Admissions
Classes are full for the 2023-2024 school year.  Interested applicants may call the office for waitlist placement. 
 

Sunshine Bunch Offered Monday-Friday from 8:00-9:00am, before the regular school day. Our Sunshine teachers plan a variety of activities, including games, art, story time, and free play.  Sunshine Bunch registration forms are available the second to last week of each month. Forms are due before the first school day of the new month.  If space is available, last minute attendance is allowed. Please check with the preschool during office hours (8:40-1:00), or email the school at anytime, to find out about availability. Children joining us as a drop-in must be paid for upon arrival, or they will be unable to stay.6  Cost for Sunshine Bunch:  Drop ins, or 1-5 days per month- $10 per day, 6+ days per month- $8 per day, all school days attended per month- $6 per day  Fees apply regardless of arrival time. There are no make up days or refunds for missed classes. You may not swap days after the month begins, as staff is hired and paid based on registration. You may include you monthly Sunshine Bunch fee in the check for regular tuition. Wee Play Offered Monday-Friday from 1:00-2:15, Wee Play features a variety of activities, including snack, games, art and playground time.  Wee Play registration forms are available the second to last week of each month. Forms are due before the first school day of the new month.  Last minute attendance is allowed. Please check with the preschool office before 12:00 to check availability.  Cost for Wee Play:  Drop ins, or 1-5 days per month- $10 per day  6+ days per month- $8 per day  All school days attended per month- $6 per day  Wee Play does not have make up days or refunds  You may not swap days after the month begins, as staff is hired and paid based on registration  You may include your Wee Play Fee in the check for your regular tuition  A late fee of $1.00 per minute will be assessed for pick up after 2:15 when carpool is over.

Each summer MBPC Preschool offers Monday-Thursday Summer Fun classes, running June through the first of August. Classes are 9:00-1:00, with lunch at 11:00. Sunshine Bunch and Wee Play are offered every day of Summer Fun.  During Summer Fun, your child will get to have a blast making crafts, playing games, and having fun with friends and teachers with special events.  Children ages 3 months to completed 2nd grade are invited to attend, regardless of attendance at MBPC Preschool  Information and registration is available in early spring. You may register by the day.  Summer Fun does not have make up days or refunds  You may not swap days after the month begins, as staff is hired and paid based on registration  All school year policies apply to Summer Fun students.

The preschool will follow the Mountain Brook School System’s weather closings  If Mountain Brook School System has an early closing, MBPC Preschool will close 30 minutes prior to the announced closure time of the Mountain Brook School System If you have a child at another school, PICK UP YOUR PRESCHOOLER FIRST! If Mountain Brook School System has a delayed start time, the preschool will delay 30 minutes after the announced start time.  We do not make up power outage or inclement weather day

School hours are 9:00-1:00 Monday through Friday  Tuesday/Thursday Toddlers, 2s, 3s, 4s & 5K classes will go through the carpool line outside of the St. Stephen’s building by the Office  Infant & 5 day Toddler classes will go through the carpool line outside of the Sanctuary building on the other side Carpool Procedure  Parents must unbuckle and buckle seat belts  Children will only be helped out of the right side of the car  At dismissal, you must pull forward to the parking space to buckle your child in safely before leaving  We open the doors for morning carpool and arrival at 8:55  Children may not enter the school before 8:55, unless registered for Sunshine Bunch, as teachers are busy preparing their classrooms  Please wait to be greeted by the staff at the appropriate entrance  We open the doors for afternoon carpool at 12:50  Afternoon carpool is over at 1:00  A late fee of $1.00 per minute will be assessed for pick up after 1:00 when carpool is over.  If you choose to walk in to bring or pick up your child, you must USE THE SIDE ENTRANCE. Please DO NOT use the front doors during carpool.  Children WILL NOT be allowed to leave school with anyone other than those persons listed on the registration forms, unless permission is sent in writing (note or email is acceptable). Proper identification will be checked.  If you will pick your child up early, please inform the office.  To leave a car seat you must park and bring the seat into the school via the side entrance. Make sure the car seat is labeled with the child’s name.  FIRE LANE: located in front of the St. Stephens building where we have carpool, you MAY NOT PARK and leave your car unattended in this area AT ANY TIME. You must park in the designated parking spaces.

Each day at MBPC Preschool we eat lunch together from 11:00-11:30. Classes sit at big round tables with their teachers, and it is always a fun time to eat, laugh and practice our good manners! Please pack your child a healthy lunch in a lunchbox or bag with an ice pack, including a drink.We appreciate you sending a ready-to-eat meal, as teachers are unable to warm lunches. Please label everything. Bottles must be fully prepared, sealed and labeled AT HOME, ready for use. While we are not a peanut free school, we do not allow nut or peanut products for any group snacks. Please keep this in mind when sending in treats for parties No peanut butter, peanut butter crackers or granola bars, peanut candy, etc. for class or school-wide snacks Parents are allowed to visit and eat lunch with their child; it is always a special surprise for the class! In order to join us for lunch, you must check in at the office upon arrival.