Petaluma KinderCare vs. The Spring Hill School
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School Overview
Overview
The teachers and staff at KinderCare Petaluma are passionate about educating and nurturing children.
Once you enroll with us, you become a part of our Petaluma Family.
The KinderCare Petaluma staff strive for excellence through continuing their education from biannual company professional development trainings and trainings provided by local CPR First Aid trainers.
At the end of the day, all of our teachers are here for one reason and that is that they truly love and enjoy teaching children.
The Spring Hill School is a respectful and innovative Toddler (18 months) - Grade 8 independent school believing in the intellect and potential of each of our children.
At the heart of our school is a hands-on, global bilingual education that fosters joyful learning and stimulates passionate engagement, elaborate thinking, creating, making, and inventing. This is a place where our children can ask questions, wonder, explore, receive individual as well as team guidance as they master their academic skills and thrive while gaining a deep understanding of subject matters.
The Spring Hill School provides an authentic Montessori classroom in Toddler through Kindergarten programs. As students move up to the Elementary and Middle School from the Montessori foundation, they advance to an independent school project and research-based, integrated program with a focus on design-thinking and STEAM (science, technology, arts, math) to prepare them to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.
Programs in our Elementary/Middle School include: Advisory Program, Public Speaking, Math Circles and a variety of innovative and state-of-the-art programs to challange our students and spark a curiosity in life-long-learning.
Grades Offered
NS-PK
PK-8
Blue Ribbon School
No
No
Offers Post-Graduate Year
n/a
No
Learning Difference Programs
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No
Year Founded
2000
1975
Students Body
Total Students
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215 students
Student Body Type
Co-ed
Co-ed
% Students of Color
-
38%
Students by Grade
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Students by Grade
Nursery Students
-
41
Pre-K Students
-
65
Kindergarten Students
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9
Grade 1 Students
-
19
Grade 2 Students
-
7
Grade 3 Students
-
11
Grade 4 Students
-
7
Grade 5 Students
-
8
Grade 6 Students
-
17
Grade 7 Students
-
13
Grade 8 Students
-
18
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers
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42 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree
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75%
Average Class Size
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20
Teacher : Student Ratio
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1:5
Classroom Dress Code
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Casual
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline
None / Rolling
Feb. 14 / rolling
Tuition Cost
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$21,870
Tuition Notes
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Tuition ranges for Toddler, Prekindergarten, and Kindergarten with 4-5 day full and half day programs. Please refer to our website (thespringhillschool.org) for tuition details.
% on Financial Aid
n/a
20%
Admissions Director
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Tracy Walthard - Associate Head of School
Admissions Associate
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Alyssa Wolfe