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Philosophy: To provide a safe and developmentally appropriate environment for all children, taking into consideration both their physical and emotional welfare in a loving, adult-supervised environment. Special features include:

· Daily report of child’s activities

· Monthly newsletter

· Developmentally appropriate learning centers

· Social skills taught

· Two study units per month

· Afterschool Program

· Summer Program

Holy Spirit Child Care, which is under the direct operation of Holy Spirit Catholic School, serves the children of our school and their siblings, ages 3 years to 12 years.

We know how important it is to communicate with you about your most important person so each child in our program will have their own file in which we will put a Daily Report. This report will tell you what kind of a day your child has had. For example, we will let you know in writing how long your child slept during nap time, what they ate for lunch, and whether they were happy or upset during the day. We also have a Monthly Newsletter informing parents of upcoming events in our classrooms. We like to keep the lines of communication open.

Our developmentally appropriate children’s activities and learning centers will be used to further the children’s physical and mental growth. We will be working on two themes or units a month with the children. The learning centers will change to incorporate these themes. Catholic teachings and social skills are taught as an on-going service to help these children develop as productive members of our community. Each child will be treated with and should display a spirit of fair play and justice at all times. All children at Holy Spirit are expected to conduct themselves in a positive manner: treating others as he/she would like to be treated, respecting themselves, classmates, supervisors, equipment and all other people.

Our program of supervised care is available Monday through Friday from 7:30am to 6:00pm. Holy Spirit offers on-site child care for school age children needing care before school begins from 7:30am to 8:15am and after school from 2:45pm to 6:00pm. All of the children are escorted to and from their classrooms and the child care so that every child is accounted for. For the After School Program, children will be served an afternoon snack, have the opportunity to play, and then will be brought inside to start homework or participate in one of the fun activities planned. We also have a Sensational Summer Program packed with activities like swimming, bowling, roller skating, ice blocking, gymnastics, movies, picnics and more! Children will be taken by bus to these activities.