Resources for families

Everything a family needs, in one place.

The documents, the logins, the calendar, and the things we write for parents. If you have just enrolled, start with the first-day guide. If you are still looking, the blog and the lesson library are the best way to hear how we think.

Just enrolled?

Your first day, step by step.

The parent portal, the classroom cameras, uniforms, the handbook and the first-day checklist: five steps, one page, one evening.

Open the first-day guide →

1Parent portal 2Classroom cameras 3Uniforms 4Parent handbook 5First-day checklist

Parent documents

Read online, print at home.

Every document opens in the reader and prints cleanly. New documents the school publishes appear here as they are ready.

Start here Parent Handbook → Hours, illness, closures, food, birthdays, concerns. The whole house in one document. New families Your First Two Weeks → What settling in looks like, and what is normal. Health The Illness Card → When to keep a child home and when they can return. For the fridge. Safety Emergencies & Closures → Hurricanes, power cuts, and how you will hear from us. Tuition Funding Walkthrough → Step Up, VPK and the other ways Florida helps pay. Admissions After Your Visit → What happens next, and how long each step takes. For the table Dinner Questions → Better than "how was school?" Cards to print and cut. Dates School Calendar → Closures, early dismissals and the year at a glance.

From the classroom

The blog.

Short pieces from the teachers and the founder: what a two-year-old is doing when they pour water on the floor, why we do not do worksheets, what to ask at dinner. Written for parents, not for search engines.

Read the blog →

"Me do it."

A two-year-old who refuses help is not being difficult. They are telling you, in the only words they have, that they have noticed a problem and intend to solve it. Our job is to get out of the way slowly enough that they succeed.

From an essay on the Twos

Also useful

The rest of what parents ask for.

FAQ →The questions every family asks, answered plainly. Tuition & Funding →What it costs and what Florida pays toward it. Daily Schedule →A day at our school, hour by hour, and what is checked inside each one. Code of Ethics →What we promise, and what we will not do.

Can't find it? Ask a person.

The office answers the phone during school hours, and email the same day.

(407) 495-2780 admissions@thewinterparkschool.com