Welcome to

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Welcome to Excel Parent Night
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Hours of Operations

• 730 am-600pm Monday-Friday
• Students MUST be picked up by 600
• A charge will be added for late pickup.

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Summer CalendarSubject to Change
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Weekly Schedule

• Mondays
• On Campus Activities
• Art Enrichment All grades
• Spanish 2nd-7th Grades
• Jonesboro Library Traveling Storyteller
  Pk-K
• Daily Rotations All grades
• Pizza Day
• Bring 3.00 instead of bringing a lunch.
• Daily Rotations All grades
• Tuesdays
• Swim and Picnic Day All grades
• Jonesboro City Pool
• Bus leaves at 930 for 2nd-6th and
  returns by 130
• Bus leaves at 1000 for Prek-1st and
  returns by 1230
• Cooking/Math Enrichment 2nd-7th grades
• Daily Rotations All grades
• Wednesday

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Weekly Activities

• Enrichment
• Skill Review
• Library/ Wii
• Electronics
• Computer
• Snack (Morning Afternoon)
• Free Play
• Nap/Rest Time
• Lunch
• Recess
• Board Games
• Crafts
• Bingo
• Couseling
• Varies some depending on weekly fieldtrips.

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Lunch

• Lunch not provided- Students must bring lunch
• Drinks provided
• Monday- Pizza Day Bring 3 cash
• Wednesday- Chicken Strip Day Bring 3 cash
• Thursday- Hamburger/Chips Day Bring 3 cash
• We cant heat or refrigerate lunches
• Put frozen drink bottle in lunch bag
• Put Ziploc ice bag in lunch container
• Lunches must have foods from 4 food groups
• Charge if Excel provides lunch 5

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Snacks

• Provided twice a day
• Students will be offered snacks from at least two
  different food groups each day.

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Backpacks

• Please send a backpack or bag with your child
  each day. Students will have projects and
  activities to keep up with, and for
  parent/teacher communication.

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Fieldtrips Day

• Permission slip MUST be signed
• See calendar for schedule
• Check bus departure times!!!!

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Swim Waterpark Days

• Permission slip MUST be signed
• Jonesboro City Pool
• Private swimming with certified lifeguards and
  supervising adults
• Wear swimsuit and sunscreen to school
• Bring dry clothes
• Bring towel sunscreen
• PUT NAME ON ALL ITEMS

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Drop-off Procedure

• Students may be signed-in at the playground
  awning before 845
• Do not drop-off/ pick-up through main doors by
  office
• Parents must sign students in
• If checking students in after 845- check the
  schedule on the kiosk for their class location
• Students may be signed in or out at any time
• Radios- On kiosk, use to locate classes
• A staff member will be in gym lobby to direct
  parents 300-500

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Pick-up Procedure

• Students must be signed out
• ID MUST be shown when signing out
• If someone other than designated people are
  picking up, we MUST have a note
• Students may be signed-out in the gym or on the
  playground after 500
• Do not use drop-off/ pick-up through main doors
  by office
• If picking up students before 300 check schedule
  on the kiosk to locate your childs group or see
  staff member in lobby
• Students may be signed in or out at any time
• Students MUST be picked up by 600- Fees will be
  assessed to account for late pick-up

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Clipboard Colors

• PreK- Blue
• Kindergarten- Hot Pink
• Kindergarten- Orange
• Kindergarten and 1st Grade Part Time- White
• 1st Grade- Red
• 1st Grade- Lavender
• 1st Grade- Purple
• 2nd Grade- Peach
• 2nd Grade- Green
• 2nd and 3rd Grade Part Time- Mint
• 3rd Grade- Tan
• 3rd Grade- Lime
• 4th Grade- Pink
• 4th 7th Grade Part Time- Gold
• 5th-7th Grade- Yellow

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Camp Transportation

• The Excel Program will provide transportation to
  and from on-campus summer camps.
• Students will be driven to the camp, then back to
  Excel.
• Care will be provided to students who miss
  fieldtrips due to camps.
• 10 per camp per child
• To provide transportation to and from camps Excel
  has hired extra staff to walk students and to
  stay at school with those who miss Excel trips.
  Due to the extra cost of this service, there is a
  10 fee for each camp transportation is provided.
  
• Must give advanced notice
• Must complete a form

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Tuition

• All fees for the program are due on the first
  week day of the current week or monthly on the
  first of each month.
• Your check should note your childs name.
• Billing System
• Email, text
• Monthly statements
• Fees will be collected in the kiosk located by
  the gym.
• You MUST get a receipt for cash.
• Make checks payable to Excel Program.
• Bill Pay is accepted.

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• Statement
• Example

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Tuition

• Credit will not be given for absences.
• Students who are enrolled the entire summer
  receive 1 week vacation.
• You are obligated to pay for all the days your
  child is registered to attend each month
  regardless of whether or not your child attends.

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Tuition

• Late Pickup Fees
• Any child picked up after 600 will be charged a
  late pickup fee. It is 10 for every 15 minute
  period beginning at 601. This fee is due with
  the following weeks tuition.
• Return Check Policy
• Any checks returned for insufficient funds will
  be assessed a 25.00 additional fee.
• On accounts assessed more than two returned
  checks in a 12 month period checks will no longer
  be accepted
•  Late Fee Charges
• A 10 late fee will be added to tuition not paid
  by Friday at 600 p.m. of the current week. These
  fees are due with payment that week.
• Any fee becoming 10 days delinquent will
  necessitate removal of the child/children from
  the program.

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Medication

• Excel Program staff members prefers not
  administer any medication to the students (with
  the exception of Tylenol if permission is given
  on medical forms).
• If your child needs to take medication during the
  program hours, YOU must make arrangements with
  directors.
• Students may not carry their own or other
  medication to the program.
• Students are permitted to store an inhaler for
  asthma or an Epi-Pen at the site provided the
  inhaler and/or Epi-Pen is in its original box
  with instructions and a prescription label.

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Behavior Modification

• Positive Reinforcement
• Earn Excel Store items
• Discipline
• Verbal reprimand
• Time-out
• Behavior Notes

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Electronics Policy

• Students may not use cell phones while at Excel.
  Electronics brought to Excel may only have games
  rated E for Everyone. If a child has an
  electronic devise with material deemed
  inappropriate by Excel staff, or if a childs
  takes pictures or videos with the device, the
  device will be taken up and given to the parent
  at the end of the day. If a students device is
  taken up twice they may no longer have
  electronics at Excel.
• Electronics may only be played during designed
  times!

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Withdrawal Procedure

• Notification of withdrawal must be given in
  writing two weeks in advance.
• If notification is not given tuition will
  continue to be charged for the two-week period.

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Miscellaneous Information

• Information Board
• Although we will send emails when detailed
  information is needed, for daily information
  there will be a board posted at the playground
  gate or gym door with daily messages and
  reminders
• Communication
• If you are not receiving emails or texts PLEASE
  let us know- this is how we communicate. Notes
  arent always effective.
• Change of Clothes
• Please send an extra set of clothes for you
  child, we will return them the last day of the
  summer program.
• Mats
• Students going into 1st grade are responsible for
  bringing nap mats, those will also be returned
  the last day of the summer program.

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• Put names on EVERYTHING

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• Questions?