2025-2026 Registration
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ArtWorks: Smart Start is an early arts education center for Preschool students.
At Smart Start, we encourage children to play, explore, create, and discover through high-sensory art, music, creative movement, and play. We believe that ART WORKS for even our youngest learners.
Our goal is to cultivate children's creative potential and help them get off to a SMART START!
Students work one-on-one and in small groups with our teachers and assistants to ensure individualized instruction. Students engage in invitations that best fit each child's age, development, and grasp of concepts. This allows all ages to learn and grow together while also allowing students to learn and thrive in their own time and at their own pace.
Smart Start is an arts immersion program that is highly influenced by the Reggio Emilia approach to education. This means our students experience learning through play invitations, exploration, natural objects, the arts, and an ever-changing environment that is not only visually pleasing but serves as its own mode of instruction. Our passionate and certified educators engage students in meaningful conversation and play that allows learning to happen relationally and progress organically.
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Important Information Regarding Tuition and Enrollment
Smart Start is available to students ages 2-6 (must be potty-trained)
We offer three enrollment options:
2-day (M/W), 2-day (T/TH), or 4-day (M-TH).
Drop-off begins at 7:45am each morning,
Class is from 8am - 12pm
Tuition Rates:
2 day - M/W: $212.50 / month
2 day - T/TH: $212.50 / month
4 day - M-TH: $425.00 / month
(September - May)
Scholarships are available for tuition - please see below for more information.
We follow the Russell County School System's calendar in regard to holidays, professional development days, etc.
There is a $200 non-refundable Registration and Supply Fee required for each student (link is located at the bottom of the page).
We are thankful for generous friends and community partners who make it possible for us to offer partial scholarships to students who enroll for Smart Start. It is our mission to make quality arts education available to our entire community and scholarships help make that dream a reality!
Important Information Regarding Smart Start Scholarships
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Please be advised that the scholarship application has recently changed.
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Going forward, scholarship applications for Smart Start tuition will require a copy of the parent's tax returns, when applicable.
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Scholarships are awarded based on financial need and are applicable to tuition only - they do not cover registration or supply fees.
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Rest assured, all personal and financial information submitted as part of the scholarship application will be handled with the highest level of confidentiality and respect.
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The information provided will solely be used to assess scholarship eligibility and will not be shared with any third parties.
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Link to the scholarship application is located at the bottom of the page.
The Benefits of the Arts in Early Childhood
The arts develop motor skills, help children appreciate numeracy, and accelerate brain development. Arts education builds self-esteem and strengthens creative centers in the brain. Creative arts activities engage a child's imagination and can include activities such as visual art, dance, drama, and music. This helps children cultivate their abilities across virtually every domain. Arts activities foster flexibility of the mind and emphasize that the process by which we create is just as important as the end result. The arts celebrate daily growth in an atmosphere of joy and life.
**Register below by
purchasing the
Registration & Supply Fee and by
Completing the Registration Packet**
Smart Start
Registration & Supply Fee (non-refundable)
When purchasing the Registration and Supply Fee, select the enrollment option you would like your child to attend. Choose only one per child.
Thank you for entrusting us with the opportunity to inspire, educate, and nurture you child's creativity. We are honored to be part of their educational journey and can't wait to see the amazing things we'll create and learn together in the year ahead!
Here's to another year full of imagination, growth, learning, and endless possibilities!