Viking Cove meets daily in the Viking Visionary Center at Saints Joseph and John School. After-school care is available for students in grades K–8 from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

Viking Cove meets daily in our Viking Visionary Center at Saints Joseph and John School. After-school care is available for students in grades K-8 from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Students in Viking Cove will experience supervised homework time, after-school snacks, outdoor activities, open gym time, and the resources of our Viking Visionary Center. To ensure students' safety, Saints Joseph and John's faculty and staff monitor all activities.

Vikings Cove begins on the first day of school and is offered every day school is in session except scheduled early release days and the last day of school.

The fee for Viking Cove is $10 per hour per student for the first hour and $8 for each subsequent hour. Charges are billed in 60-minute increments. 

Students are checked out of Cove at the time of pick-up, not when a REMIND notification is sent.

A LATE FEE OF $1.00 PER MINUTE IS CHARGED BEGINNING AT 6:00 P.M.

Students in Viking Cove enjoy:

Supervised homework time

After-school snacks

Outdoor activities

Open gym time

Access to the resources of our Viking Visionary Center

All activities are supervised by Saints Joseph and John faculty and staff to ensure student safety.

Program Dates:

Viking Cove begins on the first day of school and is offered every regular school day except scheduled early release days and the last day of school.

Pick-Up Communication – Remind Sign-Up Required:

For quick pick-up coordination and important updates, all Viking Cove families must join our Remind group — even if you’ve signed up in the past, as this is a new account for the 2025–2026 school year.

Join Viking Cove Remind

Or text @vikingcove to 81010

Students are checked out at the time of pick-up, not when a Remind notification is sent.

Pick-Up Procedure:

Parents pick up at Door E.

Notify Viking Cove via Remind 10 minutes before arrival so your child can be escorted to the door.

Parents and caregivers do not need to enter the building.

Late Pick-Up Policy:

A late fee of $1.00 per minute will be charged beginning at 6:00 PM.

Registration:

To help us staff Viking Cove appropriately, please complete the registration form below — even if you plan to use Viking Cove only occasionally. Once registered, you may send your child on an as-needed basis.

Register for Viking Cove Here

Only students attending Saints Joseph & John School may be enrolled in our extended day programs. Utilizing our extended day programs is a privilege, not a right. Students must comply with the rules and procedures established for the program as well as the behavior code of  Saints Joseph and John School in order to remain eligible to use extended day programs.

Viking Cove is part of the school program at Saints Joseph and John School. Therefore, the principal is responsible for the extended day program. The director of the program is responsible for the day-to-day leadership and organization of the program. She reports to the principal as needed. Concerns about the program should be brought to the attention of our program director, Ms. Puliafico. Concerns should be brought to the attention of the principal only after first discussing them with the director.

School policies and procedures are followed in the extended day program. The consequences for inappropriate behavior during the extended day program include but are not limited to time outs, time in the principal’s office, suspension from the program, and mandated withdrawal from the program. Children, whose behavior after several warnings and contact with parents, indicates that they are not benefiting from the program will be asked to withdraw. 

To help students stay organized and prepared during homework time at Viking Cove, we kindly request that each family provide a labeled pencil pouch for their child.

Please include the following items in the pouch:

Pencils

Pens

Eraser

A small box of crayons

These pouches will be stored on our homework cart and used during our daily quiet time for homework. Please clearly label the pouch with your child’s first and last name.

🎒 Note: Activity bags are no longer required this year.

Thank you for helping us create a calm, focused space for our students to complete their homework!

2:00 - 2:15  Check-In - *Kindergarteners are taken to Viking Cove by a teacher or aide.

2:30 - 3:45 - Student Rotations

• Homework/Quiet Time

Kindergarten - While Kindergarten students do not complete homework during quiet time they will engage in quiet activities such as coloring, reading stories, or watching movies.

Grades 1 - 8 - During homework time all students are required to work on homework, IXL, or silent reading.  Viking Cove is staffed by teachers who are available to help students during homework time.

*We ask that students have a pencil or pen in their backpack for homework and a book to read if they have no homework and others are still working.

• Outdoor Activities / Open Gym

• Snack time

Snacks are provided daily. Students are not permitted to bring their own snacks unless your child has an allergy. Please send a note with your child if they have an allergy.  All cookies come from nut-free factories

3:45 - 4:00 Bathroom break and washing hands

4:00 - 6:00 Free play, STEM activity, and craft time.

This includes outside play, movies, games, large group games, coloring, crafts, or toys. 

The schedule is subject to change.

You do not need to register for Viking Cove. Go to your Digital Academy Parent Dashboard and click on transportation choose the days the student will be attending.

You can tell the school how your child is getting home each day in the Transportation section of the dashboard. This is on the right side of the desktop site, and on the alerts tab of the mobile site. 

Click the Transportation section to see how your child is scheduled to get home on the current day. Use the arrow keys at the top to move between days. 

Click Change 1 Day to change how your child is getting home for the selected day. You can pick from the available methods and can also add a note. If you pick “Bus”, you can also pick the district and type the bus number. 

Click Change all days to change the default transportation method for your children. You will be able to specify a different transportation method for each child for each day of the week. If your school tracks AM Transportation, you will be able to specify how your child is getting to school as well. 

Select Aftercare and/or Beforecare as an option for Transportation. That will notify Ms. Puliafico that your child is attending aftercare for the day. 

If you are making a change of transportation after 8:30 AM please contact the school office.

When picking up please pull into the parking spaces by Door E.  There is no need to get out of your car, a teacher will be at the door to escort your child. 

A Viking Cove Remind account has been set up for parents to communicate with the director.  Parents can correspond with this app if there are changes to pick-up or any concerns. REMIND is a digital record required for billing, attendance, and behavior records. 

Notify Ms. Puliafico via REMIND if another approved adult is picking up a student. Please have them bring a driver's license or ID.

Parents will be contacted through REMIND or a phone call in case of an emergency. The extended-day staff uses the information provided on the school emergency form on Digital Academy. It is the responsibility of parents to update any information with the extended day staff as well as the school staff.

The director of the extended day program is the first to receive school closing information from the principal of the school.

Healthy snacks and a drink are provided daily. Occasionally, a special snack is provided. Parents must communicate with the staff of the extended day program IN WRITING if there are any dietary restrictions. If a child has food allergies, we ask that parents provide a snack for their child.

All cookies served come from nut-free factories.

The director of the extended day program keeps a formal record of attendance and payment of fees. Extended-day records are confidential and will be shared only with those who have a legal right to know. The pastor and principals have access to all extended-day records and logs. 

The director of the extended day program must be provided with custody decrees or other documents relating to parent contact with a child if both parents do not have custody of the child.

The program reserves the right to amend the handbook for just cause. Parents will be notified promptly in writing if changes are made.