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Vacation App

2010 New Family Summer Registration Packet

To view, click here (PDF, 392KB). this form if you are not attending Kids & Company currently.

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2010 Current Family Summer Registration Packet

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Kids & Company Summer Adventure Camp

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"Summer Adventure Camp 2010"

Enrollment is Now Open!

Full Day forms available to the left of this page!

 Before & After enrollment open for Summer School students !

Vacation Appclick here for before & after enrollment form

Kids & Company participates in the Iowa Quality Rating System!

Kids & Company Summer Adventure Camp is for children ages 4 through 12. Curriculum and activities will be designed to engage your child throughout the summer in a fun, inviting, age appropriate setting.

 

Please consider Kids & Company for your summer childcare needs in 2010!

Our program runs through the last week of summer vacation!

Field trips, special visitors and swimming at the ISD pool will also occupy children throughout the summer months. Hydrant parties are always a big hit! Many visitors, weekly themed programming with exciting field trips will help to provide a busy and stimulating summer for your children.

Club Mondays will engage your child in a special interest. Meeting weekly, including Karate, gardening, and many more!

The CHARACTER COUNTS! program utilizes visual arts, dramatic play, and children’s literature, to learn about core ethical values as the basis of good character. Focused activities with the information and values used are modeled throughout the week. (check out www.iowacharacter.org for additional information.)

Kid Fit will encourage your child to move and exercise for fun, as well as learn basic skills of various sports, and healthy eating habits.

Our Summer Reading program will keep your child reading through the summer, helping him or her to retain skills from the school year and be ready to start again in the fall.

Summer at Kids & Company also offers your children a time to relax, to play with friends, and to enjoy just being a kid. Offered at select elementary schools (see list below), the Kids & Company sites are conveniently located for you as you head for work in the mornings and stop at night to pick up your children. Rooms are divided up by age groups to provide more age appropriate programming specially geared to your child’s level. Site directors of school-year Kids & Company programs will be sharing the supervision of the summer programs. This year's summer location will be:


                 Walnut Grove Elementary

            2029 Ave J

             

Compare our prices with other school-age summer care providers and you will find Kids & Company offers the highest quality, most affordable program available. Breakfast and afternoon snack are included in the weekly cost, as are all field trips and weekly swimming.  Lunches will be provided by the Summer Lunch Program. On days the Summer Lunch Program is not available, we request that you send a sack lunch for your child. There are NO hidden charges!  There are a minimal number of reduced fee scholarships available for families based on qualifying income and significant reduced fees for more than one child in a family. 

Call the office at 322-8800 ext. 10 for additional information, click here for registration information, or stop into our office in the Omni Centre.


Schedules and Closings

Kids and Company is open 6:30 AM – 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday starting May 26th.

Kids and Company will be CLOSED: May 27th & 28th,

                                                July 2nd, and August 16th

Registration Information
New families may download for each child using the Registration Packet link below, or you may pick one up at our office in the Omni Centre. There is a $15.00 non-refundable registration fee per family.

 

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Summer 2010 Fee Summary Information

Child Care Fee Explanation: Child care fees are based on the number of days your children attend. Please refer to the charts below for specific information.


Summer Adventure weekly charges: A minimum weekly charge of 3 days will be billed to each family enrolled in the summer program. A higher daily rate is charged for less than five days attendance.

Summer Exploration Before & After: A minimum weekly charge of 5 units will be billed to each family. A unit is one session before or 1 session after school.

Payment Expectations: parents may pay for childcare on either a weekly or bi-weekly basis. Payment on a less frequent basis is not acceptable. Weekly invoices shall be provided at the site on Wednesday of each week for services provided during the previous week. Parents are expected to respond to weekly invoices with payment for services provided. Failure to keep accounts current will result in termination from the program.

There is a 3-day MINIMUM weekly

charge per family


2010 Summer Fee Summary

Full Fee Families

# Children 5 Days 4 Days 3 Days
1 Child $112.50 $94.00 $75.00
2 Children $190.00 $158.00 $130.00
3 Children $270.00 $220.00 $185.00

CCS Families - Full time only

# Children 5 Days 4 Days 3 Days
1 Child $95.00 N/A N/A
2 Children $145.00 N/A N/A
3 Children $195.00 N/A N/A

Income Guidelines

Families are eligible for financial assistance for childcare if the gross monthly income, according to family size, is no more than the amount on the chart below. Only for full time enrollments! All others pay the full Fee amount.

Family Size DHS CCS
2 Members $1,692 $2,159
3 Members $2,127 $2,741
4 Members $2,562 $3,269
5 Members $2,997 $3,824
6 Members $3,432 $4,379
7 Members $3,867 $4,934

 

Click to view our calendars:

June   July    August

Visitors to include:

  Puppet Personalities: Chris  

      Short; professional puppetteer

  Civil War Soldier: from RR

    Museum

    Council Bluffs Fire Dept:     

      Kids will play in the giant hydrant 

      sprayers in a blocked off street area!

   SOLAS- Pet Care and Safety

   Recycling Demo: Kelly's Carpet

   Face Paiting

   Poppin' Penelope: Balloon Artist

Weekly Field trips include:

   DeSoto bend

   Valentino's Tour

   Omaha Horse Patrol

   UNO Planetarium

   Camp Neyati (Family Day)

   Swimming (weekly)

   Arbor Day Farm

   Omni Theater

   Children's Museum

   Omaha Spray Grounds

  

 
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