MORNING CARE AND AFTER CARE (OR ALL CARE)
It is imperative that parents understand that there are rules their children are obliged to follow in both morning care and after care. Failure to abide by and/or support them will result in the child being forbidden to attend morning care and after care. Registration forms are available near the end of this handbook and in the office. The cell phone number used by the staff is 860-575-2969. They can be reached at this number for important calls.
There is NO MORNING CARE on mornings with delays due to inclement weather. If there is early dismissal due to inclement weather, there will be NO AFTER CARE.
MORNING CARE opens at 7:00 a.m. Children must report to the gym when they arrive. Parents dropping off their children may NOT go to their child’s classroom. This is considered prep time for the teachers and they may not be disturbed. Upon the child’s arrival, the staff member will log in the
time. All children who report to school before 8:40 a.m. must report to morning care for supervision. During morning care students may sit to read, talk with friends, etc. or they may play as allowed by the staff. Students are to obey and respect the morning care staff. Failure to do so will result in a detention. Only those students who have procured a note the previous day from their teacher will be allowed by the morning care staff to go to that teacher’s classroom for extra help.
AFTER CARE is available until 5:30 p.m. When the gym is not being used, after care will take place there. Otherwise aftercare is in the Spanish/music room in the old wing. Students who attend after care must bring their own snacks and drinks. They must abide by the rules. This includes quiet time for homework. Students are to leave their classrooms with everything they need and go right to aftercare. They are not to socialize with students not attending after care, nor remain in classrooms, hallways or any place other than where aftercare is taking place. If the student does not have homework, s/he should bring a book to read.
Parents who fail to pick up their children by 3:15 will be placed in after care and will be charged the minimum per hour. They may not remain unsupervised. Please do not stand in the doorway and motion for your child to leave aftercare. The child must be signed out and the fee must be paid. Parents who fail to pick up their child by 5:30 p.m. will be charged a late fee. It is asked that all parents picking up their children from aftercare park in the playground parking lot and ring the doorbell between the kitchen and the gym. If a child is to be picked up from the after care program by someone other than a parent, this must be stated in writing with the person’s full name given. Such persons must show a photo I.D.
AFTER CARE on early dismissal days will be available from 12:50 until 3:30 p.m.
NO AFTERCARE on the
-Wednesday before Thanksgiving
-last day of school before Christmas vacation
-last day of school before summer vacation
FEES FOR MORNING CARE:
(from 7:00 – 8:40)
One child two children three children
$7.00 PER DAY $11.00 PER DAY $14.00 PER DAY
FEES FOR AFTER CARE:
One child two children three children
$10.00 PER DAY $13.00 PER DAY $15.00 PER DAY
PAYMENT POLICY FOR MORNING CARE AND AFTER CARE:
• You will be billed on the EACH Wednesday. Late fee is $15.00 additional to the fee.
• Full payment is expected within 5 days directly to the office with the envelope marked “after care.” Make checks payable to: St. John School Aftercare (for both morning care and after care).
• Accounts in arrears ten days will prevent your child from participating in the morning and after care programs. For special concerns regarding this matter, please contact the principal.