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Before and After School Care Program – Child Care Services

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When parents work or have to be somewhere before school starts, they want a place they can take their child that is safe and fun and that helps start the day on a positive note. Likewise, parents want the security and peace of mind knowing their child is safe after school. When school schedules and parent schedules just don’t match, the Forest Hills Public Schools offer a fee-based, before- and after-school child care program.

Our before- and after-school care programs are housed in all of the district’s elementary school buildings, including Ada Vista Elementary School. We also offer a before- and after-school care program for our 5th and 6th grade students at Northern Trails 5/6 school. All before- and after-school care programs run from 7:00 a.m. to the time that the school starts, and from the time school ends until 6:00 p. m.

How do I enroll in the before and after-school care program?

Please read the following updates as it pertains to the school year 2022-2023 registration process.

• Before care hours will be 7:00 am until the start of school.
• After care hours will be from the end of school day until 6:00 pm.
• Families will be required to sign up for 5 days per week/per program (adjustments will be made for district observed holidays).

Fall Registration

May 15, 2023, 8:00 AM
Registration opens to currently enrolled families and Summer 2022 families

May 17, 2023, 8:00 AM
Registration opens to new families

To enroll your child, you may use the online application process . If you have questions, please contact the Child Care Office at (616) 493-8787.

How much does it cost?

• $55 per week for Before School Care
• $55 per week for After School Care
• 10% sibling discount
• Adjustments will be made to your monthly invoice for District Observed Holidays.

Is child care available on days when there is no school?

District Observed Holidays

Child care is not available on district observed holidays:

• Friday before the holiday and Labor Day
• Thanksgiving holiday and the Friday following the holiday
• Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
• New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day
• Memorial Day
• July 4 (day before or after depending on when the holiday falls)

Child care is also not available the last two weeks of summer vacation before school starts due to staff training and resetting sites.

Scheduled Non-School Days

Child care is available on scheduled non-school days:

• Holiday Recess
• Spring Recess
• Mid-Winter Break
• Record Marking
• Day before Thanksgiving

Staffing and planning for scheduled non-school days is done well in advance to assure the safety of the children.

• Must Register in Advance.
• Registration on the child care website is required for scheduled non-school days.
• Families will receive a confirmation email when registration has been processed.
• Full day registration is required.
• Children receive breakfast, a morning and an afternoon snack.
• Parents need to provide a bagged lunch with a drink.
• Cost is $45 per day
• Families are not charged for non-school days unless they registered for care in advance.
• Child care will be held at Central Woodlands from 7:30AM-5:00PM on all non-scheduled school days.
• No registrations will be processed after the registration deadline.
• Your account must be current to register for non-scheduled school days.

Half-Day Care

• Must Register in Advance.
• Child Care is available on half days and requires a separate registration.
• A list of the half day dates are located on the district school calendar page.
• Half day care will be offered at all the sites with the exception of Central Woodlands and Northern Trails.
• Due to low enrollment, Half Day care may be canceled at some sites.
• Parents need to provide a bagged lunch with a drink.
• The cost for the care is $25 per day.
• Half day times 11:55am-6:00pm (Ada Vista 11:20am-6:00pm)

Inclement Weather Days

• Full day care is available at Northern Trails from 7:30am-5:00pm
• Children must be currently enrolled in our before and after school program to use Inclement weather days.
• Children receive breakfast, a morning and an afternoon snack.
• Parents need to provide a bagged lunch with a drink.
• Cost is $45 per day. 

Where do I go for more information?

Please read the Child Care Parent Handbook for more information

If you have questions about the Child Care programs, before- and after-school care, and the FHPS preschool programs, please call the Child Care Office at (616) 493-8787

Before and After School Care

With so many demands on today’s families, parents need all the help they can get. That’s why the YMCA of Southwestern Indiana is the largest nonprofit child care provider in the Tri-State! We help hundreds of children every day reach their fullest potential in a welcoming, supportive environment. By incorporating the values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility into all of our youth services programming. We give children the solid foundation they need to thrive – not only in school, but beyond. Our Before & After School Care Program ensures that your child’s time is spent creatively and constructively. You can feel confident knowing that your child is safe and well cared for by highly qualified staff. All of our staff are CPR and First Aid certified and we meet or exceed state staff-to-child ratios. Before & After School Child Care is available for children who need care before school and/or after school at one of our 18 schools/sites. Children may attend before school from 6:30 am until school starts and from the end of the school day until 6:00 pm. Please note: Gibson County care begins at 5:30 am until school starts and from the end of the school day until 5:30 pm.

