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Mrs. Vanissa Nienhueser
Executive DirectorScience Exploration instructor
Enrollment for 2026–27
Enrollment and tuition
We’d love to get to know your family. The application helps us understand how best to come alongside you in your homeschool journey.
Application packetPDF, 7 pages, includes the Statement of Faith
How to apply
Complete the application
One per student. Tell us about your child as a learner, their interests, and how we can support them.
Sign the Statement of Faith
We welcome families of every faith background and ask that you acknowledge the beliefs under which LEAD operates.
Send a $250 deposit
Due by August 15. Your spot is secured once it’s received. It’s non-refundable and applied to tuition on September 1. Pay the deposit online.
Submit
Mail to 1900 Highway 135, Gunnison, CO 81230, or email learn.enrich.discover@gmail.com.
Program fees
Annual tuition, with sibling pricing
Each additional child is discounted. Program fees paid by families cover Tuesday programming.
BASE or CORE (ages 5–14)
RISE (ages 3–4)
$3,000 per year
Estimate only. Siblings are counted in order, older students first.
BASE and CORE
Ages 5–14, full days| 1st child | $3,000 |
| 2nd child | $2,400 |
| 3rd child | $1,920 |
| 4th child | $1,536 |
RISE
Ages 3–4, half days| 1st child | $1,800 |
| 2nd child | $1,440 |
| 3rd child | $1,152 |
| 4th child | $921.60 |
Ways to pay
CheckPayable to LEAD Program, mailed to our address
VenmoLEAD Program [@handle]
QuickBooksPay the deposit or tuition online, $2.50 processing fee
Our Statement of Faith
LEAD operates under the Apostles’ Creed. We place no restrictions on the faith background of families who join us, but we do ask each family to read and sign an acknowledgment of our faith position. It’s included in the application packet.
New to homeschooling?
We recommend For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay and Teaching from Rest by Sarah Mackenzie.
Questions about enrolling?
Reach our Executive Director about availability, visits, or mid-year enrollment.
Our team
The people who make LEAD
Educators, administrators, and a volunteer board who share one goal: to cultivate character, self-control, and a love of learning in every student, in partnership with the families we serve.
Administration
AR
Mrs. Aleis Richardson
Program AdministratorLEAD Board Finance Director
RISE and BASE
Educator team
Our classroom educators for RISE, Listos, Lucidos, and Lectores, ages 3 to 10.
CJ
Mrs. Carolyn Jones
Listos, mornings
Listos and Lucidos Bible
MS
Mrs. Makenna Sullivan
RISE classroom, mornings
Listos, afternoons
DS
Ms. Deborah Saunders
Lucidos, mornings
CORE Language Arts, afternoons
Listos and Lucidos Spanish
SO
Ms. Sydnee Olive
Lectores, mornings
CORE Math
KR
Mrs. Kenzie Redden
Lucidos, afternoons
Critical Thinking and VentureLab instructor
SW
Ms. Sarah Willis
RISE classroom, afternoons
Fundraising and Cleaning Extraordinaire
CORE and part-time
Subject educators
JJ
Mr. Jonathan Jones
History
Lectores and CORE Bible Study
JA
Mr. Jose Alarcon
Lectores and CORE Spanish
Governance
LEAD Board
A volunteer board committed to integrity and transparency in LEAD’s structure, finances, and communication.
Officers
Taylor HefftnerBoard Chair
Seth NienhueserVice Chair
Aleis RichardsonFinance Director
Members
Deborah Saunders
Sarah Graham
Tyler Haus
Ben Autrey
Wayne Oldham
Want to reach our team?
Messages go to our Executive Director, who will connect you with the right person.
The Enrichment Corner
Notes from the LEAD community
Stories from our program days, ideas for your home days, and news for LEAD families, written by our educators and administrators.
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