Tuition, Fees, and Financial Aid

BlueSkies believes that supporting young children includes support for their families, so our fees and our services (full-day childcare teamed with parent support and education) include both.

Tuition at BlueSkies covers the cost of enrollment for an individual child. This cost includes year-round, all-day care, care for infants through 5’s, warm and freshly-prepared, nutritious lunch every day, formula, diapers, beautiful spaces, age-appropriate materials to explore, and well-educated, experienced teachers adhering to a philosophy of play-based, social-emotionally-focused learning. We don’t know of any other early childhood program that offers ALL of these features.

BlueSkies is a nonprofit agency. We have an active Board fundraising committee that supports reduced tuition for families who cannot pay the full rate. Any family whose child is admitted to the program may apply for need-based financial assistance to subsidize their fees.

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Current Schedules and Fees

Five Days/Week

Hours Under 3 Over 3
40 hours/week $3576 $2630
42.5 hours/week $3800 $2794
45 hours/week $4023 $2959
47.5 hours/week $4247 $3123
50 hours/week $4470 $3288

  • Respectful, educated, experienced teachers in every classroom

  • Integrated and individualized plans to support growth from infancy through pre-kindergarten

  • Whole-child preparation for kindergarten

  • High staff-to-child ratios which allow individualization for each child:
    1:3 under age 2
    1:4 or 1:5 for 2-year-olds
    1:8 for 3-and-4-year-olds

  • A community culture that values the rights of children

  • Eco-friendly, compostable diapers for infants and toddlers

  • Formula (if applicable)

  • On-site, all-day housekeeping to allow teachers to focus on the children

  • Fully-covered health care benefits and paid time off for staff members

  • Home-cooked, nutritious meals and snacks, prepared to foster appreciation for the natural flavors in foods

  • Compassionate, thoughtful support for parents

  • Home-like environment full of natural materials

  • Beautiful, interesting, challenging, age-appropriate spaces indoors and out

  • Balanced daily schedule for children who are out of their homes all day

  • Weekly music program with Bonnie Lockhart for all classrooms

No hidden fees – The monthly rate covers everything!

Flexible Tuition Opportunities Through Clarity

If you have been offered admission and are interested in Financial Aid, you may create an account and apply here through the Clarity application. The application typically takes less than 30 minutes to complete. Clarity is also mobile-friendly so you can complete it from anywhere. You are also able to save your progress and return at any time. At the end of the application, there is a $60 fee to submit (automatically waived if your income is below a particular threshold), and your fee covers any other school applications that use Clarity.

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Four Days/Week

Hrs./week Under Three Over Three
32 $2,946.62 $2,167.12
36 $3,218.40 $2,367.00