School year starts in September and ends in May-June (depends on a program and School’s calendar).

• • We have 36 School days in total (including Jewish Holidays celebrations).
  • We celebrate major Jewish Holidays.
  • We have early/late bird registration fee (parents make this payment once a year) and material fee for all Shalom School’s program (parents may pay the whole sum or divide it into 2 payments).

Material fee* This fee is used for art materials, arts and crafts projects during school celebrations and additional materials for schoolers.

We also  have a fee for the textbooks for groups Aleph-Hay. The sum may vary from $30 till $55 depends on a group. 

• School is closed due to inclement weather according to Montgomery County policy: if Montgomery County Public Schools is closed, the Shalom Education Center is also closed.
• • Parents come with their children on time and with appropriate supplies and materials, pencils and a folder for handouts.
  • Children are not allowed to use mobile phones during classes at the Centre. We ask that you respect this requirement and leave mobile phones at home or in your bags.
  • If a child is sick parents should notify the Shalom Centre by email or telephone.
  • Parents are responsible for providing their mobile phone numbers (as well as home phones) for emergency contact.
  • In order to maintain a comfortable climate in our classrooms, we ask parents to tell us about problems and difficulties their child may be having while studying or at home.
  • We ask parents to take part in the surveys that our Centre conducts.  Parents are encouraged to discuss with teachers and administrators any problems they have with the school’s programs, performance, etc.