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HCDS offers a bonus not often (if ever) found at other preschools — the chance to attend make-up classes for illness-related absences.
We enroll children at any point during the school year if we have space. Contact HCDS for tuition information for the remainder of the 2026-2027 academic year.
Registration for the 2027-28 academic year opens to new families on January 1, 2027. Schedule a visit now to see if Hogarth is the right fit for your little one.
Hours
Early Kindergarten (EK) meets Monday through Wednesday mornings from 8:30 until 11 o’clock.
Prekindergarten (PK) meets Monday through Wednesday from noon until 2:30 p.m.
Early Kindergarten Plus (EK+) meets Monday through Wednesday from 8:30am to 2:30pm. Children enrolled in this option bring a lunch and attend both classes.
Program Eligibility by Age
Children who are 4- to 5-years-old by September 30 may enroll in Early Kindergarten (EK), Prekindergarten (PK), or Early Kindergarten Plus (EK+).
Children who are 3- to 4-years-old by September 30 are age-eligible for the PK class.
Children who are at least 3½-years-old may be considered for EK or EK+ with instructor permission. Some younger preschoolers are developmentally ready for the greater structure and longer attention demands of the Early Kindergarten program before they turn 4. Readiness is considered individually, based on the child’s maturity, classroom skills, independence, and ability to participate successfully with the older group. Age alone should not prevent a child who is ready from benefiting from the program.
Children who are at least 2½-years-old by September 30 may enroll in PK with instructor permission. We enroll only a limited number of these very young children, who must be potty trained and ready for a preschool experience.
We enroll no more than 14 children in each class. Program descriptions are found further down the page.
Tuition and Fees
Tuition is divided into eleven equal payments due by the 1st of each month, with the last payment due on May 1st. Your first payment is due on July 1st or the day you register if registering after July 1st. If your child enrolls after the start of the school year, tuition rates will be adjusted accordingly.
2026-2027
| Class | Meets | Tuition | 11 Payments |
| EK: 8:30am to 11am | M T W | $3,850.00 | $350.00 |
| PK: noon to 2:30pm | M T W | $3,850.00 | $350.00 |
| EK+: 8:30am to 2:30pm | M T W | $7,507.50 | $682.50 |
2027-2028
| Class | Meets | Tuition | 11 Payments |
| EK: 8:30am to 11am | M T W | $4,125.00 | $375.00 |
| PK: noon to 2:30pm | M T W | $4,125.00 | $375.00 |
| EK+: 8:30am to 2:30pm | M T W | $8,043.75 | $731.25 |
As a way of saying thank you for their continued enrollment, students of families returning to Hogarth Country Day School will receive a 5% discount on the total tuition. A $100.00 registration fee is due the day you register. A $125.00 registration fee is due if you are enrolling twins or a second child, or enrolling in EK+. Tuition and fees paid are nonrefundable and nontransferable.
Programs Available
Click here to read about a typical day at HCDS. If we have openings, we welcome enrollments at any point in the academic year. Read our Enrollment Details here.
What exactly is Early Kindergarten? Early Kindergarten, or EK, is a developmentally appropriate option for children who are ready for a higher level of structure and sustained participation in their school day. Most EK students are 4- or 5-years old, but children as young as 3½ may enroll with instructor permission when their developmental readiness indicates that the older class is the better fit.
EK can also be an excellent option for any 5-year-olds who would benefit from an extra year before formally starting kindergarten. Over the years, Hogarth has enrolled many students whose parents delayed their entry into either first grade or kindergarten to give their child a year to grow and further develop. This option is not retention, because the child has not started a grade that needs to be repeated. Many Hogarth parents have taken this option when they are unsure if their child will be ready for the rigors of first grade the following year.
Whatever an “extra year” child is ready for by the end of the EK year, whether first grade or kindergarten, EK will have provided the foundation needed to transition successfully to the appropriate level. For the right child, delaying formal school entry by a year can be an enormously valuable gift of time to grow, mature, and build confidence.
What exactly is Prekindergarten? Prekindergarten, or PK, is an introduction to school for 3- and 4-year-olds. At the start of the school year, the day is loosely structured to provide a developmentally appropriate academic and social experience for these young students. As the year progresses, more structure is added as the child builds the skills necessary for classroom success. Our individualized curriculum is designed to prepare 4-year-olds enrolled in the PK classes for kindergarten enrollment the following year.
Regardless of the program, our students are appropriately challenged and supported according to their individual needs.
