Summer Program

Calling all children ages 2–6 for a joyful Summer By The Sea, July 15–August 16 at Ecole Claire Fontaine near the Pacific Ocean in verdant Venice, California.

Choose a flexible schedule for adventures in art, baking, bike repair, chess, choir, climbing, French, friendships, gardening, meditation, music, sandy beaches, science, sculpture,  Spanish, splash pools and sports.

For more than 30 years, ECF has been honoring children’s innate wisdom, ensuring that a premium is placed on their happiness. Your child will spend happy days speaking French, English and Spanish with local & international faculty and friends. School-made, organic breakfast, lunch, and snacks are prepared daily with produce fresh from the local farmers’ markets.

Please review our schedule & prices:

Campus opens : 8:30 am-6pm except Fridays 8:30 am- 5 pm

Morning : 8:30 am – 1 pm (Camper Campus), 1:30 pm (Abbot Kinney Campus)

Afternoon : 1 – 6pm (Camper Campus) 1:30 – 6 pm (Abbot Kinney Campus) *except Fridays, 5p.

(Meals are included according to schedule: Breakfast (am), snack, Lunch, (pm) snack)

Pricing per week plus one time Registration Fee per child $110 (non refundable).

8:30 am-6 pm (5pm Fri.)

  • 5 full – $1000
  • 4 full – $910
  • 3 full – $740

8:30 am- 1 / 1:30 pm

  • 5 AM – $600
  • 4 AM – $510
  • 3 AM – $418

1:30 pm- 6pm (5pm Fri.)

  • 5 PM – $533
  • 4 PM – $472
  • 3 PM – $370

3% fee will be added for credit card payments, no additional fee for ACH, check or Zelle.

I hereby grant permission for my child to use all of the play equipment and participate in all of the activities of the school, and to leave the school premises under the supervision of a staff member for neighborhood walks or field trips in an authorized vehicle. I hereby grant permission for the Director or Acting Director to take whatever steps may be necessary to obtain emergency medical care. These steps may include, but are not limited to, the following: 1- Attempt to contact a parent or guardian, the child’s physician, or the persons listed on the emergency information form. 2- If we cannot contact you or your child’s physician we will do one or both of the following: (a) call another physician or paramedics (b) have the child taken to an emergency hospital in the company of a staff member. 3- Any expenses incurred under 2, above, will be the child’s family’s responsibility. 4- The school will not be responsible for anything that may happen as a result of false information given at the time of enrollment.
As the parent or legal guardian, I hereby give consent to Ecole Claire Fontaine to provide all emergency, dental or medical care prescribed by a dully-licensed physician (M.D) osteopath (D.O.) or dentist (D.D.S) for my child.This care may be given under whatever conditions are necessary to preserve the life, limb or well being of my dependent. This authorization is given pursuant to the provision of Sec. 25.8 of the Civil Code of California and in no event will Ecole Claire Fontaine, its officers, leaders, or agents be held liable for any first aid or surgical treatment or procedures performed pursuant to this consent. If the incident is minor, Arnica Montana 6ch Homeopathic remedy will be administered to accelerate healing and calm inflammation. I hereby grant permission for the Director or Acting Director to take whatever steps may be necessary to obtain emergency medical care. These steps may include, but are not limited to, the following: 1- Attempt to contact a parent or guardian, the child’s physician, or the persons listed on the emergency information form. 2- If we cannot contact you or your child’s physician we will do one or both of the following: (a) call another physician or paramedics (b) have the child taken to an emergency hospital in the company of a staff member. 3- Any expenses incurred under 2, above, will be the child’s family’s responsibility. 4- The school will not be responsible for anything that may happen as a result of false information given at the time of enrollment.
Dear Parents and Guardians: As you know, when your child takes lessons or participates in events at Ecole Claire Fontaine, it often creates great photo opportunities. We would like your permission to publish these photographs/video/audio recordings on our website, newsletters, social media blogs, yearbooks, etc. to illustrate learning activities in our facility. We encourage you to follow the links on our website to Facebook, Youtube or our Blog, so you can see how we use these videos/audios and recordings to share and inspire, you can also consult previous yearbooks in our office. All media will be available for parents to review upon request and full names and tags will not be attached. Thank you. I GIVE Ecole Claire Fontaine permission to use my child’s image/photograph/video to illustrate educational activities in printed publications, social media or website. I hereby release and discharge ECF from any claims arising out of the uses of the photographs/videos that my child may appear in.
As a Parent/Authorized Representative, you have the right to: 1. Enter and inspect the child care center without advance notice whenever children are in care. 2. File a complaint against the licensee with the licensing office and review the licensee’s public file kept by the licensing office. 3. Review, at the child care center, reports of licensing visits and substantiated complaints against the licensee made during the last three years. 4. Complain to the licensing office and inspect the child care center without discrimination or retaliation against you or your child. 5. Request in writing that a parent not be allowed to visit your child or take your child from the child care center, provided you have shown a certified copy of a court order. 6. Receive from the licensee the name, address and telephone number of the local licensing office: CA DSS- Licensing Division 300 N. Continental Blvd. Ste 290A (424)301-30777. 7. Be informed by the licensee, upon request, of the name and type of association to the child care center for any adult who has been granted a criminal record exemption, and that the name of the person may also be obtained by contacting the local licensing office. 8. Receive, from the licensee, the Caregiver Background Check Process form. NOTE: CALIFORNIA STATE LAW PROVIDES THAT THE LICENSEE MAY DENY ACCESS TO THE CHILD CARE CENTER TO A PARENT/AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IF THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PARENT/AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE POSES A RISK TO CHILDREN IN CARE. For the Department of Justice “Registered Sex Offender”database, go to www.meganslaw.ca.gov LIC 995 (9/08) (Detach Here – Give Upper Portion to Parents) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF NOTIFICATION OF PARENTS’ RIGHTS (Parent/Authorized Representative Signature Required) I, the parent/authorized representative of my child, mentioned above, have received a copy of the “CHILD CARE CENTER NOTIFICATION OF PARENTS’ RIGHTS” and the reference to the CAREGIVER BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS form: https://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/entres/forms/English/LIC995e.pdf