Frequently asked questions.

We wish we could say yes, but this is the one place we hold firm: most of the school day happens in Spanish, and that only works when every child builds the foundation from the earliest grades. So new students join at or before 1st grade and grow up with the school. If your child is entering Pre-K, Kindergarten, or 1st grade, the door is wide open.

Book a tour — it's the first step in our application process and the best way to see what makes the school different. You and your child will walk the classrooms, meet our staff, and get honest answers to everything you're wondering. Tours run by appointment Monday–Thursday, and classes are intentionally small, so it's smart to reach out early — we'll tell you exactly where things stand for your child's grade.

This is not a school with a Spanish class — this is school in Spanish. Our classrooms mix roughly half native English speakers and half native Spanish speakers, and children learn core subjects in both languages, so both groups become bilingual and biliterate — and help each other get there. You can read the full explanation on our dual-language model page.

No — children arrive in exactly this situation all the time, and the model is built for it. Gestures, visuals, songs, predictable routines, patient teachers, and bilingual classmates surround your child with meaning long before they understand every word. The first few weeks are an adjustment; by month two, kids are usually using Spanish phrases at home without realizing it.

The research on strong immersion programs is reassuring. A small, temporary dip in early English reading is well-documented — and so is the catch-up: by the mid-to-upper elementary years, dual-language students typically match or outperform their monolingual peers, with a whole second language to show for it. We also protect English literacy directly, with focused English reading and writing time from day one, and the English share of the day grows by design — 90/10 in Pre-K through 1st, 80/20 in 2nd, and 70/30 when 3rd grade arrives in 2027–28.

Teachers who grew up speaking Spanish — from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and beyond — not English speakers who learned it in college. Our staff comes from six countries, 100% of them are fluent in two or more languages, and our director of curriculum holds a doctorate in language, culture, and literacy education. Meet every one of them on our About page.

Yes. Sol & Son is Christ-centered, and the whole school hangs on three pillars: Biblical Character, Authentic Community, and Cultural Diversity. Character formation is woven through the day in both languages — inside math, reading, recess, and how we handle conflict — rather than taught as a separate class. You can read exactly where we stand in our Statement of Faith.

Elementary (K–2nd) tuition for 2026–27 is $8,470 for the full year before any scholarship — and with the NC Opportunity Scholarship applied, out-of-pocket can be as low as $48/month for qualifying families. Pre-K Enrichment runs $3,300–$6,600 per year depending on age and whether you choose 2 or 4 days. The full breakdown, tier by tier, is on our Tuition page.

Every North Carolina K–12 student is eligible, regardless of household income — your income tier just sets the award, from $3,578 up to $7,942 per student per year. You apply through the state at k12.ncseaa.edu; the priority window falls in February–March each year, and late applications are still considered while funds remain. One caveat: the scholarship is K–12 only, so it doesn't apply to Pre-K — for Pre-K families we offer separate private scholarships funded by community donors and grants.

Sol & Son is an approved Direct Payment School with NCSEAA, so the state pays your award directly to the school each semester. You never front the tuition and wait on a reimbursement — you simply pay the difference between your award and the year's tuition.

A $1,000 commitment deposit reserves your child's spot at enrollment. After that, the extras stay modest and predictable: a $100 supply fee at enrollment, uniforms (about $200, purchased by parents), a $10–$20 monthly family field study, and small bank processing fees — roughly $532 a year at the very most. On the Pre-K fee schedule, full-time students also qualify for sibling discounts ($25/month for the first sibling, $18 for the second, $10 for each after that), and children of our teachers attend at half price — ask us whether discounts apply to your elementary student.

Elementary runs in person Monday–Thursday, 8:30 AM–2:30 PM; Pre-K runs half-day mornings, 8:30 AM–12:30 PM. Friday is a virtual day for Kindergarten and up — a live touchpoint from 9:00 to 10:00 AM, then structured follow-up work at home — and Pre-K doesn't have a Friday virtual day. We also follow a year-round calendar: about six weeks on, one week off, with the same roughly 180 school days spaced out on purpose. See the calendar and schedule for the full picture.

No — and we'd rather you know that up front. Pre-K Enrichment is half-day only, offered 2 or 4 days a week, so it isn't a replacement for full-day child care. It's the play-based, 90%-Spanish on-ramp into immersion for families headed toward Kindergarten and up, which is full-day.

We're at 1150 E Main Street, Franklin, NC 28734, on the bottom level of Franklin First Assembly of God Church — minutes from downtown. Most of our families are from Franklin and Macon County, but plenty drive in from Otto, Highlands, Sylva, Bryson City, and even Clayton, Georgia.

Sí, claro. Choose “Español” or “Both / Ambos” when you request a tour and a Spanish-speaking team member will guide your visit. Spanish-speaking families are half of who we are — you'll feel that from the first hello.