed to integrating and accommodating children with special needs into our program, in accordance with the Montessori philosophy and appropriate early childhood practices. In some circumstances Royal Montessori Academy is not the “right fit” for a child and family. Royal Montessori Academy reserves the right not to accept a child into the program or to ask a child to leave the program based on the school’s inability to meet the needs of the child. We will support the family in finding a program better suited to the child’s specific needs.and one more I just need to think of it :)