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GET TO KNOW ANS

Admissions

If you're curious about the ANS community and are considering joining us, please follow these four steps:

1. Get In Touch

Please fill out this brief informational form. Our Membership Chair will reach out to answer any questions you may have. If you already know that you would like to attend the info session and visit day (below), you may also RSVP for an info session and request a visit day.

2. Attend An Information Session

Prospective families are required to attend one of our information sessions. Get to know the Altadena Nursery School community and philosophy while learning about our program, co-op spirit, and responsibilities. These sessions are held virtually on Zoom at the times listed below:

  • Dates forthcoming for 2023-2024 school year

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Our Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83985599021?pwd=d0lhTzNXVTZQYU1uMENSYjBDTXAzQT09

3. Attend A Visit Day With Your Child

These visits serve as your family’s opportunity to explore our school and ask questions, and for our teachers to get to know you and your child. Because of the quality of interaction we hope to foster, these groups are limited in size and require an appointment. Our upcoming Visit Days are:

  • Dates forthcoming for the 2023-2024 school year

 

Children react in many different ways to visiting a new place full of children playing! Please know that we recognize and celebrate children’s many different personality types and abilities.

4. Complete The Application

Once you have attended an Information Session and Visit Day and want to join the ANS community, please submit the final part of our application and the $70 application fee. You may submit the fee via Zelle to admin@altadenanurseryschool.org, or via check made out to "Altadena Nursery School".

Admissions Timeline

We begin enrolling students for the following year in March, but we welcome and encourage applications year-round. We are currently accepting applications for the 2024-2025 school year.

  • For fall enrollment, the application deadline for our priority wait list is the last day of February each year. 

  • ​Visit Days are held in October-February, and on a rolling basis as needed.

  • We send admissions decisions via e-mail on March 1, and on a rolling basis afterwards.

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