Above photo courtesy of Jennifer Cronin. voyagingstill.com

Classes & Fees

All classes for the 2024-2025 school year are full. Please submit a registration form if you would like to be added to a waiting list.

Watch a virtual tour of our little preschool in the woods.

Parent Participation

We offer two parent participation classes: Classes run from September to June

• 3-day AM: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:15am-11:45am

  • FULL for 2024-25

• 2-day AM: Monday, Wednesday 9:15am-11:45am

  • FULL for 2024-2025

In a parent participation preschool, parents are involved as administrators, as teacher assistants and as students of childhood development. The preschool is owned and operated as a non-profit, charity organization by the parents of the children enrolled in the preschool. As a parent, you will be responsible for:

1) Holding a family job

Each family will be assigned a job for the year to help with the running of the school. Some example of the available jobs are: Laundry, Duty-day Scheduler or Outside Maintenance. This could also mean taking a leadership role on the Executive committee. We do our best to match families up with jobs that are a good fit for each family.

2) Completing monthly duty days (only for ppp classes)

This is a chance to join your little one in their class. Duty parents help with setup and clean-up, assist with transitions, and supervise & support the children in their play and learning. You are responsible for bringing part of the snack on your duty days. Each family will typically be responsible for 1-4 duty shifts per month. (Additional duty days will be assigned for multiple children.)

3) attending monthly parent education meetings and general meeting

There are 5 general meetings & parent education talks per year, which at least one (1) family representative must attend. This is a great opportunity to listen to high caliber speakers who talk on a variety of parenting and child development topics. The general meetings cover general business of the school and are mandatory for all families, parent education talks are mandatory for duty persons. These are held on the first Tuesday of the month and begin at 6PM.

4) orientation hours and parent workshops

This involves participation in an evening orientation session in September and a parent observation day prior to your first duty day. Additionally, parent workshops are held in January upon return from winter break.

5) inside deep clean

Each family must volunteer for inside clean per class they are enrolled in (additional deep clean days will be assigned for multiple children). This involves a toy wash and a deep clean of the preschool. These are held on the first Saturday of every month.

Parent Involvement

We offer two parent involvement classes: Classes run from September to June

• 3-day PM: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 12:45pm-3:15pm

  • Full for 2024-2025

• 2-day PM (Outdoor Class): Monday, Wednesday 12:45pm-3:15pm

  • Full for 2024-2025

Our parent involvement classes offered in the afternoon, provide an opportunity to be involved in your child’s preschool without the duty day requirement and some of the other parent participation responsibilities. As a parent, you will be responsible for:

1) Holding a family job

Each family will be assigned a job for the year to help with the running of the school. Some example of the available jobs are: Laundry, Duty-day Scheduler or Outside Maintenance. This could also mean taking a leadership role on the Executive committee. We do our best to match families up with jobs that are a good fit for each family.

2) attending monthly general meetings

There are 5 general meetings per year, which at least one (1) family representative must attend. The general meetings cover general business of the school and follow parent education talks (which you are welcome to attend but are not mandatory for parent involvement families). The general meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month and begin at 6 PM.

3) inside deep clean

Each family must volunteer for inside clean per class they are enrolled in (additional deep clean days will be assigned for multiple children). This involves a toy wash and a deep clean of the preschool. These are held on the first Saturday of every month.

Outdoor Class (2-day PM)

This parent involvement class is held outdoors using the natural surroundings as our classroom. This class has a maximum of 8 students and is led by Teacher Lori. Students will venture into the surrounding forest and neighbourhoods, learning about nature, community, road safety and many other important lessons. We use our imaginations to take us on all kinds of adventures!

Tuition & Fees

Registration and Deposit are required at time of registration. Other fees are required by TBA. Monthly Tuition is required on the first of each month.

SHPPP participates in the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative (CCFRI), which is a provincially funded child care subsidy program that provides funds to eligible, licensed child care providers to reduce and stabilize child care costs for families. 

Parents do NOT need to apply to access this subsidy. If your child is enrolled in a participating preschool their fees will automatically be reduced beginning in September 2025.

Monthly Tuition for 2025/2026 (fees below include the CCFRI reduction)

• 2-day AM: $142-$38, with CCFRI= $104/month + parent involvement fees

• 2-day PM: $161-$38, with CCFRI= $123/month + parent participation fees

• 3-day AM: $198-$57, with CCFRI= $141/month + parent involvement fees

• 3-day PM: $242-$57, with CCFRI=$185/month + parent participation fees

One-Time Parent Participation fees**
(total = $340 + one month tuition):

Registration Fee* (for CPPPBC) $75
Deposit - one month tuition (will be applied against June tuition at year end)
Scrapbooking Fee $40
Fundraising Fee (tax deductible) $175
Year End Gala Tickets* (2 tix x $25 each) $50

One-Time Parent Involvement fees**
(total = $300 + one month tuition):

Registration Fee* (for CPPPBC) $75
Deposit - one month tuition (will be applied against June tuition at year end)
Fundraising Fee (tax deductible) $175
Year End Gala Tickets* (2 tix x $25 each) $50

*Only one registration fee and one set of gala tickets is required if you register in multiple classes; all other fees are due on a per class basis.

**One-time fees are non-refundable.