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School-Age Program Schedule
Before-School Program
4:30 - 7:30 a.m.
Parents check children in and children eat breakfast, engage in activities and receive transportation to their designated school locations. School aged children are combined with infants, toddlers and preschool-aged children during this timeframe.
After-School Program
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Children check-in to the facility from their designated schools.
3:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Children are provided with homework assistance by our after-school aged teacher, who has successfully passed the CBEST examination, at designated learning centers at the facility. A snack is provided consisting of two food groups and milk and/or 100% juice. After children complete their homework and daily reading assignments (see above - AR books) and/or journals, they can choose to engage in either indoor or outdoor activities at the facility. Also, during this timeframe children are encouraged to talk about events such as family, school or community activities that are of interest to the children. School-aged children are combined with infants, toddlers and preschool aged children during this timeframe.
School-aged children who are enrolled in our weekend program select from either indoor or outdoor age appropriate activities to engage in, and children who attend on weekends also participate in weekend field trips and walks to the neighborhood park.
Summer Program
(June 11, 2010 - August 24, 2010)
Children are provided with age appropriate activities which may consists of drama, math, music, outdoor play, puzzles, games, age-appropriate television programs, computer center, audio-listening center, pool & hockey table, walks to the park, woodshop building projects, etc.
For approximately 1-1/2 hours per day, children enrolled in our Summer Program will receive assistance/tutoring in language arts and/or math and science, per parental request.
Occasionally, school-age children will be escorted to field trips and supervised by our staff from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A sack snack and a sack lunch will be provided during field trips consisting of a sandwich, carrots or celery, a fruit, chips or crackers and 100% juice and a water bottle. We have prescheduled ten (10) field trips. Field trips will take place once a week during the ten (10) week Summer Program or School Break Session. Parent(s) are responsible for the costs of the field trips which should not exceed $10.00 per child, per week. A tentative itinerary of field trip locations during the ten (10) week period will be provided to the parents of school-aged children.
During non-field trip days, children will have a rest period or quiet-time from approximately 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and on the designated field trip days the rest period or quiet-time will be from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (quiet time activities are also allowed during this time period such as puzzles, word games, reading, etc.).
All school-aged children who are enrolled in our full-day summer program are provided a healthy breakfast and lunch, and a healthy morning and afternoon snack consisting of two food groups and milk and/or 100% juice.