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PRESCHOOL
PLUS
Bright Beginnings

6 weeks — 2 year olds
Preschool Plus

3 — 4 year olds
Kids Club

Kind. — 4th grade

Learn, Play, Grow

Housed in the Forest City Elementary school, the Preschool Plus program includes the 3 and 4 year olds.

  • The 3 Year Old Program offers all day care for three-year-olds as well as a 3 Year Old Half Day Preschool Program designed to serve children in our community.

     
  • The 4 Year Old Program offers a convenient transition for your four-year-old who is enrolled in Half-Day Preschool and requires child care before or after Preschool.

Daily Schedule

Children will eat lunch together and then the afternoon enrolled students will go to their preschool classrooms and those attending morning preschool will go to Y childcare rooms. All children will gather in the childcare rooms at the end of the day until picked up by approved pickup person. 

3 Year Old Program

For all day care, children will begin and end their day at the Elementary school.  For 3 year old preschool, parents will drop off their children for their preschool session and pick them up at the end of the preschool session.

4 Year Old Program

Children will begin their day at the Elementary school.  Those enrolled in morning preschool will go directly to their preschool room while those enrolled in the afternoon preschool will go to the Y childcare rooms.   Children will eat lunch together* and then the afternoon enrolled students will go to their preschool classrooms and those attending morning preschool will go to Y childcare rooms.  All children will gather in the childcare rooms at the end of the day until picked up by approved pickup person.  *Schedule subject to change

Meals

Children will receive breakfast, lunch, morning and afternoon snack.   AM and PM snacks will be served to those in the childcare rooms at that time. On no-school days, children enrolled in Preschool Plus will be required to bring their own lunch.

What To Bring

Please mark all items of clothing and personal belongings with child’s name.  Cubbies are provided to keep backpacks, jackets and boots (as needed).  Children will be using the playground equipment at the school for outside play.

How To Register

Return completed registration forms and emergency information sheet for each child to the Child Care Director.  New families will be assessed a one-time registration fee of $25/Y member or $40/program member.  Entrance to the program will not start until you have returned all required forms and been approved by the Director of Child Care.

Rates/Payment Policies

  • All payments are to be paid through the YMCA Automatic Payment Plan (bank draft).
     
  • Invoices are available to be viewed online in your account on the Forest City Y’s website and that invoice amount will be deducted from your bank account on Friday.
     
  • Review Child Care Contracted Rates Form and Parent Handbook for all policies.

Hours Of Operation

Monday – Friday; 5:30am to 5:30pm

All centers closed:

  • New Year’s Day
  • Good Friday
  • Memorial Day
  • July 4th
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving
  • The day after Thanksgiving
  • Christmas Eve
  • Christmas Day

The Y reserves the right to close during inclement weather and emergencies.

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