School Calendar
The Sundrop School follows an Extended Learning Year.
Be sure to check TV 9&10 News Website to check if there is a snow day.
Tuition Assistance – Sundrop Primary
Child Development and Care Program (CDC) – Parents (michigan.gov).
(Scroll down until you get to the part that says “How Can I Get Help Paying for Child Care?”)
MI Tri-Share Program: This program works with an employer as a benefit. If your employer does not offer this program, you can receive information from Tri-Share to share and incentivize your employer to start participating.
Great Start to Quality – COOR: Here is the link to COOR’s Great Start to Quality website. Chris Tappan is the contact for their Great Start to Quality Scholarship Program. Scholarships are applied for in October each year.
Gear Guide
At The Sundrop School, we embrace the outdoors in all seasons and nearly all weather conditions (excluding lightning and extreme cold). Our goal at Sundrop is to spend at least 2 hours, and possibly the entire day, outside. This could mean on the playground, at Nature Space, or on a guided hike through a nearby nature preserve or park. Children can happily enjoy the outdoors for many hours, even in cold or rainy weather, if equipped with the right clothing to keep them warm and dry.
Children should have waterproof rain boots for wet conditions, insulated snow suits, snow boots, wool socks, hats and waterproof gloves/mittens for winter conditions. Sun hats, close-toed tennis shoes or sandals, and lightweight sun- and bug-protective clothing for fall and spring. Indoor shoes to be kept at school. Sundrop provides full coverage rain suits to all students, which are kept at school.
Daily Schedule
The daily schedule is flexible and based on the weather and the seasons.
ARRIVAL – Welcome and Montessori Work Period (2-3 hours): Uninterrupted time for children to explore and master the Montessori materials. Children may do their work indoors or outdoors.
Lunch and Rest Time (45 – 60 min): Outdoors if weather permits.
Outdoor Group Exploration and Free Play: Discovery-based activities focused on environmental education. Optional unstructured free play outdoors.
DEPARTURE: Outdoor Play (up to 60 min).
Required Health Information: MDHHS requires that all children who attend Sundrop Primary or Sundrop Explorers Academy need to submit a health appraisal to Sundrop. If your child needs an immunization waiver, those need to be obtained from your local health department and submitted to Sundrop. Children who attend Forest School After School, and are also enrolled in a local public school, do not need to submit a health appraisal to Sundrop, but do need to sign a document stating that they are in good health and have their health appraisal on file at their school.
