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Before- & After-School Programs | Grades K-6

At Champions, it’s all about bringing out the best in your child. Whether she chooses to nurture her inner scientist, artist, teacher, doctor, CEO, or all of the above, we give her the freedom to follow her curiosity and passion!

In our new curriculum, your child’s interests will shape what we decide to dig in and explore, and at the same time she’ll be developing skills that will help create a solid foundation for learning and growth.

Activities That Help Your Child Grow

Fun activities play a big role in how your child will develop critical skills while she’s at Champions. It may just feel like playing to your child, but what’s really happening is learning that will last a lifetime! The activities in our curriculum focus on six developmental domains:

Character Development

Being kind and empathetic, and playing fairly are all things that make up character—and we think it’s important to focus on them.

Example Activity: “What Would You Do?” encourages children to question what is right and wrong in a certain situation. In this activity, children have discussions about ethical dilemmas, which teaches them how to develop positive values like honesty, fairness, and kindness, all while expressing their opinions in their own unique way.

Community

We’re all part of a community—and pitching in and interacting within that community can make a big difference. Your child will learn the value of community participation by being involved in an inclusive classroom community with a focus on group projects to explore common goals and enhance communication skills.

Example Activity: “A Great Classmate” focuses on building and sustaining an inclusive classroom community by encouraging children to identify and discuss the behaviors that a great classmate does and does not exhibit, and then to make a commitment to treat others with kindness.

Creative Expression

At Champions, your child will get to express his creativity through movement, dance, drama, music, visual arts, and more! There are no limits to the imagination of a young and active mind—and at Champions, we want to make sure your child has the freedom to explore his creativity in any way that feels natural to him.

Example Activity: “The Ever-Changing Ball” is an improvisational game that encourages children to use creativity and flexibility to react quickly to directions given by others and to practice performing theatrically.

Executive Function

Children learn better when they are focused and able to think before they act. Our curriculum gives your child the chance to build mental flexibility (the ability to handle different situations in different ways) and practice managing his emotions in order to meet challenges and accomplish goals.

Example Activity: A strategy game called “Sculpture Challenge” uses healthy competition as a learning tool and is an effective way to build skills such as goal-oriented persistence during play.

Inquiry-Based Learning

STEAM activities (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) give your child the freedom to discover, create, and tinker. Your child will be given problems to solve as well as questions and real-life scenarios to think about so she can learn more about the world around her!

Example Activity: “Building Bridges” reinforces STEAM skills by encouraging children to create, take apart, and explore.

Literacy

We want your child’s inner bookworm to shine through. Whether she naturally gravitates toward reading and writing or she’s just discovering the world of books, we create an environment that fosters a love of literature for children at all levels of literacy. Along with learning about different genres and styles of writing, a focus is also put on 21st century literacy, such as using technology and other sources to find information.

Example Activity: “Group Newspaper” encourages children to create their own newspaper in a collaborative effort that promotes leadership and journalistic skills.

Optional Program Components

Your child will be given the opportunity to dive even deeper into his interests by designing his own program ideas! He can explore a theme or topic that inspires him by starting a project, founding a classroom club, or taking on additional responsibilities in the program as a junior counselor.

Interest Areas

Life is full of choices, and allowing your child to choose the activities she loves most keeps her excited to learn. Children have time every day to explore their own interests in areas like Creative Arts, the Library, Math and Construction, Puzzles and Games, and Science.

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  Creative Arts: An area where children can express themselves through drama, drawing, painting, poetry, and more.
• Library: A bookworm’s paradise where children can find inspiration and endless adventure.
• Math and Construction: A place where children can solve math problems and puzzles, or build bridges, towers, machines, and more using real-life math concepts.
• Puzzles and Games: An activity area that features group games, challenging brainteasers, and puzzles.
• Science: An area where children can experiment, explore, and discover the secrets of the scientific world.

And There’s More!

Homework Help: Whether it’s a science project, spelling test, or book report, our teachers are here to support your child in completing homework—which frees up time in the evenings for you to be together as a family.

Daily Fitness and Healthy Snacks: We help children develop healthy bodies and encourage proper nutrition through daily physical activity and healthy snacks.

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Before and After School Programs – Lancaster Rec

Lancaster Rec Before and After School Programs provide state-certified child care for children whose parents are working or are in training. Our goal is to provide an enriching, safe environment for children to participate in fun-filled learning activities which promote creativity, social skills and independence, while receiving quality care by a caring and nurturing staff.

