This page is where you can find each of the class and school-wide “At-a-Glance” calendars, highlighting important dates throughout the 2025-2026 school year. The Google Calendar is updated throughout the year when/if dates are changed.

Mark your calendar with these upcoming social events held throughout the year. Our social events are a way for Explorer families to meet new other families, have fun together, and enjoy the community atmosphere. Keep up to date with our Master Calendar for more information as it becomes available for this events.

This document explains the financial and participation requirements for each Explorer family, organized by class enrollment. Financial obligations include application and late fees, class tuition, and fundraising requirements. Participation requirements include Parent Education Classes (PECs) and Maintenance Days.

This document explains each family’s requirement to attend Parent Education Classes (or PECs) throughout the school year.

Explorer Preschool’s mission is not only about educating the child, but educating also the parent, too. Our PECs are a way for parents to gain the skills to grow in their abilities to become child educators at home, in the classroom, and in their communities.

Fundraising Requirements

This document explains each family’s suggested minimum donation and how to complete this through a one-time payment or Workplace Giving/Employee Matching.

Throughout the school year, fundraisers are held to generate funds to support our school. Fundraising also enables us to save for future projects and for unforeseen or unexpected expenditures. Our Fundraising team works hard to find fun and easy fundraisers to involve our families such as dining night outs and our annual auction and gala.

Maintenance Requirements

This document explains each family’s requirement for Maintenance Day hours, as well as information for the kind of work parents will be tasked with doing. As a co-op school, Explorer relies on each family’s Maintenance Day participation to maintain the safety and cleanliness of our school. If you have children enrolled in different classes, you need to fulfill ONLY the greater commitment of the two. Your maintenance commitment is by family, not child, and responsibilities are based on class enrollment:

• MW2’s, TTh2’s, 3’s-5’s (both two- and four-day) and PreK parents participate in one 3-hour Saturday Maintenance Day (3 hours total)

• Parents with children in two or more classes participate in two 3-hour Saturday Maintenance Days (6 hours total max)

• Families only enrolled in Together Time do not have a maintenance requirement. Board members have already fulfilled their maintenance requirements.

Maintenance Day Signups & Substitutes

Sign up for a Saturday Maintenance Day here to fulfill your parent maintenance requirement. Maintenance Days occur on the 2nd or 3rd Saturday of each month beginning September 13th from 9:00am to 12:00pm. Maintenance day enrollment begins on August 31st and ends on September 30th. If you have not signed up for your maintenance day(s) by October 1st, your shift(s) will be assigned for you.

Please contact a Board Maintenance Chair immediately if you have any difficulties fulfilling your shift. If unable to attend, it is your responsibility to find a replacement to cover your shift, swap days with another family, or pay $50 to have another family to work your shift on your behalf. If you are interested in being on our Maintenance Substitute Interest List, please provide your contact info here. Being on the interest list does not require you to pick up every shift offered although timely response is very important so that the family may continue their search if you are unavailable.

The optional Explorer Preschool Babysitting Connection program is for Explorer families who are looking for childcare during working parent class hours. The Babysitting Connection Google Form allows families to create childcare swaps during working class days with similar childcare needs.

This document provides families with contact and name information for where to find answers to your questions. If you have a policy question, or a question about class schedules, or in need of support check this chart to find out who might be able to answer your question or provide you with the support you need.