Enrollment
Mile Hi Children’s Enrichment Center
Enrollment Information
School Hours of Operation
August through May:
Our school operates from 8am-3:30pm Monday- Through Friday with half days and full day options. We generally follow the Jeffco Calendar for breaks and closures.
Summer Time:
Join us for sprout camp this summer! More information coming soon!
Statement of Programming
CHILDREN ACCEPTED
The MHCEC accepts children ages 2-7 years.
The MHCEC does not discriminate because of gender, gender identification, religious beliefs, or ethnic designation.
SPECIAL NEEDS
Children with special needs are accepted into the program based on the prerequisite personnel and facilities are deemed adequate to accommodate both family and the child’s needs.
Tuition
’24-’25 School Year
- 5 full days w/breakfast club, 8am-3:30pm, $1190
- 5 full days, 9am-3:30pm, $1050
- 5 half days, 9am-1pm, $600
- 5 half days, 9am-1pm, UPK, $158
- 3 half days, 9am-1pm, $485
- 3 full days, 9am-3:30pm, $645
- Breakfast Club add on, 8am-9am- $140
- Morning Drop-In, 9am-1pm- $50
- Afternoon Drop-In, 1pm-3:30pm- $30
Fees
’25-’26 School Year
- New Student Registration Fee (non-refundable): $100 per child, $85 for each additional child
- Returning Student Registration (non-refundable): $85 per child, $70 for each additional child
- Art Languages Fee (non-refundable): $75 per child due September 31st
- Individualized Curriculum Fee (non-refundable): $30 due by September 31st
- Sibling Discount: 10% off total tuition
Behavior Guidance
THE WHOLE BRAIN CHILD®
The Whole Brain Child® philosophy supports our commitment to understanding the early childhood journey and enlisting the most nurturing and effective strategies possible. The approach focuses on how the mind of a child is wired and how it grows.
We see discipline as something that takes place within the individual, through the guidance of healthy, trusted relationships. The foundation of our disciplinary approach is the Whole Brain Child by Dr. Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D.
The Whole Brain Child approach is rooted in relationship, strengthened by communication, and built with empathy. We treat children with dignity and respect even when their behavior is difficult. We choose our words and actions with children very carefully and avoid misuses of power or authority. As we guide and support behavior we do so by using wording and choices that the children can model and use with other people in their own lives and it be successful, respectful, and confident; whether the caregiver says it- or the child.
Key Strategies of the Whole Brain Child® Approach
Name it to tame it: Corral raging right-brain behavior through left-brain storytelling, appealing to the left-brain’s affinity for words and reasoning to calm emotional storms and bodily tension.
Engage don’t Enrage: Keep your child thinking and listening, instead of purely reacting.
Move it or Lose it: Use physical activities to shift your child’s emotional state.
Let the Clouds of Emotion Roll By: Guide your children when they are stuck on a negative emotion, and help them understand that feelings come and go.
SIFT: Help children pay attention to the Sensations, Images, Feelings, and Thoughts within them so that they can make better decisions and be more flexible.
Connect Through Conflict: Use discord to encourage empathy and greater social success.
Learn more about the
Whole Brain Child® Approach here:
“Challenging behaviors are an important communication that signals a need for increased safety or increased connection.”
-Dr. Becky Bailey
Family Handbook
For more information regarding safety, communication, weather, school closures, etc. – please review our Family Handbook:
“ The world of pretend play is one in which children can be free to express themselves, their ideas, their emotions, and their fantastic visions of themselves, of other people, and of the world”.
– Sandra Russ, Psychologist