Some Upcoming dates…
2023
CLOSED January 2 New Years
CLOSED January 16 MLK day
CLOSED February 20 Presidents Day
CLOSED April 17th Professional Development Day & Patriots Day
CLOSED May 26 & May 29 Memorial Day holiday
CLOSED June 19 Professional Development Day
CLOSED July 3 through the July 7 Summer break
CLOSED September 1 & 4 Labor Day break
ALL closed dates are PAID closed dates. Tuition is expected 52 weeks of the year, and is for ENROLLMENT, not for attendance.
Toddler Daily Schedule:
Drop offs starting at 730am
Free play
Handwashing
845am-915am Breakfast
Diaper checks/changes/Toileting//Hand washing
Free Play
Group/Circle Time
Outside/Gross Motor Play
Handwashing/Diaper checks/Toileting
12 noon-1230pm Lunch
Handwashing/Diaper checks/changes/toileting
100-230 Rest time (may vary with toddlers)
Afternoon snack & drink
Diaper checks/changes/Toileting//Hand washing
Free Play or Outdoor time until pick ups by 330.
BRIGHTWHEEL APP
Hello Pre-K-Kidz families! I am writing to you today to let you know about an exciting new app we will be using at Pre-K-Kidz and Pre-K-Tots! This app is used for the secure messaging of families, keeping attendance, billing and payments, keeping track of food served, and also for sharing pictures and videos. We also hope to use this for online enrollment forms as well in the future. We will still have our Pre-K-Kidz and Pre-K-Tots facebook pages and will be posting pictures and videos there still. This will be an easier way for us to keep track of many things, and a good way to send out important alerts or messages for things like snow days, or covid information. We also can send our monthly newsletter electronically and it will be always viewable on the App each month.
What you can expect is to get an email or text asking you to download the Brightwheel app onto your phone. Once you have done this and signed up, we can send you information through this app. Staff will use the attendance feature, so you do not have to worry about using that feature for checking in your child.
All families that pay privately, will get a bill in their email on Fridays, that is for the following Monday’s week. Payment will be made through the app, by one of three ways. You can use your debit or credit card, to manually pay the bill. You can use your bank ACH to pay manually (using your account number and bank routing number) Or, you can set up an automatic ACH withdrawal from your account, that you set and forget. I will send all families that private pay a video tutorial to set this up in case you need it. If you have a hardship in regard to paying online, please speak to Becky.
If you have a voucher, and have a voucher parent fee, you will also be required to pay your fee in this way. Once you find out your parent fee amount from your Seven Hills voucher worker, please let Becky or Laurie know, so that we can set that up in our system.
We really like this system and we are very happy with it. Families in the toddler room have been very excited about this app, as we use it for those younger Tots communication with parents about their day. The preschoolers do not need as detailed communication daily, but this will certainly streamline our system. WHen your child transitions from the toddler rooms to the preschool room, please expect a change in communication, as older children will not have as detailed posts about their day. (minus diaper/toileting, nap information) Please always call the school to report an absence as we may not see these messages right away as we are busy with the children.
If you do NOT get anything asking you to download the app let us know, as there could have been an old inactive email or cell that was used, or a typo could have been made when the information was added to the system.
Thank you so much as always for entrusting us with your children, and be sure to look for the Brightwheel communication to download the app in the coming week.