Before and After School Program
Granite City

6:30 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M.

Our Montessori School offers a Before and After School Program to meet the needs of our busy parents/guardians.  This service is for our students, because it has become increasingly difficult to find sitters and to organize car pools. 

GUIDELINES 

Arrival and pickup:
Our Before School Program will be open 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.  Every morning at 6:30 A.M., each child will be met by our morning attendant.  The room will be open for the child's pleasure and comfort and a loving and homey environment is provided.  We request that an adult accompany the child to our Day Care room and sign in the child and greet the staff member. 

Our After School Program will open at 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. SHARP.  The same procedure is required when picking up the child.  Sign out and notify the After School personnel that you are picking up your child.

Lunch:
At noon each day, each child coming to our After School Program will bring a lunch box with a simple lunch.  At lunch time, emphasis is placed on proper nutrition, the effects of food on the human body, the cultural and historical aspects of different foods, eating rituals, grace and courtesy. 

Rest period:
A supervised rest period is a daily routine for the young children who attend the After School Program at 12:00.  Padded mats are provided for each child's comfort.  No child is required to sleep, but each child is required to lie quietly.  EXCEPTIONS CANNOT BE MADE!!!

After school dismissal:
After the morning school dismissal at noon and the afternoon school dismissal at 3:30 P.M., each child who participates in the After School Program will be directed to the Day Care room and met by a staff member.  The room will be open for the child's pleasure and comfort and a loving and homey environment will be provided.

Afternoon snack:
An afternoon snack will be supplied for all students participating in our After School Program.

ACTIVITIES

It is important to understand that, as Montessorians, we are attempting to aid life.  The child in our Before and After School Program is experiencing life under somewhat different social conditions than the child who goes home after school.  We want to create a family and home-life setting rather than an institutional one.  A neighborhood/home experience is an essential one to develop--always utilizing the Montessori principles and guidelines.

Activities available to a child in this program includes family and role play, dressing up, arts and crafts, block building, playing with toys and puzzles.  Some Montessori lessons and activities will be available for the children’s use.

In order to accomplish these activities, we provide a homey environment in a room that is decorated with brightly colored shelves and has an area for reading and tables for board games.  We use the playground every day -- weather permitting.