About Us
The Henry Barnard School enjoys a long tradition of exemplary instruction and curriculum innovation. Located on the campus of Rhode Island College, Henry Barnard is a laboratory school for teacher preparation programs in the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development. Henry Barnard teachers are professors within the School of Education and serve as mentors for college students preparing for teaching careers. Henry Barnard professors and college students employ contemporary instructional procedures and curriculum materials.
The Henry Barnard School offers a preschool experience (two classes) for three and four year old children, three all day kindergarten classes, two classes each at the first through fifth grades and one sixth grade. A full complement of special subjects includes: art, foreign language, technology education, library, music, and physical education. Academic and personal support is provided for students in all grades, kindergarten through six. Guidance services are available for all students. Students attend Henry Barnard from throughout Rhode Island. Cultural diversity is celebrated through student enrollment, curriculum infusion, and faculty recruitment.
An after school program, Explorations is available for children in preschool through grade six. Please contact 456-8811 for availability and rates.
Students must be five years old by Aug. 31 for kindergarten and three years old by Aug. 31 for Preschool. Classes begin at 8:15am with dismissal at 2:15pm. Hot lunch may be purchased. An after school program is available from 2:15pm to 5:30pm.
Students in the preschool program arrive at 8:00am and may remain until 2:15pm. Public school bus transportation is provided for Providence residents (grades k-6).
Henry Barnard tuition for the 2007-2008 school year
Preschool: $8,050
Kindergarten: $6,140
Grades 1 - 6: $6,040
Please visit these web sites related to our school's mission
FSEHD Feinstein School of Education and Human Development at RIC
NALS International Association of Laboratory and University Affiliated Schools