Our Before and After School Program staff plans and conducts activities and lessons to support each child’s development and learning. The goals of our activity-based curriculum are to help children meet state standards in academic areas, reinforce classroom learning, improve social and communication skills and help children be more physically active.

Please note: programs may be postponed or canceled due to federal, state or local restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will notify families of upcoming changes to our best ability. Please bear with us during this time – we are in this together!

To view our Health and Safety Protocols related to COVID-19, click here.

Locations and Availability

We are currently enrolling at the following School District of Lancaster Elementary Schools: Hamilton, Lafayette, Martin, Price, Ross, Smith-Wade-El (formerly Buchanan),  Washington, Wharton and Wickersham. Please note: Some schools are currently full. Call Lancaster Rec at 717-392-2115 to find out which schools still have openings.

We are waitlisting for the following School District of Lancaster Elementary Schools: Burrowes and Fulton.

Please Note: We will not be operating at Carter and MacRae this year.

Programs are provided from 6:30 a. m. to the start of school and 3:15-6 p.m. with the exception of every second Wednesday of the month, which runs from 12:30-6 p.m.

Please note: If the School District has early releases or delays, this will affect the schedule. See your Family Handbook for further information.

Before and After School Brochure

Keystone STARS

We participate in the state Keystone STARS quality child care initiative. The STARS standards evaluate staff qualifications, professional development, program environment, partnerships with family and community, and leadership and management. All of our Before and After School sites have attained the STAR 4 level, the highest rating for a child care program.

Learn More About Keystone STARS.

Registration

Registration for Before and After School Care Programs is only accepted in person at the Lancaster Recreation Commission office. No phone registrations are accepted. An annual non-refundable registration fee of $50 (plus $10 for each additional child from the same family) is due at the time of registration and at the beginning of every new school year. Children are not permitted to attend Before and After School Care programs until all items have been turned in. A complete registration consists of the following:

• Completed and signed Child Care Agreement
• Completed and signed Attendance Contract
• Completed and signed Health Assessment Form (Physical) and Immunization (Shot) Records
  • Physicals and Shot Records less than one year old are required for Grades K-5 and Grades 5 and up
  • Children in Grades 1 through 4 are required to turn in Physicals and Shot Records (may be more than one year old)
• Copies of any Custody/PFA Court Documents, if applicable
• Copies of child’s IEP or IFSP, if applicable

Resources and Documents

This handbook outlines our philosophy, policies and procedures. Please read this handbook carefully prior to bringing your child for child care.

Child Care Family Handbook

Download this PDF to see the 2022-2023 Calendar, including days care is and is not provided, as well as what fees are associated with the care.

Calendar & Fees

All-Day Camp

Location: Lancaster Rec Center

Dates: See below

Times: 6:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.

All-Day Camp is held on teacher in-service days, Act 48 days, conference days, during school recesses and vacations except Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and Memorial Day. Sign up for All-Day Camp is limited, and children must be signed up in advance. Snow days may affect the schedule of All-Day Camp. Children will receive breakfast, lunch and a snack. To contact All-Day Camp during a camp day, please call 717-989-0255. All-Day Camp Dates

Have questions? Contact: Marisol Rosario at [email protected] or 717-392-2115 x 138.

what parents can demand from the school

Those who took the child to the first grade will have to get used to not only the status of the parents of the student. Now they will be asked for money for school needs, children will be given grades, make demands on their appearance, and be given homework. And parents will agree: to spend money, buy uniforms, scold children for deuces and sit for hours over copybooks. Although all this can not be done – because the parents of first-graders have rights.

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Here’s what you can demand from a school in order to achieve justice, ease the burden on children and save money.

Do not give homework

In the first grade, children should not be given homework: after three or four lessons they are free to go home and rest. The teacher may recommend reading an interesting story, writing a couple of lines in copybook, or repeating numbers. But this is a recommendation, not a requirement.

Clause 19.1 of the Procedure for organizing educational activities

If a child in the first grade has not done his homework, he cannot be reprimanded. It also cannot be required. If parents think that the child does not need extra work, you can remind the teacher about the requirements of the Ministry of Education: no homework. Examinations during the first half of the year should also not be.

How much does it cost to get a child into first grade

Cancel grades in any form

Children in first grade cannot be graded. Moreover, it is forbidden to put not only numbers – fives or twos. No scoring system should be used. For example, some teachers begin to put stamps in children’s notebooks, according to which it is clear who wrote better and who wrote worse. Or they give out triangles and circles, commenting that a circle is “excellent”, and a triangle is “satisfactory”, that is, a three.

