St. Peter
Early Childhood Center
6161 Chambersburg Rd.
Huber Heights, OH 45424
937.237.3526

St. Peter Parish

Program Options | Preschool Hours
Arrival/Departure| Late Pickup / Car Pools | Vacation Allowance
Food Service | Breakfast And Lunch Tickets | Clothing | School Bags

Program Options
St. Peter Early Childhood Center, a Job and Family Services Participants, follows the St. Peter School calendar and offers Traditional Preschool, Full-Time Preschool and Kindergarten Readiness options to 3-, 4- and 5-year old children. View our Areas of Concentration for each program.

The Early Childhood Center is open Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Full-time Preschool operates year-round including most snow days, vacation breaks and conference days.

The Full-time Program will operate year round including snow days and vacation breaks. A Summer Program is also available.

Kindergarten Readiness
The Kindergarten Readiness Program is designed for Kindergarten age children who may not be ready for a traditional Kindergarten. The program will give the children an extra year to grow and prepare. The child may need the additional year because of various developmental reasons: social/emotional, maturity, short attention span, fine/gross motor difficulty, language delays, etc.

The Kindergarten Readiness Program will do everything possible to make it a successful year for your child. It should be noted: completion of the Kindergarten Readiness Program does not guarantee automatic success in regular Kindergarten.

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Arrival/Departure
Parents are responsible for escorting their child/ren into the Center each day. Parents of students using the Full Time Program or Extended Day Program are required to sign their child/ren in each day. Parents must accompany their child/ren into the Center. The teacher or Coordinator must be aware that your child is present. Parents must come into the center to pick up their child/ren. Please park in authorized areas. Do not park along yellow curbs. Lanes must be kept open for emergency vehicles.

Parents of students using the Extended Day Program are required to sign children out. If your child is going to be picked up by someone other than yourself, they must be on the Authorized Pick Up Form or send in a handwritten note prior to pickup. No one may have access to any child without permission by the custodial parent. Separated or divorced parents must provide child custody forms at the time of registration. Children are to be signed in and out of the facility on a daily basis. Never leave with your child without informing the adult in charge.

Regular Preschool Hours
During regular Preschool Program hours (both A.M. & P.M.), the parents are asked to escort their child to/from their classroom. Again, if your child is going to be picked up by someone other than yourself, they must be on the Authorized Pick Up Form or a handwritten note must be given to the school office prior to pickup. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of class.

Late Pick-Up
Full Time Program: You will be charge $1.00 for each additional minute after 6:00 p.m.

Traditional Program: If a parent is more than 10 minutes late picking up their child from Preschool you will be charged the afternoon (p.m.) extended charge of $15.00.

Car Pools
For energy conservation, we strongly encourage car pools. Car pools can also be a growth experience in fostering independence in your child. Please notify us if your child is in a car pool and the names of the other participants.

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Vacation Allowance
Each child in the Full Time Program ($125 category) will be allowed one free week for vacation. This may only be used after your child has been in the Center for six months. Credit for vacation time cannot be carried over to the following year. Children who enroll in September 2007 in the Early Childhood Center will be credited with 1 vacation week which they may use after March 1, 2008. If a child enrolls midyear there is a 6 month waiting period before credit will be given for a 1 week vacation allowance.

We must receive a written statement two (2) weeks prior to vacation allowances being used in order to allow time for billing adjustments. Once the vacation allowance is used for any given year no additional allowances can be given.

Food Service (Snacks/Lunch/Breakfast)
Saint Peter Food Service provides an optional breakfast. Lunch is also provided for the children in the Full Time and Extended Day Programs. Please note: breakfast, lunch and milk are not sold individually. They are sold in blocks of five on a meal/milk ticket. Meal tickets are available for purchase in the Early Childhood Center office. Prices are determined by the Food Services. A packed lunch can be brought from home. View the Department of Education's proper nutritional lunch. If continual poor nutritional lunches are brought from home, the child’s lunch will be supplemented and you will be billed for a Food Service lunch.

Snacks during preschool time will be provided by the Center. They will include nutritious items. Cooking projects will be done as part of snack periodically.

FOOD SERVICE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON SNOW DAYS AND NON SCHOOL DAYS. YOUR CHILD MUST BRING A PACKED LUNCH.

Breakfast And Lunch Tickets
Meal and milk tickets must be purchased in advance. No individual meals or milks are sold. Tickets are available from the Early Childhood Center Office. Please remember when a breakfast and/or lunch is provided by the parent(s) nutritional standards established by the Ohio Nutritional Services must be met. See pages 31 and 32 of the handbook for information in regard to the State of Ohio nutritional standards.

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Clothing
Children should wear sturdy, washable clothing to the Center. All clothing should be marked with the child's name. The Center is not responsible for unmarked items of clothing. Each child has a place in the classroom to hang outside clothing and to store spare clothes.

Children should come to the Center appropriately dressed for outdoor play as it is a regular part of the Center's Program. In cold weather, a child should have boots, snow pants, warm jacket, hat and mittens.

All clothing should be easy for the child to put on and take off; dressing with a minimum of adult help encourages independence.

No sandals are to be worn. Absolutely NO pull-ups, diapers or plastic pants are to be worn.

School Bags
Please have your child bring a school bag everyday. It is important that all papers go home. Please be sure the school bag is large enough to accommodate notes and projects. Be sure your child’s name is written clearly on the outside of the school bag. PLEASE CHECK THE BAG EACH DAY FOR NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS SENT HOME WITH YOUR CHILD(REN).

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