Enrollment

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Tuition & Financial Aid

Please click HERE for our Toddler (Kitah Parpar) and our Preschool (Kitah Garin and Kitah Chamaniah) 2024 - 2025 School Year Rates.

Tuition is subject to change annually. 

We understand that choosing to enroll in an independent preschool is a big financial decision for any family, regardless of their financial resources.  We believe that a family’s investment in their child’s early education is one that reaches far beyond their childhood experience. Financial Aid is available, and it is our priority to make Jewish early childhood education an affordable option for all families. 

Gan Keshet offers a limited number of need-based scholarships each school year through Congregation B'nai Israel's Leonard & Bernice Alberts' Preschool Scholarship Fund. If you would like to learn more about this scholarship, please contact our Director, Kate Holdsworth, 413-584-3953, ext. 2.

We are also grateful to the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, who's generosity makes possible the HGF Right Start grant, a tuition subsidy for children in Western Mass and Southern Vermont to attend Jewish Preschool. Eligible children must be at least 2.9 years old, be residents of Western Mass or Souther Vermont, Jewish, the first child in the immediate family attending any Jewish preschool and enrolled at Gan Keshet. For further information regarding the HGF grants, please follow the link below.

Click here for eligibility guidelines and to apply.

Visits

Visitors, including prospective families and/or families considering applying to our school, are welcome. Please email our Director, Kate Holdsworth, or call (413) 584-3593 x 2 to schedule an appointment.

Admission Policy

Established in 1985, the Gan Keshet is administered by a Director and is a part of Congregation B’nai Israel. Gan Keshet operates under the licensing authority of the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (DEEC).

Gan Keshet Preschool admits children between the ages of two years (2.0) and five years (5.0) as of September 1st of the enrollment year. GKP aims to foster an inclusive and diverse community, and is open to all families (Congregation B’nai Israel members and non-members alike). GKP does not discriminate on the basis of gender, racial or religious background, disability, national origin, parent’s marital status or sexual orientation, political beliefs or cultural heritage.

Though families are strongly encouraged to start the toilet learning process with their child before or upon entering preschool, we are committed to partnering with children and families to support meeting their needs wherever they are in the toileting process and provide opportunities for them to be successful. For more information regarding our toileting procedures, please reach out to Director Kate Holdsworth or or 413-584-3593, ext. 2.

Our admission period officially begins November 1st and ends February 28th, annually. Priority for admission to GKP will be given as listed below.  In order to receive priority, your application must be postmarked by December 20th for enrollment the following fall. Our enrollment period ends February 28th for enrollment the following fall. Families will be notified of acceptance by mid-March. 

Priority will be given to:
1.   Current GKP students and their siblings
2.   Children of current CBI members in good standing. (If a family is interested in enrolling at GKP and is in process of applying for CBI membership, they will be given priority status ONLY IF their CBI membership is submitted/in process by January 15th.)
3.   Children of Gan Keshet alumni families and children of Gan Keshet alumni
4.   Younger siblings of students currently at the Lander-Grinspoon Academy
 
A limited number of part time schedule requests can be accommodated.  Once these slots are filled, priority will be given to families needing a more robust schedule. Specific day requests within a part-time schedule will only be accommodated as space allows. All enrollments are on a trial basis and are subject to the child’s adjustment to the program.
 
Additional requests regarding our admission process should be directed to our Preschool Director, Kate Holdsworth or 413-584-3593, ext. 2.