Admission, Tuition & Sponsorship

Admission

1. Requirements

Young Explorers is a space designed for children aged one to twelve. For our Daycare program, children should be able to walk independently; there are no specific pre-admission requirements for the nursery. Additionally, for enrollment in our Elementary program, a foundational Montessori educational background is required.”

2. Procedure

To facilitate your child’s registration and admission to Young Explorers Montessori International School, please find below all the necessary steps you will need to take.

a) Visit this Website

If you go through our Website, besides getting an overview of the school and its educational offer, you can also download and fill the pre-application form, and send it to us. As soon as we receive it, we will contact you to arrange for a school visit. This form does not involve any financial commitment.

b) Participate in an Open Doors session for Parents

You can book for an Open Doors session on the phone or by mail. This is an opportunity for Parents to visit our school, discuss with the Director about the Montessori method and the curriculum, and seek answers to all your questions. For the first school visit, only adults’ presence is required, and it is strongly recommended that both parents attend if possible. During this visit, the registration procedure will be explained. The application form for admission as well as the Enrolment Contract, which includes the general financial conditions, will be handed to you.

c) Complete the Admission Process

The application form should be filled and returned to us, together with a signed copy of the Enrolment Contract. A non-refundable registration fee will need to be paid. This will allow your child to be registered on a pre-admission list. Their registration is secured and confirmed upon receipt of the first installment of tuition fee, which includes the month of September.

d) Individual Pupils’ Sessions

All registered children will have an individual session at the last week of August. This will enable them to meet with the school team and get acquainted with their new environment.

Please note that Sponsors will be invited to go through the same process if they are sponsoring a particular child.

Tuition

1. Registration Fee

Parents wishing to register their child should fill out the application form, pay the registration fee, which is non-refundable, non-transferable and is due upon registration.

2. Enrolment fees

For enrolment fees only, students arriving during the school year are charged on a prorata basis according to the start date agreed with the school administration upon signature of the Enrolment contract.

Enrolment charges include:

Enrolment does not include the following:

Sponsorship

To make the School’s educational offer accessible to children from all backgrounds and in line with the School’s vision of “making quality education accessible to all”, a sponsorship mechanism is operated in parallel to a fee-based system. This implies that for children from low-revenue families, a sponsorship is in place, encouraging individuals or institutions of good will to complement these families’ own contribution. Individual or institutional sponsors have the possibility to do background checks of the child or children they are sponsoring and may also select / propose their own beneficiary. Another option is for Parents to make voluntary contributions to their child’s classmate/s from lower-revenue families either in cash or in kind.

Fund-Raising Activities

For the School to sustain its mission/vision of « making quality education available and accessible to all children », fund-raising activities will be organized throughout the school year. For these events, the participation of the entire School Community including Teachers with their Students, the School Administration and the Management Team, with the Families are highly appreciated.

Together, we will make a difference in sustaining children from less advantaged backgrounds to be active members of the school environment and allow the more advantaged children to learn the joy of sharing.