Contact Caroline Schnieders at info@walden-school.net.
We welcome inquiries about admissions at any time. Tours are held October through December, and Information Sessions are scheduled in November and January for admission the following Fall. Interested parents may pick up an application after attending a Tour or Information Session.
During the Tours parents may observe classes in session throughout the school.
At the Information Sessions parents see a slide show about our program and meet the staff.
We require an observational visit by the prospective student as part of the application process. This visit will be scheduled once we receive an application for the student. We do not administer any readiness tests. All applicants are observed participating in classroom activities.
After the child visit, the Admissions Coordinator contacts families to see if they have further questions about Walden. Families will be notified by mail the 2nd Friday in March about whether their child was accepted for enrollment. Parents who choose to enroll their child must return a signed contract with a non-refundable tuition deposit within 7 days of notification.
If you are interested in applying to Walden Center and School, we ask that you go through the following steps:
Tuition for one child is $12,970.00 plus 50 hours of Work Commitment ($1297.00/mo).
Tuition for two children is $24,643.00 (10% discount applied to the second child's tuition) plus 75 hours of Work Commitment ($2,464.30/mo).
Full cash tuition for one child is $14,625.00 ($1,462.50/mo).
Full cash tuition for two children is $26,617.50 ($2,661.75/mo).
In addition to tuition, we also ask parents to pay an annual field trip fee ($45-$75) and overnight fee ($50-$115).
For current financial aid information, please contact Elise Wilks at elise@walden-school.net
Tuition is billed monthly from August to February. Payments are due by the tenth of each month. Lump sum payments are welcome and are helpful to the school.
We rely on Walden families to maintain the school and help keep it running smoothly and that keeps tuition lower than other independent schools in the Bay Area.
Yearly tuition includes a work commitment of at least 50 hours, which parents fulfill by participating in various crews: cleaning, construction, gardening, office staff, and other jobs. Families have the option to pay additional fees in lieu of the work commitment.