Enrollment and Tuition

Now Accepting Applications! Click Here: Applications for the 2024-2025 School Year!

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Information about the full-time school and the full-time initial enrollment application.

Tuition 

2024-2025 Tuition Rates

Tuition is $6840.00 and $50.00 application fee. Tuition will be collected via monthly direct debits of $760.00 for every month for the program, except the last month. Your deposit check will be applied to that final payment.

Deposit

Advanced tuition of one month is required for all children enrolling in the SEE program.  The advanced tuition must be received by the program manager to confirm enrollment and will be applied to the final tuition payment.  Advance tuition will be refunded when a child leaves SEE, assuming there are no outstanding debts, and if the program receives six-week written notice prior to the child’s withdrawal.  Written notice should be given to the program director.  The advance tuition is non-refundable in case of early (without 6 weeks notice) withdrawal from SEE.

Payment: The advance tuition can be made by check payable to the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center. Monthly tuition is made by direct debit; a payment schedule is provided to caregivers each school year.

Smithsonian and Sibling Rates

Families employed by the Smithsonian Institution as either SI Federal or SI Trust and those who have two children (in either SEE or SEEC) enrolled at the same time receive a 20% discount on the base tuition for the part-time SEE program, but not the full-time program. This does not apply to nanny shares.

Re-enrollment

Appropriately aged students enrolled in SEE will receive priority for participation in SEE the following year.

Enrollment in SEEC (full-time program)

Involvement in SEE does not in any way impact future enrollment opportunities in SEEC’s full time program. SEE participants do not receive priority in the traditional school year lottery. If you are interested in SEEC’s full-time program, please email seec-enrollment@si.edu.