School Age

School Age Program: 

• Before and after school care and pick-up programs from AbbottCreekk, Brentwood, Fox Road, Green Elementary, East Millbrook Middle (afternoon only), Wildwood Forest, Durant Rd Elementary & Middle (afternoon only), River Bend, River Bend Middle (afternoon only), Vena Wilburn & Torch Light, please call by 2:00 pm if your child is not riding our transportation. 
• We provide care for Year-Round Track Out days & Traditional Teacher Workdays, Holidays, & Early Release Days.
• Cricket Club/Summer Camp Program for children who have completed Kindergarten thru 12 years of age. 
• Personal items and toys are not to be brought from home unless your child’s teacher requests a toy for show-&-tell. We are not responsible for items not labeled. Please check your child’s book bag for items that are prohibited, such as candy, gum, lipstick, lip-gloss, nail polish, liquid white-out, sharpies, lotions, perfume, deodorant, sunblock, or anything that is labeled keep out of reach of children. Please note that cell phones are to be turned off and put away in the child’s book bag upon entering our care. If you need to reach your child at that point, you may call the center. 
• Any items confiscated such as outside food, toys, phones, or other electronic devices will follow this procedure, first offense: we will return the item to parent, second offense: we will keep item overnight; third offense: item will be returned after one week.  
• Sneakers or tennis shoes are recommended for safety; sandals, flip-flops & jellies are discouraged. 
• Field trips will be included in the pre-school and school-age programs; blanket parental permission must be signed on the application form and the travel and activity authorization form before each child leaves the center. Children under four are not transported. Parents will be notified in advance if their child/children will be leaving the premises, when and where their destinations parents will also be informed. 
• Extra-Curricular Activities: With parent permission, we do allow tutoring, Speech, and other Therapists to visit and work with your child. Brentwood Childcare Center’s Director will be delighted to discuss any questions or suggestions which you may have. Please keep these guidelines handy for quick reference. Brentwood Childcare Center would like to take this opportunity to thank you in advance for choosing us to be a part of your child’s early years. We promise to uphold our commitment to you and your children and continue to offer you the most excellent service you deserve. 
• Selected Curriculum; High Reach Learning Curriculum
• High Reach Learning is a comprehensive curriculum that provides a unique balance of standards-based classroom support materials, family connection components, and easy-to-understand strategies for putting it all together to build exciting, enriching, and compelling learning experiences for your children. Use as a supplemental resource or as a stand-alone curriculum solution.
• Brentwood Child Care is not responsible for any items brought to school, such as toys, jewelry, show & tell things, coats, hats & gloves, shoes, diapers, wipes, book bags, phones, electronic devices, etc. 

TO ALL SCHOOL-AGE PARENTS

For the safety of the children we serve, we need to inform our parents of Brentwood Childcare’s policies. All children must come thru the front entrance and must be signed in. They will depart with their assigned group.

We provide transportation to the following public schools: Abbott Creek, Brentwood, Fox Road, Wildwood Forest, Millbrook Elementary, Vena Wilburn (year-round Track 1 &4), River Bend, River Bend Middle afternoon only), Durant Road (year-round/afterschool only) and East Millbrook Middle (afterschool only), Durant Road Middle (year-round/afterschool only), Green Elementary & Torch Light Academy. We do receive public school bus stops. Parents are responsible for contacting Wake County Transportation office to approve our location as a stop to ensure public transportation is current for the upcoming school year. 

We do not allow students to meet the group once they have left the premises. This is how we can maintain safety and know precisely whom we left the center with.

Before School Arrival: If you are enrolled in the us before school program, you must be present by 7:25 am our bus/van departure time is 7:30 am. We do not allow our bus/van to be stopped once the children have loaded and departed from the center. You will not be able to load a child at a traffic light or at an elementary school stop. If you do not arrive at 7:25, you will not be able to drop off your child. 

After School Arrival: Please notify the center by 2:00 pm if your child is not riding our bus or van. (Early release days are included in tuition.) 

We do provide services for Early Release, Teacher Workdays, & Holidays

Field Trips: You will be given information about the departure time so that your child will not miss their trip. (i.e., Teacher Workdays, Holidays, Spring Break, Summer Program)

Please be mindful of any buses loading or unloading in our parking lot

Prices: Parents are responsible for the cost of each field trip.

We’re honored and excited to have a new opportunity to support our schools, teachers, & parents this year!

Brentwood Child Care: The Foundation of Knowledge is not just IN our communities, but we’re FOR our communities. When COVID-19 hit our nation, everyone was thrust into uncertainty, and we saw our schools and how our child learns and interaction change. Today, teachers and parents are trying to step into the unknown and continue with what they feel called to do to shape the lives of kids, whether it’s their own children’s lives or the lives of children entrusted in their classrooms. 

