2017RMS Summer Enrichment Information

2017 RMS Summer Enrichment Information Thank you for choosing Richmond Montessori Snack and Medication School for your child’s camp experience! We make note of all food allergies/issues listed on your child’s registration form. Nutritious snacks are Contact Information provided for all morning and extended day Darlene Marschak is the Director of Montessori sessions, and a snack schedule is posted. Your child Enrichment. You can contact her at 741-0040, ext. may bring a snack, if you prefer. 24, or by email at [email protected]. If you If you need medication of any type to be on hand, have a message for your child and cannot reach please download the Medicine Authorization form, Montessori Enrichment, you can call the school or contact Darlene Marschak with questions. receptionist at 741-0040, ext. 10 until 3:00 p.m. Lunch Summer Program Dates All students participating in afternoon sessions The summer program begins on Monday, June 19, bring their own lunches, as do lunch-only campers. 2017 and ends on Friday, August 18, 2017. Camp Please make sure your child’s name is clearly will not be held Tuesday, July 4 in observance of marked on his/her lunch box. the federal holiday. Rest N’ Play Summer Coupon Availability Half-day primary students will take a nap or rest If your child is registered for a morning camp and (depending on their sleep habits) after lunch. you need occasional afternoon coverage please Afterward the children have open work cycle, contact Darlene Marschak at least 48 hours in outdoor play, and special projects. Please provide advance to confirm availability. a child-size sleeping bag that is open on three sides and labeled with your child’s name. Sleeping bags Behavioral Expectations are sent home for laundering each Friday. Please Children are expected to follow the RMS code of return clean sleeping bags to school the Monday conduct: use good manners, respect other morning of each session your child attends. students and staff, and follow classroom and campus rules. The program, then, as a whole, Classic Summer Camp Afternoons forms a safe, supportive community where School-age children swim on Monday, Tuesday and children learn to trust adults and to trust Thursday, weather permitting, and on alternate themselves and their peers. Disruptive or days have specialty instruction including hiking, disrespectful behavior may result in dismissal. puppets, fiber arts, camp games, camp crafts, and Falcon Cafe. Changes in Enrollment Swimming is held off site at local pools. The lead We will be happy to accommodate changes in teacher is a swim instructor who can guide both enrollment whenever possible. You must notify us non-swimmers and experienced swimmers. in writing, at least one week in advance of the start Students are transported to the pool in the RMS of a camp. There is a $50 administrative fee for Activity Buses, equipped with lap safety belts. changes. There are no refunds after May 15. Please pack a bathing suit, towel and plastic bag for your child each swim day. Extra Clothes / Toileting Policy for DROP OFF & DISMISSAL Primary Students The school toileting policy is observed during the Morning Drop-off 8:15-8:30 a.m. summer program. Children must be wearing (no early arrival) underpants and be able to change themselves All students arrive through carpool. Please enter completely if they have an accident (exception: the one-way drive at 499 N. Parham Road and turn Toddler Orientation and Introduction to right at the intersection with the main parking lot. Montessori: a child may wear pull-ups up to 30 Follow the turn-around and pull up in front of the months; a child must be toiled trained after 30 Main Building. months). Staff members will help your child out of the car. In case of occasional accidents, please provide an Children will be escorted to camp activities. The extra set of summer clothes for your child. The set carpool procedure is the same as during the school should include shorts, shirt, underwear, and extra year – please remain in your car, put the car in shoes. Staff will leave your child’s clothes in his/her park, and a staff member will take your child out of tote bag so that they will be available no matter the car. what classroom they are in. Labeling each item and the bag in which you send the clothes will help *Special note to new families: You will be prevent mix-ups. permitted to park and walk your child in for the first couple of days. Footwear Please have your child wear sturdy play shoes. Flip Morning Dismissal 11:30 a.m. flops, sandals, and other shoes with holes are All children who are not staying for an afternoon dangerous on our mulched playgrounds. session or lunch must be picked up promptly at 11:30 a.m. You will be charged a late fee after Insect Repellent and Sun Block 11:45 a.m. For morning campers, please apply the products of your choice before drop-off. Parents may line up in their cars as they do during If you would like insect repellant or sun block morning carpool. Please do not get out of your car. reapplied in the afternoon, please download and A carpool sign will be mailed to you prior to camp. sign the appropriate authorization form before Please post this in a visible spot on your front camp starts. Bring the insect repellant or sun block windshield during carpool. The carpool signs are a with you on the first day of the session to hand to a security measure as well as an aid to the efficiency staff person. It must be in the original container, of carpool. A teacher will escort your child to your and labeled with your child’s name. car and make sure he or she is secured.

For New Students 12:30 p.m. Dismissal Prior to your child’s first day of attendance, you Children enrolled for Summer Lunch (not staying must present in person your child’s birth for afternoon sessions) are picked up from the certificate, birth registration card, or passport. house promptly at 12:30 p.m. Photocopies are not acceptable. Virginia state law requires us to have legal proof of 3:00 p.m. Dismissal your child’s identity and age on file, and that we Please come to the house to pick up children who notify law enforcement authorities if we do not stay for programs until 3:00 p.m. They will prepare have it. for departure while you sign out on the Parent RMS must have a current health form with Sign-Out sheet. Please be prompt to pick up your immunization record on file before the first day of child. You will be charged a late fee after 3:10 attendance. By state law, we cannot accept p.m. immunization records that are not current. Immunization records can be mailed or faxed to us 6:00 p.m. Dismissal or brought in with the proof of identity. Montessori Enrichment closes PROMPTLY at 6:00 p.m. You will be charged a late fee after 6:00 p.m.