Enrollment Open · Aug 25 – Sep 12, 2025
Fall enrollment
is open. Thirty‑two
seats. One childhood.
Enrollment window: August 25 – September 12, 2025.
Families who apply before September 1 receive a $200 enrollment-fee waiver — applied automatically at checkout.
No form on this page — clicking above opens the full application with your promotion code pre-filled.
Family Profile · No. 01
"We toured six schools. Bloom was the only one where the teacher remembered what book Mia had pointed to the week before."
Mia arrived in September clutching the hem of her mother's coat, eyes fixed on the floor. Her lead teacher, Ms. Delacroix, didn't rush her. For the first two weeks, Mia sat beside the reading corner rather than in it — watching, calculating. By October, she was choosing books herself.
By February, she was explaining the plot of Owl at Home to a younger child who had just joined the class. That is the arc Bloom designs for: not the performance of readiness, but the accumulation of it — small, unhurried, and entirely the child's own.
Priya returned to her role as a pediatric occupational therapist in October. She says the guilt she'd braced for never fully arrived. "I knew exactly who was with her. That changes everything."
Mia, age 3 — reading corner, November 2024. Photograph by the Bloom documentation team.
By end of year
94%
of Bloom children demonstrate independent book selection and peer-sharing behavior by their second semester.
Enrollment Window · Aug 25 – Sep 12, 2025
Thirty-two seats.
Each one reserved for a specific child.
Apply before September 1 and your $200 enrollment fee is waived automatically — no code required at checkout. Seats are confirmed in the order applications are completed.
Family Profile · No. 02 & Classroom Record
Marcus, age 4, and classmate — block center, March 2025. Collaborative play milestone documented.
"He went from refusing to eat lunch near anyone to organizing a 'builders' club' at the block table. In six months."
Marcus's occupational therapist had flagged sensory processing differences before his first day at Bloom. His parents arrived for orientation with a two-page summary. Ms. Yuen read it before they sat down.
Bloom's approach to sensory-sensitive children isn't an accommodation — it's the default classroom design. Low noise thresholds, predictable daily rhythms, and a dedicated "reset corner" with weighted cushions and fidget tools are standard features of every room, not afterthoughts.
By March, Marcus had stopped using the reset corner as a retreat. He'd begun inviting other children to build there with him. His parents call it the moment they exhaled.
2024–25 Classroom Record
September
32
children enrolled
Classroom composition: 18 returning, 14 new — a ratio Bloom holds deliberately to ease transitions.
November
100%
daily outdoor time
Every Bloom day includes unstructured outdoor play regardless of weather. Rain gear is provided.
February
4:1
child-to-teacher ratio
Maintained across all sessions. State minimum is 10:1. We hold this line as a non-negotiable.
June
97%
kindergarten readiness
Measured against Portland Public Schools readiness rubric, administered by independent evaluators.
Outcomes · 2024–25
The data, as plainly
as we can state it.
We don't believe in marketing-shaped numbers. Every figure below is sourced, independently verified where possible, and linked to its methodology. If you want the full documentation, ask us during your morning visit.
Kindergarten Readiness
Children meeting or exceeding all five Portland Public Schools readiness domains at year-end assessment.
PPS Readiness Rubric, independent evaluators, June 2025
Child-to-Teacher Ratio
Held across every session, every room. The state minimum is 10:1. We have never exceeded 4:1 in nine years of operation.
Bloom internal records, 2016–2025
In Continuous Operation
Founded 2016. Same lead teachers in the toddler and pre-K rooms since year one.
Oregon CCLD license #OR-2016-0482
Sibling Re-Enrollment
Families who enrolled a first child at Bloom and later enrolled a second. The clearest signal we know.
Bloom admissions records, 2019–2025
Literacy Progression · Class of 2025 · September → June
Letter recognition
Phonemic awareness
Story retelling
Before You Apply
Questions parents
usually ask us
on the first visit.
If yours isn't here, bring it to a morning visit. We'd rather answer it in person.
Bloom enrolls children aged 2.5 to 5 years. Our toddler room (2.5–3.5) and pre-K room (3.5–5) each have a maximum of 16 children, with a 4:1 child-to-teacher ratio maintained in both.
Full-day sessions run Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM. Extended care is available until 5:30 PM. Half-day sessions (8:00 AM – 12:00 PM) are offered in the toddler room only, Tuesday through Thursday.
The enrollment fee is a one-time administrative fee separate from monthly tuition. Families who complete their application before September 1, 2025, have this fee waived automatically — no code required. The promotion code pre-filled in your application link is for our internal tracking only.
Yes. Bloom holds an Oregon CCLD license (#OR-2016-0482), a five-star Quality Rating from Oregon's Spark program, and NAEYC accreditation renewed in 2023. Full documentation is available on request.
Morning visits run 9:00–10:30 AM on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the enrollment window. You'll observe an active classroom session, meet lead teachers, and have 20 minutes with our director. Children are welcome. No commitment is implied by attending.
Yes — and we don't treat it as an accommodation. Bloom's classroom design (low sensory load, predictable rhythms, reset spaces, weighted sensory tools) is standard infrastructure, not a special-needs modification. We work closely with families and outside therapists to support each child's specific profile.