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Then the kids get upset and even cry. It is also unpleasant for parents: the child goes to school for the second day, and he has already been awarded a triangle of three students. And not for knowledge, but for talking in class or running along the corridor during breaks. If the teacher came up with his own grading system in the first grade, and you are against it, say so.

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Transfer the child to family education

The child can be enrolled in a school and study at home. Parents have the right to transfer a first-grader to family education. Even if the child is absolutely healthy: just the parents decided so.

Art. Education Act 17

This is not the same as homeschooling when teachers come to your home. A schoolchild in family education masters the subjects himself, and then takes exams at school. At the same time, he can participate in olympiads, competitions, attend school events and competitions. At the same time, parents are responsible for the education of the child, and the school is only responsible for certification.

If you don’t like family education or your parents change their mind, you can return to school at any time.

What rights do parents have at school

Look after the child after school

If the school has an extended day group, a first grader can stay there for several hours after school. He will be fed lunch, entertained and looked after until his parents arrive.

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The school has the right, but is not obliged to create after-school groups and decides how many children to enroll there. Usually most schools have such groups. This question can be clarified with the class teacher or social teacher. They sign up for the extension at the beginning of the year: there may not be enough places for everyone.

If the parents work and there is no one to pick up the child after school, find out about the cost of meals and other conditions in the extended day group and enroll a first grader there. Even if they say that there are no places, in a couple of weeks they may appear: one of the children will refuse, and there will be an additional set.

In addition to the extension, the school may have additional classes: dancing, football section, drawing. The child can go there during after-school or separately after school.

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Cancel fees

Children are taught at school for free, that is, at the expense of the budget. Parents may not pay for anything at all. Even for food: a first-grader will still be given tea with a bun.

Art. 43 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation

Expenses for school needs, gifts for teachers, blinds, paint, a printer for the classroom and new desks – only on request. There are no mandatory fees. Parents of first-graders themselves decide how much to donate for oilcloths for a technology lesson and whether it is necessary to give children gifts for birthdays. If someone is against it, you cannot demand money from this family or somehow infringe on the child. It is not the parent committee and school activists who decide whether to donate money or not, but each parent for himself.

Olympics, paid extra classes, full meals are also voluntary expenses. You can pay nothing: the child will dine at home and do without contests.

Is it necessary to donate money for the needs of the school

Compensate for damage to property and the child

The school is responsible for the health and safety of children. If during lessons, during a break or immediately after classes, a child was harmed – he fell, hit or fought, parents have the right to demand compensation for material and moral damage from the school.

Art. 28 of the law on education

If it turns out that it is not the school that is to blame, but another bully child, his parents will pay. For example, if a child breaks someone else’s phone, you can demand compensation from his parents. If two first graders got into a fight at the stadium 10 minutes after school, the school will pay for the injuries.

Who will pay for harm to the child: parents or school

Allow attendance at lessons

If parents think that the child is being taught incorrectly, the teacher behaves strangely, or there are complaints about the first-grader himself, you can watch the learning process. Mom or dad will be allowed to sit in class – but only if the teacher himself and the school management do not mind.

Art. 44 of the Education Act

You can’t just come to the classroom, sit in the back and put everyone in front of the fact that now you will be watching the teachers work. It is also impossible to interfere in the process, correct the teacher or make comments to children. All claims – after the lessons personally to the teacher or the school administration. If they do not respond, to the Department of Education or the Prosecutor’s Office.

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Submit documents if the child is not ready to study

Some first-graders are enrolled in school until the age of seven. According to the law, this is possible: if in September the child turns 6 years and 8 months old and the parents believe that he is already ready to study, then he does not have to go to kindergarten for another year.

Art. 61 of the Law on Education

In October, it turns out that the child is not ready for school: he cannot stand half an hour in a lesson, he gets very tired, nervous tics begin, sleep is disturbed, and teachers complain about their behavior. Sometimes it comes to a psychiatrist: before school there was a healthy child, and by the New Year there were several neurological diagnoses. The teachers are angry, the school psychologist can’t do anything, the doctors prescribe sedatives – and so does mom.

