The Camelot Children's Center will provide a meaningful and enjoyable preschool experience with concern for cognitive and social development.  Each child will progress at his or her own rate of development.  The program will consist of various experiences and appropriate field trips with transportation provided by parent volunteers.  Focus will be on holistic development.

 

ADMISSION POLICY   

Children must be three years of age or four years of age prior to the first day of school in order to attend their respective programs.  Children must be toilet trained.

 

The following forms need to be completed and returned:

    1. Enrollment Form

        The Enrollment form contains names of persons authorized to pick up each child.  Children will be released to authorized persons only.  If someone other than persons listed on this form will be picking up your child, a noted or phone call from a parent is required.  We will then check this person by viewing his or her photo I.D.

    2.  Immunization Record

    3.  Child Health Report

    4.  Health History and Emergency Care Plan

These records are confidential.

 

A registration fee of $25 and the first month's tuition are also due at registration.  These fees are non-refundable.

 

Classes will begin the first full week after Labor Day and will end before Memorial Day.  The Fond du Lac Public School Calendar will determine holidays and non-school days.  A school calendar will be issued to parents at the beginning of the school year.  Emergency school closings will be announced on local radio stations- KFIZ, WTCX & WFDL.  These days will not be refunded and will not be rescheduled.  If Fond du Lac schools are closed then Preschool classes will also be canceled.  A "late start" will only cancel AM classes.

 

Two Day & Three Day Morning Sessions run from 9:15 AM to 11:30 AM

3-year-old class (Tues. & Thurs.)        $66 per month

3-year-old class (Mon., Weds, Fri.)    $99 per month

 

Two Day & Three Day Afternoon Sessions run from 12:30 PM to 2:45 PM

3-year-old class (Tues. & Thurs.)        $66 per month

4/5-year-old class (Mon., Weds., Fri.)    $80 per month

 

Tuition is paid monthly and is due the first week of each month.  An assessment of $5 per week will be made for delinquent payment of fees.  The monthly tuition remains the same regardless of the number of class days in the month.  Late pick up will result in a $10 assessment (increments of 15 minutes).

 

A two-week notice must be givento the center prior to withdrawing a child from the program.

 

Our goal is to provide quality care and a valuable program for the families that attend our center.  In order to do this sometimes it may be necessary for the center to discharge a child for one of the following reasons:

    1.  The child or parent has needs that the staff cannot realistically meet.

    2.  Parents are uncooperative either in filling out or returning necessary forms.

    3.  Fees have not been paid or arrangements to do so have not been made.

    4.  Failuire to observe rules of the center relating to drop off and pick up of children.

 

A six-week probationary period will be used to evaluate whether a child has become acclimated to our childcare environment.  It may be decided that placement is inappropriate at this time.

Ongoing evaluations will be made during a child's enrollment at the center.  If problems arise or continue that cannot be tolerate, a one-month probationary period will be given.  After one month, parents and administrators will confer.  It will then be determined if the problem has been resolved or not.  If not, the center reserves the right to terminate enrollment of the child.

 

Common illness such as colds, flu and diarrhea can spread quickly in a childcare environment.  The Department of Health & Family Services defines some common illnesses and dictates how these illnesses should be handled.  We will be following these guidelines when we exclude a child from the center:

 

If the condition begins while at the center, the parents or the emergency contact will be called, and the ill child will need to be picked up immediately.

 

The child's return to the center:  If a child has had a fever, diarrhea or vomiting due to an illness, we will expect the child to be symptom free (no diarrhea, vomiting, or fever) for 24 hours before returning to the center.

 

Prescribed medications will not be administered.  Special circumstances will be dealt with on an individual basis.

 

Superficial wounds will be cleansed with soap and water and protected with band-aids.  In case of an accident or injury the child will be transported by ambulance to St. Agnes Emergency Care.

 

Parents will be notified when their child has been exposed to a communicable disease, which has been diagnosed by a physician.  A note will be posted in the drop off/ pick up area.  If your child will not be at the center, we request a call before the start of class.

 

Parents will take turns bringing a nutritional snack to their child's class when their child is the "Leader".  A newsletter will go home on a monthly basis with a calendar showing leader days.  Camelot will provide the beverage, napkins and cups and parents are required to bring a small nutritional snack, limiting sweets for special holidays or birthdays.  The use of proper table manners will be reinforced and children will be encouraged to taste new foods.  Special diets will be accommodated and parents may need to provide appropriate supplementary foods when their children have special diet needs.

 

Although the Camelot Children's Center is not church affiliated we do emphasize basic Christian attitudes in our daily routines.  A variety of non-denominational prayers are sung before each snack.  These prayers reflect many cultures and customs.  Also, a basic Christian message will be part of our holiday studies and approach to everyday living.

 

The center has an important role when providing positive guidance to children.  The following factors will help the children develop self-control, self-esteem and respect for the rights of others.

 

The teachers and all adults at the center will strive to be positive models for guidance.  Much thought and discussion has gone into the set up of each area of the center and how the children will use this area.  This helps to create areas that are conducive to play and cooperation by all.  Children will have a voice in the structure and control of their environment because children respond to rules better when they have a part in establishing them.

 

The staff will work toward avoiding problems by anticipating problem situations and avoiding them.  Ongoing evaluations of schedules and transition times will help determine if the best possible guidance is being given to children.  Through experience, discussion, workshops, in-services and parental input the staff will be made aware of positive discipline practices and warning signals that exist.  The proper action for avoiding and regulating the situation will be used.

 

Some discipline practices and considerations that are used at the center:

    Positive reinforcement of disirable behavior by staff

    Setting of clear-cut limits

    Re-direction of children when behavior is inappropriate

    Child's age is considered when establishing and enforcing rules

    Removal from area if behavior is disruptive or harmful to others

Prohibited punishments:

    No physical punishment is allowed

    No punishment that is psychologically or physically humiliating to the child

    No punishing for lapses in toilet training

    No withholding of food or snacks

 

Parents are encouraged to visit the center to participate in one of their child's classes.  This visit must be scheduled in advance in order to control the number of visitors at one time.  This visit should ideally by on your child's leader day.  No visitations will occur within the first six weeks or the last three weeks of the school year.

 

A mid-term inventory of your child's skills will be sent home in January.  A written evaluation is completed for each child in May.  It is followed by an optional parent conference.  The evaluation is not codified to label children in terms of learning, but is to provide you with insight as to how you might assist your child's development.