School Age - Before and After School Care

The School Age program at The Academy is a safe, fun and educational place for children ages 5 through 12 years of age. We base all of our programs around the needs of the child’s school schedule and the school calendar.

We offer a Spring, Summer and Winter camp that is well planned and structured to meet the needs of all age groups.

Your child will be welcomed to an environment that encourages them to further their social and emotional skills, build confidence and enhance their leadership skills. Your child will be engaged fun art and crafts, activities in the areas of math, language and science are part of their afternoon structured program.

School Age

Schedule

The Academy’s school age program is offered throughout the year for your convenience.  We provide care to your child on all days your elementary school is closed during the year. Our centers are open Monday - Friday 6:45 am - 5:30 pm. We are not closed for in-service days.

The Academy is closed on the following days:

  • MLK Day
  • President's Day (Staff Development Day)
  • The Friday before Memorial Day (Staff Development Day)
  • Memorial Day
  • 4th of July
  • The first Friday in August (Staff Development Day)
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving and the day after
  • Winter Break (the week between Christmas and New Year's)

Transportation

We provide safe transportation to and from your child’s elementary school. Your child will experience many field trips will attending The Academy.

Staffing School Age Kids

Keeping school age children busy is our way of keeping them active both mentally and physically. Our dedicated school age teachers love to mentor the school age child. They are knowledgeable teachers who love working with school age children and are here to comfort and support your child daily. Our teachers want to help your child learn and grow while having fun doing it. Knowing your child is the eldest of children in our center we want our school age children to feel very comfortable at The Academy.

Homework

We want to make homework a fun and an easy experience for your student. We provide time for homework and even help your child understand their homework.

Activities

Along with the structured classroom activities, your child will participate in our Enrichments programs -  physical fitness, music, movement, art, drama and computers.  Outside time is very important to us at The Academy, school age children have their own playground which allows for free play and lots of physical activity.

We would love to meet you and your child. Please stop by for a tour and see what our Before And After School  Care Program has to offer.