What exactly is Early Kindergarten Plus? Early Kindergarten Plus, or EK+, offers a full school day for children who are ready to participate successfully in both the EK and PK programs. Most EK+ students are 4- or 5-years old, although children as young as 3½ may enroll with instructor permission when they demonstrate the maturity, stamina, and classroom readiness needed for the longer day. Children enrolled in EK+ attend both EK and PK and bring a lunch.
Why Preschool?
Why is a high-quality preschool program essential to your child’s healthy development? If for no other reason than to enhance social development, your little one should be in preschool. The following is from Young Children’s Social Development: A Checklist by Dianne McClellan and Lilian G. Katz.
“Early childhood educators have traditionally given high priority to enhancing young children’s social development. During the last two decades a convincing body of evidence has accumulated to indicate that unless children achieve minimal social competence by about the age of six years, they have a high probability of being at risk throughout life. Hartup suggests that peer relationships contribute a great deal to both social and cognitive development and to the effectiveness with which we function as adults . . . the single best childhood predictor of adult adaptation is not IQ, not school grades, and not classroom behavior but, rather the adequacy with which the child gets along with other children . . . . children who cannot establish a place for themselves in the peer culture are seriously ‘at risk’.”
Play at Hogarth
Play is the essence of childhood. It allows children to discover their abilities and explore their interests. During free play, children use their imaginations, test ideas, solve problems, negotiate with friends, and turn ordinary classroom materials into wonderfully elaborate worlds of their own making. This kind of self-directed play supports creativity, language, executive function, social development, and confidence.
Children are driven to play, and for very good reason. It is the foundation for all physical, intellectual, educational, emotional, and social development. Play is an important component in all of our classes at Hogarth.
Much of the development and learning that goes on at Hogarth happens through play. Teachers plan and develop play opportunities in partnership with the students to meet the needs of the children. Teachers are actively involved in play with the children when appropriate and when welcomed by the children. Children develop listening skills and learn number and letter concepts through stories, fingerplays and poems. They gain understanding of math concepts as they sort and construct with blocks and LEGO bricks. Children strengthen language skills as they create and develop imaginative play situations with their peers. Their social competence steadily increases as they experience more and more complexity in their peer relationships. Click here for an article on the importance of play in intellectual development.
Because Hogarth offers individual as well as group instruction, no matter which class a child is enrolled in, that child will receive a program tailored to meet their needs and interests. 4-year-olds enrolled in PK who are scheduled to attend kindergarten the following year receive instruction that develops the academic, social and classroom skills needed for success in the kindergarten classroom.
A Bonus You Probably Won’t Find At Other Preschools
Hogarth Country Day School offers free make-up opportunities for illness-related absences. We encourage parents to keep their children home when they are even mildly ill and, when appropriate, after a significant known household exposure to a communicable disease.
This may include situations in which a child is still feeling well but has had close household exposure to an illness such as hand, foot and mouth disease, norovirus, influenza, COVID-19, or another contagious condition. Depending on the illness and the circumstances, we may ask that the child remain home temporarily to help reduce the likelihood of transmission at school.
When space allows, students enrolled in a single session may be able to make up an illness-related absence by attending both the Early Kindergarten and Prekindergarten sessions on a regular school day. From time to time, we may also offer a Thursday morning make-up class when a full-day make-up is not practical or another option is needed.
EK+ students already receive substantial additional school time through the daily lunch and transition period between classes. This extra hour includes valuable opportunities for conversation, social development, independence, self-help skills, and other naturally occurring learning. Even with this additional time, EK+ students who miss school because of illness are welcome to attend Thursday morning make-up classes whenever those classes are offered and space is available.
Offering make-up opportunities helps us encourage families to keep sick children home rather than sending them to school while they are still contagious. Fewer sniffly, sneezing, coughing, tummy-troubled classmates in the classroom means fewer opportunities for everyone else to pick up whatever childhood ailment is making the rounds.
Make-up opportunities are for illness-related absences only and are offered as a courtesy when enrollment, staffing, scheduling, and licensing limits permit. They are not guaranteed, and no tuition refunds, credits, or adjustments are provided for missed classes.
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You are just my favorite teacher, Andrea. I’m always telling people what a wonderful school you have and how you not only teach, but love your little children. M.F., Satisfied Hogarth Grandparent
I was a member of the first class to graduate Hogarth in 1981. I went to 16 additional years of school after that, but the year at Hogarth was the best. Andrea had so much energy and boundless enthusiasm that every day was a new adventure. A.H.