We have part-time (1 or 2 days) and full-time (3-5 days) weekly options available:

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*Multi-child weekly rate is inclusive of all registered children (rate is not per child)

Payments are due and will be automatically drafted the Monday of the week PRIOR to care. Farmersville children are bussed to West.

~PRINCETON PRIMARY and INTERMEDIATE USE FULL-TIME WEEKLY RATES ONLY. PRINCETON INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS ARE BUSSED TO AND FROM PRINCETON PRIMARY FOR BOTH BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL CARE.

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Mathematics in kindergarten. Preparatory group. Workbook. 6-7 years old

Denisova D., Dorofeeva E.

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Mosaic-Synthesis

The year of publishing
2022

The series “Workbooks” was published as part of the educational and methodological package for the program “From Birth to School”. The didactic manual provides material for consolidating and expanding mathematical concepts in the classroom with children 6-7 years old. Performing…

The series “Workbooks” was published as part of the educational and methodological package for the program “From Birth to School”.
The didactic manual provides material for consolidating and expanding mathematical concepts in the classroom with children 6-7 years old.
Performing entertaining exercises and tasks proposed in the notebook, children will form knowledge of the composition of the numbers of the first ten, the concepts of “next number” and “previous number”, will master the counting of objects within twenty, the ability to independently compose tasks based on elementary arithmetic operations using pictures, write down solution, solve simple examples and logical problems. They will form the ability to analyze, generalize, compare, reason, draw conclusions and conclusions. They improve knowledge of geometric shapes, skills for distinguishing figures, comparing objects taking into account the studied parameters, skills for orienting according to schemes, working with them, orienting on a plane and in sheet space, form temporary representations (parts of the world, . ..

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Mathematics in kindergarten. Middle group. Workbook. 4-5 years old

Denisova D., Dorofeeva E.

Publisher
Mosaic-Synthesis

The year of publishing
2021

The series “Workbooks” was published as part of the educational and methodological package for the program “From Birth to School”. The didactic manual provides material for consolidating and expanding mathematical concepts in the classroom with children 4-5 years old. Performing…

The series “Workbooks” was published as part of the educational and methodological package for the program “From Birth to School”.
The didactic manual provides material for consolidating and expanding mathematical concepts in the classroom with children 4-5 years old.
Performing entertaining exercises and tasks proposed in the notebook, children will get acquainted with numbers, learn to correlate numbers with the number of objects, compare and combine sets, work with diagrams, look for a causal relationship between events, master ordinal counting within 5. Improve orientation skills on the plane and the definitions of directions (left, right) will form temporary representations.
Visual illustrations and exciting tasks make it possible to turn the lesson not into a lesson, but into an interesting dialogue, where the leading role is given to children, in the opportunity to reason, reflect, justify your opinion. This will ensure not only the development of the basic skills of the material covered, but also arouse interest in further learning.
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Mathematics in kindergarten. Junior group. Workbook. 3-4 years

Denisova D., Dorofeeva E.

Publisher
Mosaic-Synthesis

The year of publishing
2021

The series “Workbooks” was published as part of the educational and methodological package for the program “From Birth to School”. The didactic manual provides material for consolidating and expanding mathematical concepts in the classroom with children 3-4 years old. Performing. ..

The series “Workbooks” was published as part of the educational and methodological package for the program “From Birth to School”.
The didactic manual provides material for consolidating and expanding mathematical concepts in the classroom with children 3-4 years old.
Performing entertaining exercises and tasks proposed in the notebook, children will get acquainted with the simplest geometric shapes: a circle, a triangle, a square, with the concepts of “one” and “many”, “none”. They will learn how to compare in size, navigate in space, correctly determine the direction (up-down, forward-backward), work with sets.
Visual illustrations and exciting tasks make it possible to turn the lesson not into a lesson, but into an interesting dialogue, where the leading role is given to children, into the opportunity to reason, reflect, justify your opinion. This will ensure not only the development of the basic skills of the material covered, but also arouse interest in further learning.
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Koldina D.

Publisher
Mosaic-Synthesis

The year of publishing
2022

The manual was published as part of the educational and methodological package for the program “From Birth to School”. This manual presents abstracts of exciting activities with children 4-5 years old on applications from colored paper, napkins, magazine pages, dried leaves, cotton wool, …

The manual was published as part of the educational and methodological package for the program “From Birth to School”.
This manual presents summaries of exciting activities with children 4-5 years old on applications from colored paper, napkins, magazine pages, dried leaves, cotton wool, semolina, etc. These activities contribute to a positive emotional responsiveness in children to the world around them, the development of independence, perseverance, accuracy, diligence, the ability to bring the work to the end, the formation of application skills.