Open Hearth After School Kids is in its 15th successful year of 

 providing care, support, and enrichment to the children of the Mad River Valley.

Expectations of the Program

• • We offer STEM based enrichment activities such as science, engineering, and tinkering, along with creative arts, outdoor exploration, active games and recreation. We also sponsor guest presentations throughout the year.

  • We provide children opportunities to spend time with friends and enjoy activities that are age-appropriate.

  • We offer a safe and comfortable environment where children will learn and build confidence, self esteem, character and social skills.

  • We facilitate open communication regularly with families and and the school communities.

Value Statements

• • We value supporting children to realize their leadership, independent and creative qualities.

  • We value creating a responsive environment that celebrates each other's differences, similarities and individual contributions.

  • We value structured time for students to complete homework assignments in a supportive setting with trained staff.

  • We value supporting an educated and trained staff by striving to provide appropriate and adequate compensation.

  • We value family and community participation that enriches our program, whether it is by contributing personal skills and talents, supervising students or one-on-one tutoring.

  • We value engaged communication between the school and family community.

  • We value children participating in the curriculum development and planning processes based on a responsive classroom model to help them become invested, self-motivated learners.

  • We value creating an engaged relationship between the community and school