Eligibility
Notre Dame School provides Before and After School Care as a service to our working parents. Students attending Notre Dame School in grades PreK-4 yrs - 8th grade may be enrolled in After School Care (ASC). PreK-4 yrs and Kindergarteners must be enrolled in the Full Day program in order to participate.
ND ASC Phone Number and Email
The ASC phone number is 630-835-9651. Please put this number in your contacts before your child starts the program.
Email: AfterSchoolCare@notredameparish.org
Registration, Scheduling & Fees
Registration
There is a one time registration fee of $75 per family for the Before or After School Care program. If
registering for both programs the fee will be $100 per family. Click Here to Register
Scheduling
ASC capacity will be limited to: 10 students for Before Care and 22 students for After Care.
Once you are registered you will schedule the days and times you need on a monthly basis.
Cancellations or changes are required 24 hours prior to the date(s) signed up for, otherwise
you will be charged for that day(s).
*Monthly scheduled children may be able to add additional days a week in advance by emailing your
needs to the ASC email. You will hear back in a timely manner if openings are available.
**Same day Scheduling will not be available this year.
***If you are late to pick up your child at dismissal time they will be taken to ASC by their homeroom
teacher. Parents will need to pick up from the ASC by 3:30. Pick up location - located at the school
office entrance. Fees of $15 will be charged to your account.
After School Care Hours for scheduling
Parents can choose to schedule M - TH for a Short Day Pick-up, Half Session, Full Session, or Full
Session Plus for their child. Fridays the programs will only consist of: Short Day or Half Day
● Short Day is from 3:00 - with a pick up by 3:30 pm @ $10 per child.
● Half Day Session is with a pick up between 3:31 - 4:30 pm @ $20 per child.
● Full Day Session is with a pick up between 4:31 - 6:00 pm @ $30 per child.
*Friday pick up is by 5:00pm. There will be no Full Day Session.
**Pick up will be at the main school entrance.
Pick Up
Parents will call the ASC phone upon arrival and park in the main parking lot. Enter the parish and
walk to the main school entrance. The ASC will bring your child out here. You will need to sign them
out. If you arrive after 4:30pm when the parish office is closed, please enter the parish through the
church door and walk to the main school entrance inside the parish.
If you are scheduled for a session and pick up after that pick up time you will be charged the next
scheduled amount.
Billing will be done through your account the 1st week of the month for the previous month. For
example, you will be charged for your August reservations during the first week of September.
Sibling fees
Siblings attending together on the same day will be charged at half price.
Before School Care
BSC is from 7:00-7:50 am and is $15 per child.
Scheduling requests for Before Care may be made the day before by emailing or calling the After
Care phone number. Please email us at AfterschoolCare@NotreDameParish.org. We will get back
to you as soon as possible to confirm we have coverage that day.
Drop off for BSC will be at the Golf Avenue School Door. Please call 603-835-9651 when you are at
the door to inform the teacher you have arrived. Please remain with your child, you will need to sign
them into the program. The teacher will release your child to their homeroom teacher at 7:50am on
the Piazza.
Calendar/Hours
The first day for ASC and BSC will be Monday, 8/25.
The ASC Program will follow closely to the school calendar. The program is not offered on some
early dismissal days, the day before school breaks, during school holidays/breaks, special teacher
institute days, or summer vacation.
The hours of operation of the program will be 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Monday-Thursday and
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm on Fridays.
The ending time of the program will be strictly enforced.
● A $25 late charge will be assessed in 5 minute increments, if a parent arrives after the
program end time (This fee will be per child).
● If a parent is late for pick up three times, they will no longer be able to use the
program.
The BSC program will follow closely to the school calendar. As long as your child is scheduled for
BSC, you can drop him/her off any time between 7:00 - 7:50 am. Parents and students will be met at
the Golf Ave. doors. Parents will need to come to the door to sign their child(ren) in. At 7:50am,
students will be sent out to the piazza to line up.
Daily Activities
Each day will be divided into segments in order for the children to maintain a variety of activities. As
in a classroom, the director will assess the children to determine what works best for those in
attendance each day. Time will be set aside for a snack, physical activity, homework/enrichment
activities, and games/free play.
3:00 - 3:10 Check in / table activities
3:10 - 3:45 Active play outside or in the gym.
3:45 - 4:15 Homework, snacks (Please send your own snack), quiet time activities.
4:15 - 5:15 Games, arts and crafts, table activities
5:15 - 6:00 Reading books, puzzles, games
Facility
The ASC program will be based out of the library in the primary wing of the school. The program will
also use the gym when available and will go outside to the playground (weather permitting).
Snacks
Because so many children have allergies or particular food preferences, it is left to families to
provide healthy snacks for their children during the time they are in ASC. ASC will not be able to
provide snacks even if a child forgets.
Approaches
After School Care
1) Once children are dismissed from their homerooms, they will proceed to the Library. If a student
will be coming late to ASC from an in house activity, they should check in first at 3:00 and then go to
the activity. If a student is leaving for and/or returning from an after school activity, a note needs to
be written or a text message sent to the ASC cell phone to explain. After School activities include
chess club, STEM club, after school sports, play practice, tutoring with a Notre Dame teacher within
the school, band, piano lessons, girl scouts. Once a student in ASC leaves campus, they will not be
allowed to return to ASC. If a student is to walk to an after school activity off campus (i.e. cross
country), a text or note must be sent giving permission, with the specific time the child is to leave
noted.
2) The program director will have a cell phone designated for ASC purposes only. Parents will use
the ASC cell phone to communicate with the program director. The cell phone will also be used as a
tool for parent pick up. Parents may call before pick up and provide an estimated arrival time.
Teachers will have the children get ready to leave. Parents must then call when they are at the door
for pick up. Pick up will occur at the ASC entrance. The teacher will walk the child to the door for
the parent to sign out and pick up the child. If a family signs up for one session but arrives after the
pick up time, they will be billed for the additional sessions. We find that some phones do not always
send or receive texts correctly with the ASC phone, please call instead of texting. We have not had
a problem receiving calls, just the occasional text.
3) It is the parents’ responsibility to sign up or remove your child from ASC by sending an email at
least 24 hours in advance.
4) If anyone besides the parent is picking up a child from ASC, please text or email the ASC
program with the instructions. Also, please make sure the person picking up understands the pick
up procedure.
5) Until the provider becomes familiar with families, an I.D. will be required before a child will be
released.
6) Occasionally, we will be playing at the gym or outside. If you are picking up while we are there,
pick ups will occur from those locations and we will let you know if that is the case.
Code of Conduct
Please refer to the Notre Dame School Handbook for the code of conduct. The expectations held for
students do not change with the end of the school day. The respect for teachers and each other
continues throughout the hours that students attend the after school care program. Consequences
for violating the code of conduct may result in loss of privilege, as well as removal from the after
school care program.
Emergency Information
Prior to the first day of attendance, each student must have an emergency card on file. Information
must include emergency call numbers, as well as those persons to whom children may be released
in case of emergency. Should it become necessary for a child to be released to one of your
emergency contacts, an I.D. must be produced.
Should an emergency arise, the procedures in place for the grade school will be followed by the
ASC program. Evacuation in case of fire will be according to the posted information in each room.
In case of a tornado, the emergency measures recommended and posted in the rooms will be
followed. Until the crisis has passed, the children will shelter in place while the parents/guardians
are notified of the time and place for pick up if it differs from the normal procedures.