Day Care Program at Zion Lutheran School

Mission Statement

Zion Lutheran School, together with parents, provide a caring, God-centered environment to nurture children and families to grow in God's Word, a living faith, academic excellence, love, and service to God and others -- all to the glory of God.

Zion's Day Care program seeks to ...

  • provide a well-balanced day care program that is useful to and meets the needs of working parents of our school and community.
  • meet the needs of each child through the care and education of the whole child. The needs of the whole child include his/her physical, mental, emotional, social, aesthetic, and spiritual development.
  • meet the health and safety needs, nutritional needs, enhance the family and community relations, and promote the spiritual development of each child.
  • be available for children three years to fourteen years old.


DAILY SCHEDULE ZION LUTHERAN
SUMMER 2006

DAY CARE

6:30- 8:00
8:00- 9:00
9:00- 9:20
9:20- 9:30
9:30-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:10
11:15-12:00
12:00-12:30
12:30- 2:30
2:30- 3:00
3:00- 3:30
3:30- 6:30		 Structured Free Play
Outdoor Play
Snack
Large Group Time: Story
Small Group Time: Centers and Projects (Relating to theme)
Outdoor Play/Large Motor
Wash-up for Lunch
Lunch
Outdoor Play
Nap Time
Quiet Play
Snack
Afternoon Activity: Centers or Outdoors

*These times are all flexible depending upon themes, weather, and any other fun activities that come up.

DAY CAMP

8:00- 8:15
8:15- 9:15
9:15- 9:45
9:45-10:50
10:50-11:15
11:15-11:45
11:45- 2:00
2:00- 4:00
2:00- 3:50
3:50-4:00
4:00- 4:20
4:20- 5:00
5:00- 6:30		 Devotions
Activity
Snack Time
Activity
Get ready for lunch
Lunch
Activity
Swimming (Wednesday and Friday)
Craft time/ outdoor time/ Friday – movie day
Get ready for snack
Snack time
Outdoor/ indoor centers
Combine classes

*These times are all flexible depending upon themes, weather, and any other fun activities that come up.

Late pick-up of any child Beginning at 6:35 P.M. There will be a $5.00 per child late charge for the first fifteen minutes. After that, the charge is $5.00 for every 5 minutes for children still in care. Payment is due to the attending staff when the child is picked up. At 6:35P.M. an effort will be made to contact the parent or other persons responsible for picking up the child. Staff until 7:30 P.M., will make efforts to contact parents and other adults listed to pick up the child. If no word is heard by 7:30 P.M., the local police will be contacted to help locate parents.



All policies of the childcare are located in the ECE Handbook- if you did not receive one at registration please ask for one from the office.

Information Request

For information, call the school office at 303-659-3443. Or, if you prefer, e-mail us at zion_sch_office@qwest.net