Family policies

We ask your written permission before we share any photo of your child, on this site, in newsletters or on social media, and you can change your answer at any time. We never put a child's name with a photo, and the photos on this site are examples until we replace them with our own.

A child with a fever, vomiting or a contagious illness stays home until they feel well. If a child gets sick at school, we call you to pick them up. If you're unwell on a duty morning, let us know and we'll find another helper.

Children leave only with the adults you listed when you enrolled. We ask for ID at the door from anyone we don't know. A helper family never takes another family's child out of the room.

If you will be late, call or text the school. A teacher stays with your child until you arrive. What happens if it repeats is explained when you enroll.

Snack is set out each morning by the helper family, and children bring a water bottle. We ask families not to send nuts. If your child has allergies, tell us on the tour; we ask for the details privately once you enroll.

We close for school holidays and the winter break. When snow or a storm closes the school, we text families before they leave home, and the duty family hears too.

Children don't use screens during class. We ask adults on duty to keep their phones in a bag in the cubbies.

Clothes that can get messy, shoes for the yard, a rain jacket and a change of clothes in the backpack. Seattle mornings are wet.

We ask for a month's written notice, in person or through the form.