Corrections/Home grading
The active supervision of daily assignments at home is linked to each child's success in the KUMON program.

It is crucial that parents provide a 10-15 minute block of time per subject for the completion and correction of daily KUMON assignments.

It is the job of the parents to insure that assignments are timed, that errors are marked, and that mistakes are corrected by the student before beginning new work.

All children/parents are expected to home grade their KUMON homework. Students who home grade make faster, smoother progress through the KUMON program because:

• your child corrects their mistakes daily, thus learning from their mistakes and making fewer mistakes overall
• your child repeats less
• your child is more motivated because you are involved
• you are more motivated because you know exactly what your child is doing

A basic tenet of the KUMON Method is that students learn from their mistakes. KUMON students are required to correct every mistake on every set they complete. Students whose parents do not home grade spend a great deal of time in class correcting mistakes from old homework before they can begin the days' class work. This often leads to an extended stay at the center. Students are also required to correct all mistakes on their daily class work, as well.

We provide Answer Books and a handy Parents Guide to Home grading to help you get started if you are not already home grading.

Incomplete Homework

Everyone has a crazy day from time to time where the schedule goes out the window. This happens to KUMON students, too. However, we are very strict about homework completion. We expect our students to come to class with all of their KUMON homework 100% complete, along with all mistakes corrected. Students who come to class with work that is incomplete must complete all of it at the Center before beginning the class work for the day, as well as make all corrections.

If there are extenuating circumstances that have prevented your child from completing their work at home, please be sure to send in a note or give a call alerting us in advance that the homework has not been done. We will reschedule their work for them. 

Tuition

Tuition can be paid through different options listed below. The monthly tuition is due on the first of the month.  We accept cash, checks and automatic withdraw from checking (EFT).

• Tuition is due on or before the first of the month.
• A $10 late fee will apply if tuition is not received on or before the first day of the month that payment is due (tuition postmarked on or before the 1st is not late).
• A student may be absent without being discontinued as long as the student is not absent for more than one two-consecutive-month period in any calendar year. 
• Paid tuition is non-refundable and is forfeited should a student discontinue enrollment or if work is taken at any time during the month.
• A 30-day written notice is required before leaving the program. Your acount will be closed 30 days after we receive your written notice to terminate and the remaining tuition has been paid. Your account will remain open and active until written notice is received.
•  In cases of medical or other emergencies where a 30 day notice is impossible to give, please call us and we will do what we can to accommodate your situation. 

Tuition Information

There is a one time registration fee of $30.00 per student.
There is a one time materials fee of $50.00 per Junior Kumon students.

Center Closures
Center closings are announced well in advance. We use all of the venues available to us to inform you of any schedule changes. Center closures are announced in the newsletter that is published each month, verbally when your child checks in and out of class the week before a closing, and on the website.

The Center follows the usual Park Ridge Public School holiday schedule for closing, but not exactly. Please check the website, the newsletter or with Center staff for information on specific dates that we will be closed.
 
Holiday/Vacation Schedules
Vacation schedules are sent home to help make it easy for parents to inform us when your child will miss a regularly scheduled class and need extra work. The Holiday Vacation Schedule is sent home in November and the Summer Vacation Schedule is sent home in June. These make it easy for parents to let us know when you'll be missing several regularly scheduled classes and plan accordingly.

Planning and organizing work for your child takes a great deal of thought and organization. We require at least a 1 week notice before any extended absence in order to put your child's vacation packet together.

During the holidays or in the summer, it's easy to let us know when you'll be gone and will need packets put together to cover your time away. You can fill out and submit the Vacation Schedule, leave a phone message, e-mail and/or send in a note letting us know the last day your child will be in class and the day they will return to class so that we can organize the right amount of work for your child.

If we do not receive advance notice, we will try our best to put a packet together for you by the end of class that day. You may return to class 5 minutes before closing to pick it up. If we are too busy and are not able to put work together, we will call you and arrange to have it ready for you by the next scheduled class session.

Please let us know if you want your child to take a few days off, lessen the daily workload, or even increase the amount of work to be done over your vacation. However, if a parent requests extra work or an increase to the regular daily workload while on vacation, the work must be home graded. Extra work will not be included into the student's lesson plan if it has not been home graded by the parent while on vacation.

Termination Policy
If a student is going to drop out of a class, either temporarily or indefinitely for some reason, a written notice is required at least 30 days before the effective date. Failure to receive such notice will result in continued charges to your account. Your account will remain open and active until written notice is received and tuition balances are paid. Your account will be closed 30 days after we receive your written notice to terminate and any remaining tuition balances are paid.

Paid tuition is non-refundable and is forfeited should a student discontinue enrollment. In cases of medical or other emergencies where a 30 day notice is impossible to give, please call us and we will do what we can to accommodate your situation.