School Tours for the
2025-2026 School Year

School tours are a great opportunity to see the school, hear more about the school offerings from the director and get specific questions answered related to your child or family’s needs.

We offer them on select dates afterschool at 4:30 and Saturdays at 9am. They only occur if someone is registered 72 hours or more in advance otherwise, it is cancelled.

We do not have tours when students and teachers are in classrooms for health and safety reasons.

No, tours start promptly at the time noted, as there can be up to 8 families at a time.

We ask that you do not come more than 5 minutes early as we may be setting up or waiting for the last students to be picked up.

No, we ask that you wait until your child is at least age 3 years before touring with us.

No, we do not offer prospective student tours for our summer program.

Bringing your child is up to each family.

Tours are a lot of talking about the program and answering parent questions. We do not have a student interview or student specific experiences set up for the tour. We try to end the tour on the playground for students that have joined us to play before heading home.

No, the tours are run by the school director and assistant director. You can learn about our teachers by clicking this link

Sure, sign up for as many as you’d like. They are the same format each session.

Please locate your Calendly confirmation email and cancel or reschedule your appointment at anytime!

Directions to the School and School Parking Lot:

The best option is to use Google Maps as we have a “pin” for the school. Just search our school name and you should be all set.

General guidance: When you arrive at Heritage Museums & Gardens, do not turn into the main parking lot. Continue driving forward and bear to the left onto a town-owned dirt road at the fork. Take your second paved left down the hill into the school’s parking lot. You will see a sign for the school at the entrance.

You might feel like you are on the dirt road for a while. Here are some landmarks to know you are going the right way:

  • You will drive past the aerial adventure park (on the right)
  • You will drive past the Heritage Maintenance Building (on the right)

Please note – The town owns the dirt road and its condition is not something we can control. Sandwich DPW: 508-833-8002

Parent Resources & FAQs

Melissa Russell, M.Ed.
Email : mrussell@heritagemuseums.org
Office Phone: 508-888-3300 x165
(1-2 business days to return messages)

If you child is a current student, please send a message through Brightwheel.

The best and fastest way is to send us a message through Brightwheel.

Send in the App

  • Navigate to the student’s Profile
  • Tap the Message icon under the child’s profile picture in iOS or the top right-hand corner on Android
  • Click the desired thread for your student to either communicate with Staff & Admins or Admins Only.
  • Select your message ‘Type’: General, Late Drop Off, Late Pick Up, Early Pick Up, or Absent
  • Enter the message contents
  • Click the paperclip icon to add an optional attachment
  • Click Send when ready

Send on the Web

  • Navigate to the Messaging page
  • Click the desired thread for your student to communicate with Staff & Admins or Admins Only
  • Select your message ‘Type’: General, Late Drop Off, Late Pick Up, Early Pick Up, or Absent
  • Enter the message contents
  • Click the paperclip icon to add an optional attachment
  • Click Send when ready

If it is the weekend and your child is a student with us, please contact us via Brightwheel.

If it is the weekend and you are not connected to the school yet, please contact us by email or phone. We are typically closed on the weekends but will get back to you as soon as possible.

508-888-3300 x 158

Please note that we do not have someone at this desk at all times. Messages left may not be received for 1 to 2 business days.

67 Grove Street
Sandwich, MA 02563

Directions to the School and School Parking Lot:

The best option is to use Google Maps as we have a “pin” for the school. Just search our school name and you should be all set.

General guidance: When you arrive at Heritage Museums & Gardens, do not turn into the main parking lot. Continue driving forward and bear to the left onto a town-owned dirt road at the fork. Take your second paved left down the hill into the school’s parking lot. You will see a sign for the school at the entrance.

You might feel like you are on the dirt road for a while. Here are some landmarks to know you are going the right way:

You will drive past the aerial adventure park (on the right)

You will drive past the Heritage Maintenance Building (on the right)

Please note – The town owns the dirt road and its condition is not something we can control. Sandwich DPW: 508-833-8002

Yes, we offer financial assistance for our school year program.

No, we do not offer support for the summer program.

We follow Sandwich Public Schools for closures. If you are alerted about SPS on the news, online or radio please follow this guidance.

  • Closed: The Hundred Acre School is closed
  • Delayed: The Hundred Acre School will open at 10am

We will get a Brghtwheel message to you as soon as possible but with power outages and internet interruptions, sometimes these other methods are faster.

Education

  • Child Care Network (888) 530-2430
  • Community Partnership for Children (508) 888-9525
  • Early Intervention (508) 775-6998
  • Department of Early Education & Care (508) 828-5025
  • Department of Social Services (508) 760-0200
  • Sandwich Public School – Special Education (508) 888-3666
  • Bourne Public School – Special Education (508) 759-0660
  • Falmouth Public School – Special Education 508-548-1052 ext. 7311
  • Plymouth Public School – Special Education 508-830-4347

Health

  • VNA of Cape Cod Public Health & Wellness (508) 957-7423

  • Ask-A-Nurse (888) 771-2235
  • MASSHEALTH (800) 841-2900
  • Children’s Medical Security Plan (800) 909-2677
  • WIC Cape Cod Health Care (800) 942-2445
  • Cape Pediatric Dental Associates (508) 432-7555
  • MA Dental Society (800) 342-8747
  • Cape Opticians (508) 540-3937
  • Sandwich Spaulding Outpatient Center (508) 833-4141
  • Cape & Islands Mental Health Center (800) 352-7742
  • MA Poison Center (800)-222-1222
  • Parental Stress Line (800) 632-8188
  • Cape Psych Center (508) 790-2101

Miscellaneous

  • Sandwich Council on Aging: (508) 888-4737
  • Food Stamp Hotline (800) 645-8333
  • Sandwich Food Pantry (508) 888-3816
  • WIC Nutrition Program (508) 771-7896
  • Elder Services of Cape Cod & Islands, Inc. (508) 394-4630
  • Alcoholics Anonymous (508) 775-7060
  • Alcohol Information & Referral (800) 252-6465
  • Alanon-Alateen Info Service Center (508) 394-4555
  • Child & Family Service of Cape Cod (508) 778-1839
  • Legal Services for Cape Cod & Islands (508) 775-7020
  • Parents’ Anonymous (800) 882-1250
  • Hospice of Cape Cod (508) 362-1103
  • Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (800) 775-0275

Open 8:30am-4:30pm for all grades ~ School day is 9am-3pm

Fall Birthday Preschool

2025-2026 Enrollment

  • For students that just miss the cutoff of PreK classroom.
  • Students who turn 4 in September, October, November, December 2025
  • Enrollment is OPEN
7 out of 8 spots

PreK

2025-2026 Enrollment

  • Age 4 years by 9/1/25
  • We anticipate 20-24 students in this class, dependent on student 3, 4, or 5 day schedules.
  • Enrollment is OPEN
21 out of 24 spots

Kindergarten

2025-2026 Enrollment

  • Age 5 by 9/1/25
  • Two classrooms of 14 students
  • Enrollment opens to the general public January, 16 2025.
  • **If you attend a tour prior to January you will get an invite to the waitlist.
17 out of 28 spots

Mixed Grade 1 & 2

2025-2026 Enrollment

  • Grade 1: Age 6 by 9/1/25
  • Grade 2: Age 7 by 9/1/25
  • Enrollment opens to the general public January 16, 2025 if we have openings.
  • **If you attend a tour prior to January you will get an invite to the waitlist
11 out of 18 spots