After-School Care

After-school Care 3:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m.

General Information

After-school Care Staff is ready to receive students each afternoon at 3:45 p.m.

Fee: The charge for After-school Care is $6 an hour and time is billed in 15 minute increments.

*Families who need to utilize Before-school Care on a regular basis, but find the cost prohibitive, should contact Dallas Bauer, Director of Extended Day Programs, for possible financial assistance.

Late Fee: After-school Care ends promptly at 5:45 p.m. Please be considerate by picking up your child on time. A late fee of $1 per minute will be charged after 5:45.

*For your child’s safety and your peace of mind, any student not directly supervised by a parent or designated adult within 15 minutes of school or an extracurricular activity ending, will be signed in to After-school Care.

Sign Out: For their safety, students are not released from After-school Care until an Extended Day staff member makes visual contact with a parent or other person designated to pick the student up.

What to Expect

Healthy Snack: Each day, students have several healthy snacks to choose from. These choices typically include fresh fruit, yogurt, popcorn, granola bars, cheese and crackers, peanut butter and crackers, and raisins.

Play and Social Time: Each day, students have 20-30 minutes outside where they are be able to play and/or socialize.

Academic Time: Every student participating in After-school Care, with the exception of Pre-Kindergarten, is guaranteed a specific amount of Academic time in which the classroom atmosphere is conducive to completing school work. During academic time, a scholar’s priority is to work on homework. Once homework is completed, a scholar may chose to read, write or work on supplemental work.

The length of academic time varies by grade level.

Kindergarten – 2nd Grade: 30 minutes

3rd – 5th Grade: 45 minutes

Middle School: 60 minutes.

Structured Free Time: Students spend the last portion of After-school Care enjoying structured free time. This is a time where students play or socialize with friends and/or spend time doing activities they enjoy on their own. This time often includes more time outside!

*In recognition of students’ hard work during the week, special snacks are served on Fridays and Academic time is replaced with special activities such as a movies, arts and crafts projects, organized games outside, and gym time.

Grade Specific Information

Pre-Kindergarten and Junior Pre-Kindergarten

Staff: Veronica Gutierrez

Location: Pre-Kindergarten Classroom

Activities: Snack, teacher led activities, outdoor play time, and free time centers

Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

Staff: Ruth Bammes and Jennifer Odermatt (alternating days)

Location:

Snack (Commons Area)

Playtime (South Playground)

Academic time (Mrs. Bammes’ Classroom)

End of day activities (Day Care Room, South Playground, Assembly Hall, and Gym)

3rd Grade – 5th Grade

Staff: Angie Swisher

Schedule of Locations:

Snack (Commons Area)

Playtime (South Playground)

Academic time (Mrs. Morris’ 5th Grade math classroom)

End of day activities (Extended Day Room, South Playground, Assembly Hall and Gym)

Middle School

Staff: Pam Friesner

Schedule of Locations:

Snack (Commons)

Social time (courtyard or gym)

Academic time (Commons)

End of day activities (Commons, Extended Day Room, South Playground, Assembly Hall or Gym.)