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2016
Open HouseOur Vision:
“We believe that every child has gifts and
talents. We accept the challenge to find and
nurture those gifts and talents in every child.
We believe that each staff member has unique
gifts and talents. We accept the challenge to
find and nurture those gifts and talents in each
staff member.”
DID YOU KNOW that children who participatein high-quality early childhood programs tendto have higher scores on math and readingtests, less need for special education andother remedial coursework, lower dropoutrates and are better prepared to enterelementary school?
Preparation
is Key
Some activities includeOctober: Halloween bags for homeless kids
November: Thanksgiving Gift Cards for families in our own
school who could use help
December: New Shoe drive for homeless kids
February: Valentines for Kids in Hospitals
April: Project New Sock-Packs of socks for foster kids
June: Fill A Backpack Project, school supplies for migrant
kids
CREATING CARING CITIZENS
Our goal is to teach kids to have empathy toward
others.
School is modeled after Kids 4 Kids
www.kids4kids.org
Policies at Kids For Kids Academyo School Uniforms must be worn Monday – Thursday. The
uniform consists of a school Polo Shirt and your choice of other clothing. Open toe shoes are not permitted. School T-Shirts are permitted to be worn on Fridays. Students who come to school out of uniform will be given one and billed.
o Parents may pay weekly or monthlyo Weekly tuition is due the Friday before attending. A $25 late fee will
be applied to all accounts not paid by 6 pm Monday.
o Monthly payments are due on the first business day of the month and are considered late on the 3rd business day of the month.
o There will be a $25 fee for bounced checks.
o WE CANNOT HOLD CHECKS
o EFT is the preferred method of payment. All parents using EFT will be entered in a year end drawing and one lucky family will get a $100 tuition Credit! To enroll in EFT give us one check and we can enter the routing number into our system from then on, your account will be drafted every Monday.
Hours of Care
Half Day: 7:30 am -12:30 pm
Full Day: 7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Extended Day 7:00 am – 6:30 pm
(or any hours in between, $10 extra per week)
Please know the schedule you have signed up for. A fee of $5 per 15 minutes after your contracted end time will be automatically billed to your account by our timeclock system.
NON-Instructional Days
Keep in mind when Dade County Schools is
closed and we are open, we have camp
available for siblings in elementary school
for a charge of $36 per day.
Let the office know the day before if you
need a space for a sibling.
Kids For Kids Academy
Family Involvement Activities
• Monthly Parents Night Out: Babysitting
offered by our staff one Saturday a month
from 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm. $25 for the first
child, $15 for each additional child. (9/17)
• Family Story time: Join us once a month
at 7:00 to read stories and enjoy cookies
and milk. Come in your Jammies, take
home a free book. Check your calendar
for dates. (9/15)
Punching In
We use the timeclock to monitor the number
of meal to be served each day. Parents who
forget to punch in make it difficult to get an
accurate meal count. LifeCubby time is not
in sync with timeclock. Teachers sign in the
students into LifeCubby during Circle time.
If you have a sibling in the afterschool
program, be sure if they appear on the
screen that you choose the option for NOT
SIGNING IN for that child.
Florida Health Department and DCF Guidelines:
1. For the safety of all children, your child cannot attend school if their
immunization records or physicals are expired or not up to date. It is the
parent responsibility to know when these forms expire. As a courtesy we will
let you know before the forms expire. You child will not be permitted to attend
once the forms are expired so when you get the warning, please make your
doctors appointments immediately.
2. Outside food without a Dr. note is not permitted. The only exception is
special milk which requires a note from your doctor.
3. In order for your child to eat at our school, food forms must be resubmitted
every October. If you have not already filled on out, please do so ASAP
DCF REQUIREMENTS:Up to date physical and immunization records must be on file
at all times.
Parents must get new ones before they expire.
We will alert you prior to expiration. Please do not wait until
the last minute to call the doctor. If forms are expired,
students cannot attend.
Sippie cups must have waterproof labels on the top and
bottom. We can provide for $5
Pacifiers are not permitted after children have been in
attendance for 3 weeks.
KEEPING OUR STUDENTS HEALTHY• We remain vigilant on our commitment to keeping our
students and staff healthy.
• In addition to a rigorous cleaning campaign, nightly and
deep cleans on the weekend, it is imperative that sick
children not be sent to school.
• If your child comes to school and is sick, they will be sent to
the office where they will wait until you or someone whom
you have authorized comes to pick them up.
• Children sent home with a fever must be FEVER FREE for
24 hours before returning to school.
• Please do not give a sick child Tylenol or Motrin to reduce
the fever and send them to school. It is not fair to expose
our staff and other children in the room to a sick child.
• For more information on our Sick Policy, please refer to the
Parent Handbook in the back of our school calendar.
PARENT COMMUNICATION
• LIFE CUBBY: Teacher will put photos, video, and information about your
child. Photos and video clips can be downloaded to your computers or
shared via Facebook. If you have not gotten anything in your cubby, send
an email to [email protected] or sign up with Delly or
Amanda and we will forward your request to the teacher to request a new
invitation be sent. Once you get an invite, you will be directed to log in.
• WEEKLY LETTERS: You will get a letter from the director each week on
Friday or Saturday.
• Read the weekly letter from your child’s class. Please be sure to read
the teacher letter as this is where they announce such things as student
of the week or other important class information
• You will find the weekly letters to be shorter than normal. Daily lesson
plans for all classes (Except Kindergarten and First Grade) are posted
daily in Life Cubby
• www.kidsforkidsacademy.com
Our Commitment To Reducing Childhood Obesity
In accordance with national health guidelines to prevent childhood
obesity, our school has taken a stand on raising awareness as well as
healthy children.
