contact us

Use the form on the right to contact us.

You can edit the text in this area, and change where the contact form on the right submits to, by entering edit mode using the modes on the bottom right.​

16245 Westside Hwy SW
Vashon, WA, 98070

206-466-7398

The Vashon Green School is a place-based multi-age learning community located on 7 acres of farm and woodlands, on Vashon’s Westside. We offer a hands-on, hearts-on embodied curriculum rooted in practices that promote social intelligence and connection to the natural world. Our curriculum seeks to provide children with tools and support for living a full, balanced and creative life by giving equal value to each of the four windows of knowing: feeling, imagining, sensing and thinking. Mentors honor each child’s unique gifts and learning styles, supported by our small mentor-student ratio. VGS children, mentors and families journey together to create a learning community rooted in compassion, connection and gratitude.

Enrollment Contract 2023-24

 

V A S H O N  G R E E N   S C H O O L 

Enrollment Contract 2023-2024

 

When you enroll your child in VASHON GREEN SCHOOL you are committing to make the payments according to the Payment Plan that you designate below.  If you withdraw your child, for any reason, before the school year ends you are still obligated to pay the full tuition. There will be no reduction of payments due to sickness, family vacations, or any other reason.

 

Families who wish to leave VASHON GREEN SCHOOL before the end of their contract are required to present their reason in writing. They must also attend a conference with VASHON GREEN SCHOOL mentors to discuss their reasons and allow instructors to address any outstanding issues. VASHON GREEN SCHOOL staff and families commit to working through conflicts that arise. 

 

As a parent/guardian to a child(ren) in VASHON GREEN SCHOOL, you also become an important member and role model in this learning community.  You play a vital role in creating the container within which the children of VASHON GREEN SCHOOL thrive and grow.  There are myriad ways that parents/guardians do this, above and beyond what is defined here.  Parents are strongly encouraged to sign-up for a role in some of these essential VASHON GREEN SCHOOL practices/activities throughout the school year:



  1. Seasonal Celebrations: Deeply rooted in the natural cycles, these gatherings nurture our connection to each other and the environment that sustains us.  

  2. Annual Work Party: An opportunity for the whole family to join with the rhythms of the land on which your child learns and grows. Time to strengthen connection to this place and the other families of VGS.

  3. Field Trips/Events: Children thrive on seeing the family members of their friends, sharing time together and enjoying each other.  Field Trips, and the Year End Ceremony are another way we do this.  We need drivers once a week!

  4. Fundraising: A core element in the healthy functioning of this community. All families are expected to participate in the VASHON GREEN SCHOOL Fundraising efforts. VGS is committed to equity and reparations in education.

  5. Reading Lab and Hands-on Activities: An opportunity to support students learning during the school day as a volunteer.

  6. Pandemic Protocols:  In an effort to keep our school community and our communities beyond safe, VGS families are asked to support the decisions made by VGS concerning public health protocols.  As we navigate the ever-changing landscape of our time, VGS will continue to prioritize in-person learning and take the necessary precautions to do so as well as pivot to online learning when called for.   

 

PLEASE INITIAL ____________               

 

                                                         Page 1

Otter Tuition:  $8300. 

Orca Tuition    $8800. ( includes additional classes with Amy Mercer Monday and Wednesday mornings)

 

Non-Refundable Deposit due with Enrollment Document May 1, 2023 (applied to tuition)

 

First day of school:          September 18, 2023 

Last day of school:           June 20, 2024


Payment Plans: Please circle and initial one of the following plans. Payments are due on the 1st of the month.

 

         ORCA TUITION Payment OPTIONS

  1. One payment: (after enrollment deposit of $880.)   $7920. 

  Due: JUNE 1, 2023

2. Three payments: (after enrollment deposit of $880.)  $2,640. /each    

  Due: June 1, October 1, February 1, 2023-24


3. Ten Payments: (after enrollment deposit of $880.)  $792./each

  Due:  monthly June 1- March 1, 2023-24.

 

OTTER TUITION Payment OPTIONS:

  1. One payment: (after enrollment deposit of $830.)  $7470.

               Due: JUNE 1, 2023


2.  Three payments: (after enrollment deposit of $830.) $2490./each

    Due: June 1, October 1, February 1, 2023-24


3. Ten payments: (after enrollment deposit of $830.) $747./each

  Due:  monthly June 1- March 1, 2022-23.

 

Payments received after due dates for any plan will incur a $25 late fee applied to the next payment.

 

Payment Methods:

1.     Automatic bank check sent to 16245 Westside Hwy SW, Vashon, WA 98070

2.     Check mailed to 16245 Westside Hwy SW, Vashon, WA, 98070. 

3.     Check placed in-person in designated mailbox at Vashon Green School

4.     Paypal vashongreenschool@gmail.com  (* PayPal service fees added to payments)

                                              

                                               Page 2

Financial Aid

 

Financial aid decisions are based on Vashon Green School’s commitment to equity in education.  Please take into consideration that the current tuition amounts do not adequately cover the true cost of this educational program, they are set at a level to make the program accessible to more families. Furthermore, we rely on fundraising for all scholarship and financial aid funding. If you need assistance and have family and friends that can help support your child’s tuition, we request you access those funds directly. “It takes a village.”  To request financial assistance from VGS send an email to vashongreenschool@gmail.com   If you can pay more than the standard tuition and want to support our mission of equity in education, please email me to set up a different payment plan.  There is also a donation button on the website. 



I/We ____________________________, ___________________________, [parent(s) or guardians] am/are 

 

enrolling ______________________________,[child] in VASHON GREEN SCHOOL 2022/23.

  

 

 

I/We have read and agree to the VASHON GREEN SCHOOL Enrollment Contract:



Parent / Guardian Signature:                                                                                             date

 

 

Parent / Guardian Signature:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         date

 

 

Director Vashon Green School        Dana Schuerholz                                                              date     

 

 



Contact Info: (for each parent/guardian)

 

Email Addresses:


Home Phone and Text numbers:

Mailing Addresses:

Home Address:


Child’s Birth date: (please include year)

Other information you want to share:

Page 3