Extended Day Care

I.                   Statement of Purpose:  This service is designed to provide supervision and safety under a structured program of activities for our school-aged children while parents are at work.

II.                 Description:  The program will be located in the Display/Lecture Room (Rm. 109).  The gymnasium and outside play area will also be available to the program.

The program will be held on all full school days.  The Extended Day Care Program (EDC) will not be held on days when school is not in session or on Early Dismissal days.

The program will be under the direction of the school principal; however, it will have a paid staff member responsible for the program itself. 

The program activities will vary from day to day, with opportunities for children to play outdoors or in the gym, to have an after school snack, to have a quiet place to study or for reading, and to engage in group planned activities.

Emergency calls to the school office may be made only if someone different than authorized person(s) will pick up child(ren). 

III.              Admission:  Only children enrolled at St. Joan of Arc Parish School are eligible.  Registrations are accepted on the basis of available space.  Special circumstances concerning this policy can be appealed to the St. Joan of Arc Parish School Advisory Board.

IV.               Scheduling:  Consistency is the key ingredient to this program’s success.  The Weekly Planner for Extended Care is sent home in the Wednesday Envelope.  The completed planner is due in the school office on Thursday.  Parent billing will be based on an hourly rate.

In the event that a child participates in any school-sponsored after-school (Homework Club, Scouts, sports, etc.) activity, he/she may leave the EDC to participate and return to the program upon its completion.  A signed permission slip from the parents stating the time he/she should leave and return to the program must be given to the principal. 

               The EDC staff will assume full responsibility for a child from the time he/she arrives at the designated room until dismissal time.  Dismissal time is 6:00 p.m. or earlier upon parents’ written permission.  The child must sign in upon arrival and sign out with an authorized person upon departure.

a.      If your child is given written parental permission to leave the EDC premises to participate in an after-school activity and return upon the activity’s completion, the staff will not be responsible for your child during his/her absence.

b.      If a child does not return to the program upon completion of the activity, staff members will contact the parents.

V.                 Policies and Procedures:  A $30.00 per child nonrefundable registration fee is required for all families in the program.

The hourly cost per child is $5.00.   Hourly rates are based on ¼ hour increments rounded off to the nearest quarter-hour.  For example: 2:45 P.M. to 3:45 P.M. = 1 hour; 2:45 to 4:00 P.M. = 1 and ¼ hours.

The school office will send invoices for the previous month’s EDC usage on the first Tuesday of the month with payment expected on Thursday along with the Weekly Planner for the following week.  Late payment of fees is highly discouraged.

Late fee:  There will be a late fee for pickup after 6:00 P.M.:  $5.00 for each 15 minutes.

Health:  All health forms must be submitted and properly updated in the school office.  Emergency Information Records filled out for the school will be used for this purpose.

Medicine may not be administered without explicit directions of the parents.  A “Permission to Dispense Medicine” form must be filled out by the parent.

Children who become ill while at the center will be isolated from the group but within sight and hearing of an adult while parent/guardian is called to come for the child.

First aid supplies will be on hand in a designated area at all times.

VI.               Insurance:  St. Joan of Arc Parish School carries liability and property damage insurance.

VII.            Termination of Enrollment:  A late payment of fees is highly discouraged and can be cause for dismissal from the program.

Upon the discretion of the director and after reasonable effort on the part of the program staff to integrate a child into the program, a child’s participation may be terminated if that child is deemed chronically disruptive to the functioning of the program.

Consistently picking up students after the 6:00 P.M. deadline is grounds for termination or participation in the program.

The Extended Day Care Program is designed to be a self-supporting program.  It is a program providing an optional service to those parents who wish to place their child in a safe and a supervised atmosphere until they are able to pick up their children.  EDC is an extension of St. Joan of Arc Parish School.

The program reserves the right to amend the guidelines for just cause.  Parents will be promptly notified in writing if changes are made.

2010-2011 Program Director: Mrs. Mary Jean Andersen