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The Growing Garden Nursery School

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The Growing Garden Nursery School parent survey
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  • Schedule, Policies, and Admissions
  • Curriculum, Teaching, and Child Development
  • Health, Safety, and Discipline

Before you get started, please tell us what school year your responses are based on:

My child last attended this school in (required):

Schedule and Policies

1.What type of yearly schedule does this preschool follow?

Preschool follows traditional school year and closes for the summer
Preschool follows traditional school year but offers a summer program as well
Preschool operates year round
I don't know

2.How many days a week is the preschool program?

Flexible schedule – you choose the days
5 Days
4 Days
3 Days
2 Days
I don't know

3.What are the hours of this preschool?

Regular school day (Ex. 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Half day (Ex. 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. or 12:00 p.m. to 3 p.m.)
Regular school day followed by optional after-hours care
Half-day program followed by optional after-hours care

4.Which of the following are policies around visitors at this preschool?

Visitors are screened before entry
Visitors must sign in before entering the facility
Visitors can only enter with a staff member or through using a keypad lock

5.Which of the following are policies around parents in the classroom?

Parents are encouraged to visit the classroom at particular times
Parents are encouraged to drop in the classroom at any time
Parents are asked not to drop in

6.This school expects parents to be:

Only somewhat involved
Very involved
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7.What are parents expected to do at this school? (Please check all that apply):

Volunteer in the classroom
Required to complete a fixed number of volunteer hours
Go on field trips
Attend parent/teacher conferences, parent nights and open houses
Receive newsletters
Participate in gatherings/social events at the school
Organize social events at the school
Fundraise
Required to make donations

Application and Admissions

1.In order to enter this school, children must:

Be potty-trained
Be vaccinated
Meet a minimum age requirement
Meet specific academic/developmental requirement (certain social, speaking, reading, writing abilities)

2.In order to apply to the school, families must:

Visit the school
Bring the child for an interview
Have a parent interview
Have their child spend a few hours in the classroom
Enter a lottery system
Pay an application fee

3.Applications are accepted:

On a rolling basis throughout the school year
Only during certain enrollment periods
Don’t know

4.Getting accepted into this preschool is:

Easy; no waiting list
Extremely difficult
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5.Compared to other preschools in the area, this preschool is:

Very inexpensive
Very expensive
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6.Besides tuition payments, are there additional charges for special classes, trips, etc.?

Yes
No
I don't know

7.Besides English, which of the following languages are spoken by staff members able to help parents with the application and admissions process?

Arabic
Cantonese
French
German
Hebrew
Hmong
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Mandarin
Russian
Spanish
Tagalog
Other

8.What school did / will your child attend after this school?

Paramus, NJ Change city

9.What advice can you give to other parents for getting in to this school?



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