District 7 Summer Zone
Where Summer, Fun, and Friends Meet
Our 2019 summer enrichment program offers activities designed to provide opportunities and experiences which stretch your child’s imagination, spark a sense of curiosity and wonder, strengthen social and physical development skills, and create new friendships. We provide activities that are balanced to meet the interest levels of all children while allowing the elements of play to be woven throughout.
Summer Zone 2019 Program Information
2019 Registration Dates
March 4, 2019 – May 13, 2019
- Registrations received after May 13, 2019, will be considered pending and will be processed contingent upon space availability.
- Full registration payment must be received before your enrollment will be accepted.
- Your Kid Zone account must have a zero balance in order to enroll in Summer Zone.
Registration Location
Kid Zone Business Office @ Hadley House
708 St. Louis Street Edwardsville
Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Elementary buildings
do not accept registration forms or payments.
Payment Information
Weekly fee: $150
- A $25 nonrefundable registration payment for each week is due with your registration packet and will be applied to your weekly fee balance.
- Total due with registration packet:
($25 x # weeks selected)
- Total due with registration packet:
- Remaining balance ($125 x #weeks selected) is due by 3:00 p.m. on or before the Friday of each service week.
- Balances may be paid by check, cash, or via credit card or through our online system, EZ Child Track Parent Portal at ezchildtrack.com/ECUSD7/Parent
- Failure to reconcile your account will result in a hold of your child’s weekly registration and/or cancellation of your child’s enrollment.
Registration Forms
A completed Summer Zone registration will include the following and may be downloaded here:
| Summer Zone Registration Packet (Registration, Emergency Contact, Parent Agreement, Swim permission form) |
| Student Health Form (Non-District 7 Children Only) |
| Request for Medication to Be Administered (if a child requires the use of critical care items such as inhalers, epi-pens, and/or medication during program hours) |
Cancellation Procedure
- To cancel a weekly registration, notify the Kid Zone Business Office by 3:00 p.m. on the Thursday prior to the week of service.
- Summer Zone registration payments are nonrefundable, will be forfeited, and will not be transferred to future weeks.
- Cancellations made after this deadline will result in full payment of the week’s fee.
- Credits are not issued for children who do not attend due to illness, vacation, or the participant’s behavior.
Ages
Residents of District 7 who have completed grades K-5 during the 2018-19 school year.
Location
Woodland Elementary School
59 South State Route 157, Edwardsville, IL, 62025
Hours
6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
2019 Program Dates
May 29-July 19
- Week 1: May 29-May 31*
- Week 2: June 3-7
- Week 3: June 10-14
- Week 4: June 17-21
- Week 5: June 24-28
- Week 6: July 1-3 (closed July 4th & 5th)
- Week 7: July 8-12
- Week 8: July 15-19
*If additional days are added to the District 7 calendar due to inclement weather, Summer Zone will have an alternate start date of June 3, 2019.
Summer Zone Program is closed on the following days:
- May 27 & 28 (Memorial Day)
- July 4 & 5 (Independence Day Holiday)
General Information
Daily Arrival and Departure Procedures
All children must be signed in and signed out by a parent/guardian on the daily sign in/out attendance sheet.
- Summer Zone will open at 6:30 a.m. and close promptly at 6:00 p.m.
- A late pick up fee of $1/minute will be charged per child from 6:01-6:15pm.
- A fee of $5/minute, per child, will be charged after 6:15pm.
- After 6:01 staff will attempt to contact a parent/guardian or emergency contact person to pick up the child.
- Repeated late pick-ups will be reviewed by the Summer Zone Director and may result in services being suspended or revoked.
- Parent/Guardian or Authorized Emergency Designee will be required to show photo identification upon pick up.
- All emergency contacts must be listed on the Emergency Contact form on file and be over the age of 18.
- Persons not listed on the Emergency Contact list will not be allowed to sign out a child without prior notice to the Kid Zone Business Office.
- Summer Zone staff is not allowed to release children from activity groups, the playground, or bring them out to a parent’s car.
What to Wear to Summer Zone
- Socks and tennis shoes are required daily for all Summer Zone activities. We ask that children not wear flip flops, sandals, and/or crocs as they are not appropriate for our recreational activities.
- Children will need to provide swimming attire, towels, and a bag to store wet bathing items on Tuesday and Thursday.
- Dress for the weather and to have fun! We recommend that parents/guardians apply sunscreen prior to arrival, and send a hat for those sunny afternoons.
- Art will be messy! It is suggested that each child have a long sleeved, button down type shirt that may be worn over regular clothes. This will allow your children to be creative without worrying about getting art materials on their clothing. Children are welcome to keep a paint shirt in their locker.
- Wear your favorite sports team or EHS gear each Friday for Training Tomorrow’s Tigers!
Food
- Cereal and milk are available for purchase at a daily rate of $1.00 and will be added to your Summer Zone account statement each week.
- Lunch is available for purchase at a daily rate of $2.70 and will be added to your Summer Zone account statement each week.
- Parents/Guardians will indicate daily if their child is purchasing breakfast &/or lunch upon signing in to Summer Zone.
- If a child is signed in after 10:30, parents/guardians are responsible for providing the child’s lunch for the day as our lunch count order must be provided to Food Service by 10:15 a.m.
- Free and reduced lunch programs are not available during summer programs.
- Children are welcome to bring a lunch and drink, but we are unable to refrigerate or heat food. Milk may be purchased for $0.60.
