Our Enrollment Process
#1 Understand the Sudbury Model - Familiarize yourself with our school and the unique Sudbury approach to education. Check out our FAQ, videos, and books on our site to learn more.
#2 Schedule a family tour - private tour for your whole family.
#3 Visiting Week -After a tour, a student may then be invited to do a to get a good feel for what daily life is like at The Miami Sudbury School.
After Visiting Week, if it looks like a good fit, we'll send enrollment paperwork and schedule an admissions review. If we have already reached maximum enrollment, your child will be placed on our Waiting List.
Tuition & Scholarship Information below
#2 Schedule a family tour - private tour for your whole family.
#3 Visiting Week -After a tour, a student may then be invited to do a to get a good feel for what daily life is like at The Miami Sudbury School.
After Visiting Week, if it looks like a good fit, we'll send enrollment paperwork and schedule an admissions review. If we have already reached maximum enrollment, your child will be placed on our Waiting List.
Tuition & Scholarship Information below
#1 Understand the Sudbury Model
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The Sudbury model is a priceless opportunity to not simply "be taught" but rather to learn through practice the real skills needed for successful learning and living.
If you haven't yet, we highly recommend reading or listening to Free to Learn by Dr. Peter Gray. It's a fantastic introduction to self-directed learning and includes excellent information from his study of Sudbury School graduates. Sudbury families will tell you it's a "Must Read." Enjoy! |
#2 Schedule a Family Tour
We requires the prospective student and all parents and school decision makers are part of these tours and meetings.
It's important for everyone to be "on the same page" for such an exciting new approach to learning. If you would just like some initial information, please call us directly.
These Tours are reserved for the WHOLE family (all parents involved in the student's life plus the student themself) and will be rescheduled if the whole family is not present.
After the tour, prospective students may be invited to schedule a Visiting Week at The Miami Sudbury School, the next step in the enrollment process.
It's important for everyone to be "on the same page" for such an exciting new approach to learning. If you would just like some initial information, please call us directly.
These Tours are reserved for the WHOLE family (all parents involved in the student's life plus the student themself) and will be rescheduled if the whole family is not present.
After the tour, prospective students may be invited to schedule a Visiting Week at The Miami Sudbury School, the next step in the enrollment process.
Schedule a Family Tour Using the Calendar Below
Then please CALL to confirm.
*note: During the Summer, please email and/or call to schedule a tour
Note: Please be sure to click the "Schedule Event" button after you've selected your date. Please call after you schedule so we can get some preliminary information before your family's tour.
#3 Visiting Week
This is an invaluable week for your child to see the school in action and for everyone to see if it would be a good fit.
The unique nature of our school relies heavily on the right mix of ages and the ability of all students to function cooperatively and productively for the sake of the community. We occasionally find that we aren't able to offer admission to students, possibly due to circumstances related to emotional or behavioral maturity that might make it difficult for a student to flourish in our community. There is a lot of purposeful freedom and trust in a Sudbury community and a student must be ready for that level of personal responsibility.
The main criteria our Community looks for in a prospective student are:
- Are they kind and respectful to everyone?
- Do they follow and respect our Community rules/policies?
- Do we think they’ll be a good addition to our Community?
The unique nature of our school relies heavily on the right mix of ages and the ability of all students to function cooperatively and productively for the sake of the community. We occasionally find that we aren't able to offer admission to students, possibly due to circumstances related to emotional or behavioral maturity that might make it difficult for a student to flourish in our community. There is a lot of purposeful freedom and trust in a Sudbury community and a student must be ready for that level of personal responsibility.
The main criteria our Community looks for in a prospective student are:
- Are they kind and respectful to everyone?
- Do they follow and respect our Community rules/policies?
- Do we think they’ll be a good addition to our Community?
Tuition & Scholarships
We are an independent non-profit organization dedicated to the empowerment of youth and their families. We are also the ONLY Sudbury model school experience available in the Greater Miami Area.
As a purposefully small community, every student and family receives personal attention and becomes part of a uniquely dynamic school family.
Regular Tuition Fee Schedule for 2023-2024
Visiting Week & Registration Expenses
- Tuition is $20,000 divided into 9 installments Sept - May
- No hidden fees or extras
- Tuition would be the balance after the scholarship is applied (see scholarship info below)
- Students who join us during the school year typically have prorated tuition
- No year-long binding tuition contracts - we know life can be unpredictable
Visiting Week & Registration Expenses
- Visiting Week $250 per student - scheduled by invitation after a Family Tour. This payment will be applied as a credit toward Registration should a student enroll.
- Annual Registration/Membership Fee is $500 per student - Due at the time of enrollment and annual membership renewal. Credit applied from Visiting Week payment.
If you and your family are truly excited about self-directed, community-based education for your student, please continue reading as we will always work with dedicated families to help.
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The Miami Sudbury School accepts all Florida School Choice Scholarships.
We suggest that a family apply all qualifying scholarship funding organizations as soon as possible. Notes: The FES-EO (Educational Opportunities) Scholarship is available to every Florida resident with an average annual scholarship of $7,000 - $7,500. The FES-UA (Unique Abilities) Scholarship is available to students with a variety of documented diagnoses. $9,000 - $10,000 average award for an FES-UA scholarship. A separate funding organization can also administer FES-EO scholarships: AAA Scholarship Foundation |
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Notice of Nondiscriminatory Policy for The Learning Instinct & The Miami Sudbury School
The Learning Instinct and all its programs, including The Miami Sudbury School, does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion/creed, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, national and ethnic origin/ancestry, or ability. Students, families, and employees have access to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available. It does not discriminate on the basis of any of the above in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, tuition assistance programs, employment, and athletic and other school-administered programs. |