Information for Parents

• How do I get information about the programs?
• How much do programs cost?
• How can I spread word about ESP?
• How can I help?
• Can Splash come to my school?
• How can I join the mailing list?
• How do I receive publicity information about ESP?
• Can students younger than middle school age participate?
• Does ESP offer tutoring?
• The site won’t let me register my child for a program. What’s wrong?

1. How do I get information about the programs?

A great deal of information is available by browsing this Web site. You can also sign up for our mailing list, which will have regular program announcements sent to it.

2. How much do programs cost?

ESP is constantly working to make its programs as cheap as possible. We are a non-profit organization; teachers in most programs are volunteers.

3. How can I spread word about ESP?

Just telling others about our programs would be a big help to us – word of mouth is the most reliable way to spread information about us. We’re also happy to send you extra promotional material; please feel free to contact us.

4. How can I help?

Have a conversation with a program director at our front office. We love to hear from parents about our programs and what we can be doing better.

5. Can Splash come to my school?

At the moment no, though we would at some stage run a “Splash on Wheels” program.

6. How can I join the mailing list?

See our page on joining the mailing list.

7. How do I receive publicity information about ESP?

Join our mailing list. We send postcard updates about our programs, as well as e-mails, to those on our mailing list. If you’d like extra material, please contact us.

8. Can students younger than middle school age participate?

ESP requires that all student participants be in at least sixth grade. Some programs, such as SATPrep and Delve, require that students be in high school. In addition, we absolutely are unable to accept students younger than nine years of age (for liability reasons). If you are in doubt about your situation, contact us.

To participate, all students must have their parents sign a liability waiver. Parents should keep in mind the nature of our program, and should keep in mind that we expect a high school level of maturity from our students. Students are unsupervised between classes and during time off and are free to wander the Stanford campus. Parents should be comfortable that their children are mature enough for this level of freedom.

9. Does ESP offer tutoring?

No.

10. The site won’t let me register my child for a program. What’s wrong?

If the site is telling you that you must have a student account to register, then you cannot register with your current account. You have a parent account. This means that you receive emails about upcoming ESP events, but cannot register for our programs. Each of your children will need to create separate student accounts for themselves. People with student accounts receive emails about upcoming ESP events, and can register online for programs.