- A daily snack and drink will be provided in the afternoon.
Off Site Schedule and Procedures for Pick Up
- All children will travel off site as a group according to the following schedule:
- Tues/Thurs – 1:00-3:30 p.m. EHS CFAC Pool
- Weds – 1:00-3:30 p.m. SIUE Cougar Lanes Bowling
- Fri. – 9:00-11:45 a.m. EHS Sports Facilities
- Parents/Guardians will need to arrive by 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday if children need to be picked up earlier than 3:30 p.m.
- Parents/Guardians will need to drop off children by 8:45 a.m. on Friday for children to be transported to EHS for scheduled sport activities. Parents/Guardians are not allowed to drop children off at EHS to Summer Zone staff.
- No children will remain at Woodland as there will not be staff supervision.
- Summer Zone staff is not allowed to release children to parents/guardians from EHS or SIUE.
Summer Zone 2019 Community/District 7 Partnerships
District 7 Summer Zone is delighted to collaborate with community resources found within our own backyard to bring outstanding programming to your child. Programming includes a series of enrichment activities presented across the weeks that are designed to grow your child’s interests in the areas of art, science, literacy, performing arts, sports and recreation. Our 2019 partners include:
- Edwardsville Arts Center
- The Center for STEM at Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville
- SIUE Cougar Lanes
- Edwardsville High School Athletic & Performing Arts Departments
- EHS Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center
- Edwardsville Children’s Museum
Behavioral Expectations
Program staff will work with children to make positive choices and to promote respect for others. Staff will encourage self-discipline by setting expectations and activity guidelines, focusing on choices, and promoting a child’s self-esteem. Our goal is to help children resolve conflicts and use self-regulation strategies so that children can have a positive experience at Summer Zone.
Children are expected to:
- Listen and comply with staff directions
- Follow all building and playground rules
- Demonstrate respect for themselves and others
- Keep hands, feet, and unkind comments to themselves
- Staff will work with the child and family to resolve problems. Strategies include the use of verbal reminders, 1:1 conference with the child, and if necessary, a regroup time where the child will be asked to sit out of the activity. All efforts will be made to give the child the opportunity to rejoin the activity.
- Site staff will communicate with parents verbally and with a Behavior Note when issues arise during the Summer Zone session. Parents may also be requested to pick up a child for the day who is disruptive to the flow of the program, or if the behavior results in an unsafe environment.
- No credits will be issued for absences due to behavior suspension or dismissal.
- Accommodations will be provided based on the individual needs of a child, as long as providing said accommodations would not pose an undue hardship on the program.
- If a child’s behavior poses a direct threat or safety concern to others or self, child care services will be revoked.
- If efforts to resolve the situation, or behaviors, are not productive, dismissal from the program may be a consequence.
Financial Assistance
Some families may qualify for child care assistance. Please contact the Children’s Home and Aid Society (CHASI) Child Care Resource and Referral Assistance Program at 800-847-6770 for more information. Parents may bring new applications and/or change of provider forms to the Kid Zone Business office, to have the provider sections completed, at Hadley House between the hours of 7:45 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Parents are responsible for submitting all forms to the CHASI office.
- Families are responsible for the full registration payment- $25 for each week selected. This payment is not covered by the CHASI program.
- Families are responsible for the full weekly fee until CHASI approval is received and verified. Please keep in mind that this process can take several weeks.
- Families are responsible for all copayments as determined by CHASI. Failure to reconcile your account may result in suspension of your child’s enrollment in which credits for future enrollment week deposits will not be given.
District 7 Medication Procedures – Summer Zone
The Edwardsville School District has policies and procedures in place to allow for medications to be administered during Summer Zone. If your child has medication needs, please indicate on the registration form and attach the completed Request for Medication to Be Administered form.
While the Summer Zone staff supervisors are trained in basic first aid/CPR procedures, 911 will be called for emergency situations. There will not be a nurse on site for the Summer Zone program.
- A Request for Medication to Be Administered form must be completed for all medications administered at Summer Zone, including over-the-counter medications such as Tylenol or cough drops and/or critical care items such as inhalers or Epi-Pens. Summer Zone is required to follow Illinois licensing laws, as well as, the Illinois School Code when administering medicine for the safety of your child and others.
- Medicine/Critical Care Items must be brought to Summer Zone on your child’s first day of enrollment in the original bottle/container with a pharmacy label (for prescription medications).
- Children may not transport their own medication. Medications will be stored in a locked cabinet in the Clinic office. Summer Zone staff will have access to the medications for all on and off site activities.
- Medications must be picked up by the parent/guardian at the close of the Summer Zone program on July 19, 2019 or the medication will be disposed of according to District 7 procedures.
- New medication forms must be filled out each year.
- Children who are District 7 residents, but do not attend District 7 schools, must complete a Health Information Form and submit with your Summer Zone registration packet.
Summer Zone Contact Information
Kid Zone Business Office @ Hadley House
708 St. Louis Street P.O. Box 250, Edwardsville, IL 62025
Phone: 618-655-6011
Hours: 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Email: kidzone@ecusd7.org
Webpage: http://ecusd7.org/summer-zone
Summer Zone Site Phone @ Woodland Elementary: 618-655-6969
Staff:
Director: MaryBeth Brown
Assistant Director: Emily Moore
Assistant Director: Evan Rieck
Administrative Assistant: Connie Kerlin