• Kids For Kids Academy has stopped serving juice as part of our snacks. We
serve fruit and water along with the afternoon snack. Although much more
expensive for the school, the benefits of keeping our students healthy remains
our number one priority.
• The school has gone further to prevent childhood obesity by providing high
quality fitness activities past running around on the playground. Such activities
include weekly soccer classes for children 2 ½ and up. These activities are at
no cost to our families as part of our commitment to raise physically healthy
children.
BIRTHDAY POLICY Sugar Free popsicles may be brought in for birthday celebrations.
The birthday child will wear a special birthday crown and the class will sing happy birthday. Another option is parents may prepare a “Friendship Fruit Salad” with a spoon of Cool Whip on the top where a candle can be placed.
The birthday child can visit the Birthday Treasure Box in the director’s office.
Goody bags can be put in MAILBOXES once approved by the director. No candy in bags. Other options include goldfish, fruit snacks, and trinkets. EVERY CHILD must get a bag or none at all.
NO BALLOONS (these pose a choking hazard) or decorations.
Hero Gym: Celebrate your child’s birthday with fun exercise and games at the Hero Gym. This is one way to have every child in the class invited to the party and there is no mess in your house. The Cost is $150 for the hour long event.
INVITATIONS: If EVERY child in the class is invited, you may put invitations in the mailboxes. If not, you may not. Our goal is that no child gets their feelings hurt if they are not invited.
Monthly Group In School
Birthday Option
Share the expense with other students
born in the same month and celebrate
at the end of the school day with the
whole class.
Healthy
Options
For Birthday Celebrations
At School
Find 400 more on our
website under healthy
initiative
CLASS DIRECTORIESMany parents have inquired about having information to plan birthdays and play
dates. Class directories with the following information will be available at the front
desk to those who request them.
• Child Name
• Parent Names
• Cell number
• Email addresses
• Birthdays
If you DO NOT wish your child to be included
in the class directory let someone know at the
front desk.
Thank you prize for fundraisers
The family who generates the most funds for
our school through Yankee Candle or
Tupperware fundraiser or a combination of
the 2 will receive a $100 tuition credit
Don’t wish to sell? Consider purchasing just
one item, sharing the link on Facebook, or
making a donation to our Playground
Enhancement Fund
December: Book Fairs to build our school library in December…Books make great gifts!
Box Tops, clip and save, win a free week tuition
Campbell’s Labels
Take a photo of the card and keep it in your phone so you can show it at
the locations listed. If you don’t have a rewards number at Stapes, Best
Buy, Office Max or Kmart, use ours! Also at Office Depot and Max,
double the donation by giving the school ID and we get 5% back.
& Max
FREE TUITION
You are our best
advertisement.
Give cards to friends,
be sure you put your
name on the back of
the card.
If they enroll, you get
a $125 tuition credit
School Insurance GuidelinesAs part of your registration fees, your child is
covered on our student accident policy.
Children not registered at the school cannot be
on the premises for school functions.
Annual Events
Halloween Happening: October 27, Students rotate from room to room
participating in several activities. Send in a bag of candy (no peanuts) so your
child can decorate and fill a bag for a homeless child. They will also
participate in a Halloween Parade. Send in a bag of non-candy treats; rings,
stickers, mini play dough, pretzels, individually wrapped cookies, fruit snacks,
bubbles, etc. Students will also watch a Halloween video, cook and do crafts.
Parents invited, bring your cameras and come in costume…No toys or
weapons.
Thanksgiving Feast: November 18, Sign up to bring something and join us
for a feast
Book Fair: December
Career Day: March 14, Sign up to share your career with our students
Muffins with Mom May 5th: Moms, aunts, grandmas or special women are
invited to share a muffin and juice as we celebrate Mother’s Day 7:30 am-9:00
am
Doughnuts with Dad June 16: Dads, uncles, grandpas or other special men
are invited to have doughnuts and juice from 7:30 am- 9:00 am.
This is not insurance, it is a family discount plan for dental, vision, chiropractic, prescriptions and
more. It is a benefit we offer our staff and can also offer it to the families and friends from our
school. You can enroll everyone who lives in your house for as little as $24.95 a month. Click on
the link to learn more. We will share this with our families at open house next week as well.
https://bethdavis.savewithdiscounthealthcare.com/
Please rememberPlease do not send snacks or lunch with
your child unless they have a noted allergy
or religious dietary restrictions. Allow us to
offer our healthy nutritious meals to your
child.
Please do not send in candy or sugar
snacks, or toys. We do not permit them in
the school.
Things to Remember:
Parents are always welcome to come in and
volunteer. We can always use your help.
Please read our
Parent Handbook Carefully to further
understand our policies.
CLASS SCHEDULESGo to our school website and click on
classes to view your child’s class
schedule.
Times are approximate and may
change to allow for teachable moments
Phone Calls: Please remember that
although the phone is available to reach
your child’s teacher, daily calls take the
teacher away from the class. If you must
call, please wait to call until after the first
20 minutes of nap time.
Family Lending LibraryParents and children including siblings are invited to
take home a free book or magazine each night and
return it when they are finished reading it.
Families are invited to donate books and magazines
for the lending library. When you finish reading your
magazines, recycle them at our school.
Check us out for photos of our students and other
news.
Facebook.com/kidsforkidsacademy