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Governor of North Carolina and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (“NCDHHS”) has directed public school systems to develop several plans for reopening public schools for the 2020-21 school year, including plans for students to participate in out-of-school, remote instruction; and providers to serve as a distance learning facility.

Brentwood Child Care is committed to serving families and students during these uncertain times, even when families are engaged in virtual education. We are excited to announce that we have developed Remote Learning Center, a safe and structured environment that will allow students to attend virtual classes, benefit from peer interaction, and participate in engaging enrichment activities while parents return to work. The Remote Learning Center is available for students entering K-6th grade from 7:00 am – 5:00 pm (temporary hours). 

Our Remote Learning Center provides a structured schedule to ensure that students are able to stay focused and on-task while engaging in virtual learning and also receive onsite academic support in a small group setting. We will work directly with parents to ensure each child’s success.

1. PROVIDER Responsibilities. Brentwood Child Care agrees to the following: 
2. Brentwood will establish and operate starting September 8, 2020, a remote learning facility with programs that: 
3. offer full-day supervision and support to School System students during out of school remote learning time; 
4. utilize a program design that includes the following components: (a) facilitation of online or remote instruction in quality academic environments (quiet room, socially distanced student workspaces, internet access, adult to monitor, etc.), (b) recreation and physical activities, and (c) extended learning activities (social-emotional learning, STEM, Art, Leadership Development, Character Development, etc.); and 
5. Are designed to comply with applicable local, state, and federal health guidelines, including the Strong Schools NC Public Health Toolkit (K-12) established by the NCDHHS during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Brentwood Child Care is committed to providing a safe environment for our staff and the families we serve. We are doing everything required by state and local officials, and we have even incorporated additional safety features in maintaining sanitation/handwashing throughout our building. We are keeping the children in the same groups with the same staff attending to their needs. They will be given assigned workstations and their supplies for school, along with earphones and personal cubby/locker space. Our Team will help students keep their devices clean and wiped down before using and storing them at the end of the day. 

1. In addition, we will provide Wi-Fi for their online learning.
2. We will provide a full-time program that includes breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack (children will not eat near their devices). Our full-time program will be divided into before-school activities, remote learning based on each child’s schedule, and after school until 5:00 pm. We also will provide teacher workdays and holidays (check our closings list) and snow days, weather permitted. 
3. We have an established an email just for our remote learning parents. BCCremotelearn@gmail.com. Please feel free to communicate with staff if you have questions about your child’s remote learning. 
4. Arrival and Departure; Upon arrival, we are asking parents to park at the designated area (in front of a cone). Parents will then get the child out of the vehicle and stand with the child at the cones until a staff member comes out to greet families and take the child’s temperature. As long as the child’s temp is 99.8 or lower, they will be able to enter the building. Then the staff will help the child sanitize their face and hands before going into their designated classrooms. Departure will work similarly to arrival; staff will know the parent is ready to receive their child/children once they are standing at the cone.
5. The law requires staff and children five years and older to wear a make during the hours in the building. Brentwood, Child Care center, will provide cloth masks as long as we have them available.
6. Parents agree to the following;

a). Provide the Brentwood with your child’s device. If you have multiple children, each child is required to have their device. You will need to check in the device with a staff member (please provide chargers). If you want to take the device home, it must be checked out by office management only. (please DO NOT bring book bags or computer bags)

b). Parents are aware we are not affiliated with WCPSS; we are only a resource that provides a space and opportunity for learning. 

Parents are required to communicate with their child’s teacher about their assignments and progress in their class. Our teachers are not working for or fill-ins for a WCPSS teacher; they are strictly here to provide support/encouragement and monitor the children. 

c). Parents will provide log-in information, child’s grade, school name, teacher’s name, and class bell schedule.

d). Each child is required to be present ½ hour before their log-in time. Our staff will be happy to provide breakfast and help each student log in on time. (We ask all parents to adhere to this policy because the children will be in our care and logging in on time for necessary!)  

We hope this will be a great partnership with our school-age families to gain another successful school year.

Reminder: Brentwood Child Care – The Foundation of Knowledge and its staff are not governed or affiliated with the WCPSS. WCPSS policies and procedures do not supersede ours. 

Even though your child/children will be attending WCPSS virtual learning, it is on the premises of Brentwood Child Care. Therefore it is our policy and procedures that MUST and will be required to follow at all times for the safety of our staff and the families we serve. If you have any questions regarding any of the information you have received, you may contact our management at (919)-8726004.

Elise Smalls/Director

Shante’ Loftin/ Assistant Director

This policy is an agreement between Brentwood Child Care – The Foundation of Knowledge and parents of our enrolled students for our Remote Learning Program 2020-2021 school year.