BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL POLICIES & PROGRAMS
MORNING DAYCARE
Students are asked NOT to arrive at school prior to 7:00AM since they are not supervised on the school yard. This policy is for the safety of our students. However, students who are permitted to partake in morning daycare may be dropped off with principal's permission to a morning daycare personnel prior to 7:00AM but are required to be escorted to the designated area or classroom and signed in by their parents. Weather permitting, these students in morning daycare are taken outside on the yard to join their schoolmates at or around 7:30AM. Morning daycare is provided free to families in need of such care (see school office for permission from principal to receive such service).
EXTENDED SCHOOL DAY PROGRAM
After-school care is open to students who are enrolled in TK-8 at Maria Regina School. We offer after school care to all school families following every school day until 6:00 p.m. (unless otherwise noted, such as on the monthly calendar, newsletter or email).
Children must be picked up within 15 minutes of dismissal or they will be sent to the after school daycare program. There will be a fee charged to a parent whose child is sent to daycare. This is done for the protection of the child. Every child must be supervised while on school grounds. Every family is asked to cooperate in this matter, for your child’s safety.
Fees are based on a monthly rate or daily hourly rates. Families choosing the monthly rate are obligated to begin payment at the beginning of the school year. (See school office).
Hourly rates are calculated on a sixty-minute hour. Families choosing an hourly rate payment plan must sign their child out each day. If a child is not signed out, the family will be charged for the total number of hours until 6:00 p.m.
After-school daycare bills for both monthly and hourly families will be sent home at the end of each month. Families choosing the monthly rate are obligated to begin payment at the beginning of September through the month of May. All families who have chosen to utilize the daycare services in June will be charged a pro-rated fee. (TBA)
Daycare and homework payments are due by the 15th of each month. If payment is not received on time, there will be an additional $40.00 late fee charged to your account.
If payment is not received by the 15th of the month, the family will not be allowed to participate in the Afterschool Program until the payment and late fee is paid in full.
Daycare payments can be paid via FACTS or directly in the school’s office. Checks must be made payable to: Maria Regina School. Please note only families choosing the monthly payment rate option can receive a W9 for tax purposes.
Parents and students are required to observe all school policies, rules, and procedures especially those that pertain to the after-school program. Afterschool daycare policies and rules will be given to a family upon daycare enrollment. NO CELL PHONES, OR ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES, ARE ALLOWED DURING DAYCARE. All cell phones must be turned into school/daycare personnel and retrieve when leaving.
Note: Parents are not allowed to drive through the CONES to park or pick up their child(ren) from daycare. All students must be signed out each day with an authorized adult signature AND time or the account will be charged until 6:00pm!
Maria Regina School provides a safe, secure and supportive nurturing environment which focus on child’s abilities. The staff promotes a balanced, supportive, and active learning environment where children are encouraged to learn and discover, participate in activities and try novel ideas while fostering critical thinking. The students will have the opportunity to start and/or complete homework assignments, play with friends, relax and review math skills. This program provides an opportunity to work alone, small groups and active quiet activities.
All students are expected to bring all of their needed supplies including textbooks, paper, pencils, homework folder, and assignment notebook and others supplies. Students are also expected to bring their planners to homework club to show the staff and receive a signature upon the completion of the assignments. Students will not be allowed to return to their classroom for any items.
Goals:
- Get small group or one-on-one help with homework assignments
- Improve students math, reading and language arts skills
- Get homework done at school. (It is not a guarantee since that is based on the student’s willingness and effort). Therefore, it is the parents’ responsibility to check his/her child assignments daily.
Extended/Daycare Rules and Expectations:
- When students enter the classroom, they are expected to sign in on the attendance sheet, and find a station that they are to work at for the day. If students have homework, they will automatically go to the homework station. If students do not have homework with them that day they will be assigned to the math or ELA stations.
- Students are expected to be responsible, independent, assertive workers.
- Students should raise their hands if they have a question, but continue working at the same time, until the teacher gets to them.
- Focus and work hard for the duration.
- If a student finishes all of his/her homework, the student is expected to go to the station that he/she is assigned for that day.
- Students are expected to bring additional snacks to sustain when attending after-school daycare.
Note: Please keep in mind that some students may not finish all their homework during homework time. Parents, please make sure that your child has completed all their homework and check for accuracy.
Participation
Children are required to:
- Adhere to all MRS Rules and regulations
- Respect all staff members
- Respect all other students
- Respect property
- Notify daycare personnel immediately regarding any issues experienced
- Ask for permission to borrow any materials
- Clean up and refrain from littering
- Purchase all snacks before entering the classroom
- Leaving school grounds at any time is prohibited
- Walk safely in the building
- Speak with appropriate tone and volume
- Electronic devices are prohibited
Disciplinary Action:
- Verbal reprimand
- Note home to parents
- Parent contact & behavioral contract
- Suspension
- First Offense-2 days suspension
- Second Offense-3 days suspension
- Third Offense-Parent/staff conference to determine continued enrollment
Note: Daycare staff is responsible for utilizing different intervention technique before a student is referred to the school administration.
As with any other zero-tolerance policy, there will be consequences for the following types of misconduct:
- Failure to follow rules, policies and procedure of homework and extended daycare program
- General misconduct, including loud boisterous noise or outburst that tends to disturb other students, and running in the classroom/halls, minor defacement of property, and pushing or shoving others.
- A student persist refusal to follow the instructions of staff and/or any school personnel
- Use of obscene, vulgar, profane, disrespectful, demeaning or threating words and/or actions or gestures directed to or in the presence of any students or school employee
- Mutual physical confrontation between students (fighting)
- Possession and/or use of any tobacco and other tobacco-related products
- A behavior that may result in physical or mental abuse of any student, staff member or school employee
- Committing any act of indecent exposure in the presence of any student, staff or school employee
LATE PICK-UPS
After-school daycare services end at 6:00 p.m., every effort will be made to contact a designated parent/guardian to pick up a child still remaining in daycare after the deadline. If a child has not been picked up by 6:20 p.m. and all efforts to contact a parent/guardian have been unsuccessful, the Gardena Police Department will be notified. Arrangements will be made with the police to pick up the child and hold him/her in custody at the police station until he/she is picked up by a parent/guardian. A late fee of $5.00 is charged per minute/per child after 6:00 p.m.
AFTER SCHOOL HOMEWORK HOURS
Students must stay in the classroom until 4:30 p.m., whether they are finished with homework or not. Students who do not cooperate with the Homework Supervisor will be asked to withdraw from the program.
Note: Afterschool Homework Hours does not guarantee that the child’s homework will be completed in its entirety and/or checked by the allotted time. Please remember that it is the parents’ responsibility to check that all assignments are completed and that the child studies for any upcoming test and or quizzes, in addition to prepare for the upcoming day.
AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES
If your child participates in after school sports or activities, he or she must be picked up promptly after practice or meeting. Siblings who remain on school grounds will be placed in afterschool daycare and will be charged the standard rate fee.
RELEASE OF STUDENTS
No agency, organization, or person other than the parent/guardian who has custody or a delegated school employee shall be allowed to remove a student from the school premises during school hours or immediately before or after school.
Exceptions to this rule may be made only:
- By the parent/guardian, when properly identified and proof of Identification.
- Upon written request of the parent/guardian properly verified and proof of Identification.
- By properly identified law enforcement officers when an arrest is made.
- By properly identified representatives of law enforcement agencies, in case of emergency, as determined by the principal.
