Victory Heights Montessori School

As of November 2021, all staff have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with an additional booster. As the vaccine becomes more available to young children, our health policy will change to best support the children and the families at the school. Outdoor masking is optional for fully vaccinated children or children with medical exemptions. For the immediate future, indoor masking will still be required.

Children are also shown how to wash their hands before and after using a material in the classroom to minimize contamination, and materials are sanitized at the end of the day.

We are incredibly proud that we haven’t had to close at all since April 2020 due to a COVID-19 outbreak, and will continue best practices to ensure that children and families can continue receiving child care with us as we adapt to our changing times.

We are not social distancing the children from each other. Social interactions are an integral part of a young child’s learning, and constantly redirecting them from what comes naturally to them would be counter-intuitive to having them physically present at the school.

Yes, I am licensed through the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. My provider ID is 1276209 . I am licensed for children ages 18 months to 6 years, and for a capacity of 6 children.

Yes! We are rated level 3 with Early Achievers, meaning we can accept certain state subsidies. Please check DCYF to see if you qualify.

Our ratio is 1:6, and I am currently the only staff member.

Because the school operates from our private home, we ask that you please disclose the vaccination status of yourself and your child prior to entering our home. If you or your child has a documented medical exemption for one or more vaccines, please email me so that we speak on the matter privately. If you are attempting to set-up a tour of the school, I may ask for the vaccination statuses of all visitors to ensure the health and safety of our family as well as the children in attendance at our school.

Below are the WACs outlining immunization requirements for family home daycares.

170-296A-3250
Immunization tracking.

The licensee is required to track each child's immunization status. The licensee must:

(1) Except as provided in WAC 170-296A-3275 or 170-296A-3300, have a complete current certificate of immunization status (CIS) form or similar form supplied by a health care professional for each child, submitted on or before the child's first day of child care;

(2) Develop a system to update and keep individual immunization records current to include when immunizations are received; and

(3) Have the CIS or similar forms for each currently enrolled child available in the licensed space for review by the licensor.

170-296A-3275
Accepting a child who does not have current immunizations.

(1) The licensee may accept a child who is not current with immunizations on a conditional basis if immunizations are:

(a) Initiated before or on enrollment; and

(b) Completed as soon as medically possible.

(2) The licensee must have on file a document signed and dated by the parent or guardian stating when the child's immunizations will be brought up to date.

We do not require a security deposit, but there is a $30 application fee per each child.

We are not an allergy-free school. We have a cat and a dog in the home, and snacks are not allergy-free. However, if your child has allergies, we can come up with a health plan to ensure we protect them from the allergen(s).

Snacks are offered at school, but often times, children are not hungry until lunch time. We ask families to provide a lunch, in case their child does not want any of the snack offered that day. This way, they have something familiar from home to eat. Vise-versa, should your child not be interested in their lunch from home one day, they may be interested in the snack we offer. This way, they have options throughout the day of what they would like to eat.

Snacks are varied, but may repeat throughout the week. Typically, I offer a combination of a protein, a fruit, a grain, and a vegetable. Milk and water are available during snacks and lunch, although after 2 servings of milk, I usually switch to water.

Yes, we have a schedule quiet time, depending on the needs of the children. Typically, nap/quiet time happens from 12:00pm-1:45pm.

Your child does not need to be toilet-trained, but you must be willing to work with me to toilet train your child during the first year of their enrollment. If there is a developmental or physical reason that your child cannot use the toilet, please reach out to me in private so that we can discuss a support plan for your child.