License and safety routines

License

Adults to children

• 1:121 adult to 12 children

  Grade 1

  Group size: 12

• 1:151 adult to 15 children

  Grades 2 and 3

  Group size: 15

• 1:151 adult to 15 children

  Grades 4 and 5

  Group size: 15

Staff checks and training

• Background checks
• CPR and first aid
• Mandated reporter training
• Food handler training
• Medication training

Safety routines

• Sign-in and pickup

  A staff member greets each child at the hall's side door and checks them in on the sheet at the front table. At pickup a child leaves only with an adult on your authorized list, and we ask for photo identification from anyone we haven't met.

• Allergies and medicine

  Tell us about allergies when you visit; we ask privately once you enroll. Medicine is given only with your written instructions, by a staff member trained to give it.

• STEM supplies

  Projects use plain supplies: cardboard, craft sticks, batteries and bulbs, and things from the kitchen. An adult stays at every table, and projects that need glasses or gloves start with them on.

• Weather and drills

  We practice fire drills and a shelter-in-place drill on a schedule. When it rains, or is too hot or cold, outside time moves to the hall floor.

• Outside time

  Children play in the church yard only with staff outside, and staff count the group on the way out and again on the way in. A child who needs a break from the group can stay in the hall with a staff member.

• Illness

  A child with a fever, vomiting or a contagious rash stays home until they have been well for a full day. If a child becomes ill here, we call the first adult on your list.