If the parents realize that the child is not ready for school and they have to wait another year, they have the right to take the child out of the first grade. To do this, you need to write an application and terminate the training contract. Most likely, the school will be against it: they may require a certificate that the child is being transferred to another school, or the conclusion of a special commission that the first-grader is not yet ready to study. It is not difficult to obtain such documents, but you can pick up the child without them. The refusal of the school to hand over the documents is a reason for a complaint to the prosecutor’s office and the department of education.

You can go to first grade again next September. At the same time, parents do not violate anything: the child must be sent to primary school before he turns 8 years old. A first grader at the age of 7 years and 10 months is normal. If a child in the first grade is already 8 years old, picking up documents simply at the request of the parents will not work: you will have to prove that there are contraindications for health reasons, and restlessness and fatigue alone will not be enough.

Just in case, you can stock up on certificates from a neurologist, a psychologist’s conclusion and a reference from a teacher. If one of the overly caring educators decides to complain to guardianship, the documents will not interfere.

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Guide to UK child care

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information on mandatory maternity benefits and maternity benefits.

The good news for parents who have moved to the UK is that childcare is easily available and you can choose from a variety of options. Naturally, too many options make it difficult to make a decision, so carefully consider each alternative. Align child care with your work schedule and budget to find the right balance between your professional career and a rewarding parent-child relationship.

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1. Meeting your child’s needs
2. UK child care: away from home
3. Maternity benefit and mandatory maternity pay
4. Video

Meeting your child’s needs

One of the options is

These are self-employed caregivers who look after children at home. They must register with Ofsted in England or the Care and Social Services Authority for Wales (CSSIW).

In addition to taking care of your child during pre-school age, you can also count on them to provide child care before or after school and during school holidays. Some offer flexible hours to fit your work schedule.

In order to contract with a nanny, you must discuss rates, including additional hours, vacation pay, and terms and conditions. Prices vary depending on the region and the age of the child. This is usually more expensive for young children as they require more attention.

When you need a flexible childcare solution, you can always count on a babysitter. The nanny comes to your home and looks after the child at home. Some nannies are trained as nurses or child care professionals, but this does not require special qualifications.

When you need flexible childcare, you can always count on a nanny.

If your nanny is not on the Ofsted Voluntary Child Care Registry or the Welsh Child Care Approval Scheme, you must interview and screen the potential nanny yourself. When you hire a nanny, get ready to pay her £250-500 a week, plus taxes and national insurance. More information can be found at www.nannyshare.co.uk and www.greataupairs.co.uk.

You may also want to consider alternating child care with a family member. This type of childcare is not usually paid for in the UK, but there are some exceptions that qualify for financial support. If a family member is registered as a legal child care provider or is caring for a non-birth child in addition to your child. If services are provided outside your home, your family helper may also be eligible for financial support.

UK child care: out of home

Child care centers are also an alternative. Their working hours are usually from 8:00 to 18:00 all year round. You can choose whether to use their services throughout the day or leave the child for a few hours. You can find all the details about child care centers on the website of your local family information service.

Another option for childcare is kindergarten. In the UK, you can choose between private, public, municipal and work nurseries. They offer full day services for children aged 0-5. They are tested by the same authorities as kindergartens. In some cases, your child’s stay in a nursery may be paid for by your employer or local authorities. Prices range from £140-200 per week.

Part-time childcare is also offered in several preschools: playgroups, early learning classes, nurseries and afterschools. They all offer part-time childcare, depending on your work schedule. All of them are intended for children aged three to five years. The out-of-school facility offers a pre-school breakfast club, an after-school club, and a holiday game circuit – open during school holidays. The cost is approximately £40-50 per week. If you would like to know more, please visit www.pre-school.org.uk and www.4children.org.uk.

Maternity Benefit and Compulsory Maternity Pay

If you are pregnant, look into all possible financial support from the government or your employer. Under UK law, if you have been working for your employer for the last 26 weeks and earning at least the minimum income limit, you are eligible for Statutory Maternity Pay. SMP is a weekly payment from your employer that will help you before and after your baby is born.

If you qualify for Statutory Maternity Pay.

If you do not qualify for the SMP, you can apply for maternity benefits. To qualify for benefits, you need the following: you must have been denied SMP, you must be self-employed or recently hired. You typically receive financial support of GBP 128.73 or 90% of your average gross weekly earnings, whichever is less.

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In general, the UK is very parent friendly. All procedures, from the birth of a child to his entry into school, receive state support. However, you must apply for financial support and make arrangements with child care providers in advance to ensure your child’s well-being.