Montessori Kindergarten Admission | Parkdale Montessori School

Casa (Preschool, Junior and Senior Kindergarten) Admission Registration Process

Register with the City of Ottawa Child Care Registry and Waitlist at the following: City of Ottawa Waitlist Note: There is no charge or fee for a child to be placed on the waiting list.
For any questions call the school at (613) 216-7275 or email us
Once you have been informed that we have an opening available, you will be invited to visit the school facility.
Should you wish to apply for the opening, please submit an application form by the due date provided to you.
Once your application form has been received by our school office and as part of the application process, we will organize a short 20-minute visit during which your child will meet with a Casa Head Teacher. This visit is mandatory and is intended to give you a chance to ask questions to our teaching staff and also for the school to ensure that our Casa program is a good fit for your child.
Following that visit, a decision regarding your child’s acceptance in our program will be made within 48 hours by the school administration.
If enrollment is confirmed, you will be provided with an enrollment package. Upon receipt of that package, please submit the following to our school office within 5 business days: all documents, forms, deposits, and fees listed in the enrollment package.

Should applicable documents and fees not be provided by the due date(s) to the school administration, the space will be considered open and offered to the next family on the waitlist.
All listed requirements must be fully met for your child to be considered officially enrolled at our school.
Current enrollment does not secure a space for the following academic year. Limited space is available in each program and on first-come, first-served basis.

Fees for our Casa program include two healthy snacks a day, milk (3.25%) served at lunch, and three seasonal events (held virtually or with in-person guests).
Casa families have the option to select precare and/or aftercare if they need extended care. Spaces are limited and are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Deposits and pro-rated fees (for time already spent in the program regardless of attendance and/or services already used) are all non-refundable and non-transferable under any circumstances.
Parents joining Parkdale Montessori School after the school year has started will be provided with prorated fees.
Fees, programs, services and schedule are subject to change.
Parkdale Montessori School is part of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) System as such fees were reduced by 52.75% between September 2024 – December 2024 and further reduced as of January 1^st, 2025 to $22 per day.

Program and Services	Hours	Deposits (non-refundable / non-transferable and towards tuition fees)	Balance	Total Fees
Montessori Program	8:30 am – 3:30 pm	$2,500 (due within 5 working days upon receipt of enrollment package)	$5,150 (due Sept. 1st)	$7,650
Precare	8:00 am – 8:30 am	$100 (due within 5 working days upon receipt of enrollment package)	$440 (due Sept. 1st)	$540
Aftercare	3:30 pm – 5:15 pm	$200 (due within 5 working days upon receipt of enrollment package)	$1,250 (due Sept. 1st)	$1,450
* Application fee: $75 (non-refundable/non-transferable and due with submission of application form)

Hot Lunch Payment Options	Fees
1 Up-front payment	$3,400 (due Sept. 1st)
10 Monthly payments	$360/month (due on the 1st of each month)

Parkdale Montessori School welcomes all prospective parents and their families, and has a non-discriminatory admission policy for children.
Acceptance into our programs is based on many factors such as: availability, age, etc. Children may be admitted at any time during the school year, depending on availability of space.
Priority will be given to children who are currently enrolled and are eligible to move to the next age grouping, children of current Parkdale Montessori staff, siblings of children currently enrolled, families who have previously attended Parkdale Montessori School, full-time enrollment as well as families wishing to enroll more than one child in the same academic year. Once these children have been placed, other children on the waiting list will be prioritized based on program availability and age group.

Children must be fully toilet-trained to be accepted into our Casa program (i.e. able to independently use the toilet, wipe, and wash hands).
Children must have the ability to care for their own personal needs, and show age-appropriate independence and readiness (e.g. physical independence could be observed through your child’s ability to dress himself/herself; emotional independence could be manifested through ability to verbalize his/her needs; social readiness means that your child has some ability to understand limits, can usually wait, and can control impulses most times).
Ages (i.e. 3 to 6 years-old) are approximate and placement depends on each child’s abilities and emotional growth.
Children must come for a visit prior to acceptance.
Previous school/daycare records must be submitted if applicable.
The Montessori curriculum at the Casa level is based on a three-year cycle. Therefore, it is in the child’s best interest that a commitment is made for that length of time.