Philosophy
Life
is a learning experience. Our intent at
Kiddie Garden preschool, inc. is to provide an equal balance of preschool academics and
socialization in an organized, supervised environment. Our goal is to create a positive atmosphere
where children can meet other children, work together, create and expand
interests and experiences during his/her preschool years.
3
Year Old Program:
Children
must be 3 years of age by October 1st (NO EXCEPTIONS) and fully
toilet trained before we can accept them for admission. Should a child have 3 or more accidents by
October 1st, he/she will be subject to dismissal.
4
Year Old Program:
Children
must be 4 years of age by October 1st (NO EXCEPTIONS) and fully
toilet trained.
Before beginning
any of our scheduled programs, an application, a Universal Child Health
Record (enclosed) and a completed
immunization record must be submitted and approved by the Director. To ensure your child’s space we require a
$40.00 non-refundable deposit.
Tuition
payments must be put in the payment envelope provided on the first day of
school. Kiddie Garden will mark your
envelope paid and return it to you for the following payment. We will gladly accept a cash payment, but
please retain a receipt from the office.
Tuition
is due each week, the first day your child is scheduled to attend. A payment received the following Monday is
considered late and is subject to a $15.00 late fee. If your tuition falls two weeks in arrears, we reserve the right
to exclude your child from attendance until the balance has been
satisfied. If no payments are made for
one month, we reserve the right to exclude your child permanently. Any balance that is left unpaid will be
turned over to a collection bureau.
There is a $20.00 charge for all checks returned for insufficient funds.
If
you have two children enrolled in Kiddie Garden Preschool, we will deduct
$10.00 from your combined weekly tuition.
IMPORTANT~There is no tuition adjustment for scheduled
holidays except for the one week of
12/25/06 - 12/29/06. Please check your
school calendar (printed annually).
Each enrolled child is permitted a total of three (3) vacation or sick days, tuition exempt per school year. These days cannot be used if your child is present in school. Unused days cannot be credited. Written notice is required with payment if you plan to use a vacation day. If you child is sick, Kiddie Garden will credit you the following week if you have not exceeded the maximum number of allotted days.
If your child is absent from school, please call to notify us so that we will not expect him/her.
Snow
Days
There are NO tuition
adjustments for snow days. Kiddie
Garden will announce school closings via channel 6 Action News television and a
recorded announcement on the school answering machine
(856) 241-2878.
Illness/Communicable
Diseases
If a contagious illness
occurs while your child is at the center, it is our policy to notify the
parents and have the child removed from the center.
Under no circumstances
should a child be sent to school with any of the following symptoms:
· Severe pain or discomfort
· Acute diarrhea within a period of 24 hours
· Two or more episodes of acute vomiting within a
period of 24 hours
· Elevated oral temperature of 101.5 F
· Soar throat or severe coughing
· Yellow eyes or jaundiced skin
· Red eyes with discharge
· Infected, untreated skin patches
· Difficult, rapid breathing
· Skin rashes lasting more than one day
· Weeping or bleeding skin lesions that have not
been treated by a physician
· Swollen joints
· Visibly enlarged lymph nodes
· Stiff neck
· Blood in urine
Once the child is symptom
free, or a licensed physician indicates that the child poses no serious health
risk to him/herself or to other children, the child may return to the center.
The following
provisions relate to excludable communicable diseases:
The
center shall not permit a child or staff member with an excludable communicable
disease, as specified in the table below, to be admitted to or remain
at
the center; until:
· A note from the child’s or staff member’s licensed
physician states that the child or staff member, respectively, has been
diagnosed and presents no risk to him/herself or to others.
· The center has contacted the State Department of
Health’s Communicable Disease Program or local health department pediatric
health consultant and is told the child or staff member poses no health risk to
others.
TABLE OF EXCLUDABLE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Respiratory
Illnesses
Chicken Pox
German Measles*
Hemophilus Influenzae*
Measles*
Meningococcus*
Mumps*
Strep Throat
Tuberculosis*
Whooping Cough*
Gastro-Intestinal
Illnesses
Giardia Lamblia*
Hepatitis A*
Salmonella*
Shigella*
Contact Illnesses
Impetigo
Lice
Scabies
*Reportable diseases as
required by the state of New Jersey.
We hope to make Kiddie
Garden preschool, inc. a healthy place
for you to send your child.
Injury
When an accident or
injury requiring professional medical care occurs to a child while in the
center’s care, the center shall take immediate necessary action to protect the
child from further harm and immediately notify the child’s parent(s) verbally.
Accidents or injuries
not requiring professional medical care shall be reported to the child’s parent
by the end of the day.
Upon request of the child’s
parent, the center shall provide a written description of the accident and/or
injury by the end of the next operating day.
Medication
Medication and health
care procedures shall be administered only after receipt of written approval
from the child’s parent(s). All
medication must be submitted in its original container. All prescription medication for a child
shall be prescribed in the name of and specifically for the child.
Arrival
and Departure
We must emphasize the importance
of punctuality, classes start promptly at 9:00am.
For every ten minutes
you are late in picking up your child, a late charge of $20.00 will be
assessed. If you find it difficult to
adhere to our late policy and consistently abuse it, we reserve the right to
dismiss your child from our program.
Policy
on the Release of Children
Each child may be
released only to the child’s parent(s) or person(s) authorized by the custodial
parent(s) to take the child from the center and to assume responsibility for
the child in an emergency if the parent(s) cannot be reached. If someone other than a parent (even if
they are authorized to do so) is picking up your child, a photocopy of their
drivers license is required.
If a non-custodial
parent has been denied access, or granted limited access, to a child by a court
order, the center shall secure documentation to that effect, maintain a copy on
file, and comply with the terms of the court order.
If the parent(s) or
person(s) authorized by the parent(s) fails to pick up a child at the time of
the center’s daily closing, the center shall ensure that:
1)
The child is
supervised at all times;
2)
Staff members
attempt to contact the parent(s) or person(s) authorized by the parent(s); and
3)
An hour or more
after closing time, and provided that other arrangements for releasing the
child to his/her parent(s) or person(s) authorized by the parent(s), have
failed and the staff member(s) cannot continue to supervise the child at the
center, the staff member shall call the Division’s 24 hour Child Abuse Hotline
(1-800-792-8610) to seek assistance in caring for the child until the parent(s)
or person(s) authorized by the child’s parent(s) is able to pick-up the child.
If the parent(s) or
person(s) authorized by the parent(s) appears to be physically and/or
emotionally impaired to the extent that, in the judgement of the director
and/or staff member, the child would be placed at risk of harm if released to
such an individual, the center shall ensure that:
1)
The child may not be
released to such an impaired individual;
2)
Staff members
attempt to contact the child’s other parent or an alternative person(s)
authorized by the parent(s); and
3)
If the center is
unable to make alternative arrangements, a staff member shall call the
Division’s 24-hour Child Abuse Hotline (1-800-792-8610) to seek assistance in
caring for the child.
The center requires a
list of all authorized person(s) to pick up your child. We will not release your child under ANY
circumstances to any unauthorized person(s).