Tours & Availability
We currently have openings for children 16 months-5 years! Please email growingtreeaustin@gmail.com to set up a tour!
COVID 19 INFORMATION
Below are our current operating procedures due to COVID 19:
- Parents may not enter the building so drop off and pick up is at the door
- Parents and teachers must wear a mask at drop off and pick up
- Teachers wear masks in the classroom and on the playground
- Children and staff will be screened at arrival, including a no contact temperature scan
- Children's hands will be washed or disinfected at arrival
- Children's personal items will be left outside the building for teachers to bring inside
- Materials in the classroom will be limited to allow thorough disinfecting after use
- All materials are disinfected after each use period
- Cloth toys have been removed from the classroom
- For older children, each child will have an individual art box with their personal art supplies
- Teachers will wear gloves at meal times
- Children will bring their own water bottle and silverware for meal times
- Illness protocol has changed so that any child or teacher that develops a temperature of 100 or higher must have a negative COVID test before returning to school.
- If a family member tests positive for COVID the child must get a test and my not return to school until negative result.
- If a teacher or child tests positive we will close and all teachers and children must be tested. We will reopen after a commercial disinfectant cleaning and negative results.
Waiting List:
You are welcome to get on the waiting list by submitting the waiting list form via email or snail mail to:
Growing Tree
2807 Robinson Ave.
Austin, TX 78722
If a spot opens up for your child you will be contacted via email to set up a time to come by for a tour. Spots open up unexpectedly, and there is no set time frame of when you will be able to enroll. We recommend getting your child on at least five waiting lists. Thank you!
| waiting_list_form.pdf |
Enrollment Requirements
Once enrollment is approved you will receive the school enrollment forms.
We will also need a copy of your child's current immunization record* and a signed Health Care Professional Statement that your child can participate in the program. A form for the statement is provided in the enrollment packet.
*We require all children to follow the Texas state vaccine requirements unless a doctor's note is provided stating that the immunizations are a risk to the child's health. The conscientious exemption will only be accepted for the Hepatitis B vaccine.
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We will also need a copy of your child's current immunization record* and a signed Health Care Professional Statement that your child can participate in the program. A form for the statement is provided in the enrollment packet.
*We require all children to follow the Texas state vaccine requirements unless a doctor's note is provided stating that the immunizations are a risk to the child's health. The conscientious exemption will only be accepted for the Hepatitis B vaccine.
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