Before and After Care

WELCOME TO EXTENDED CARE

Welcome to the SJA Extended Care Program!

Registration opened on August 7, 2025

Use this link to register for extended care!

EXTENDED CARE IS FULL! NO MORE REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THIS TIME.

We are looking forward to an exciting and enjoyable year in our program. Please read the information below carefully, as there are some changes from years past. We follow MSDE Office of Child Care regulations and AOB guidelines. All students must be registered each year and have an updated emergency form on file BEFORE they can attend either before or after care.

EMERGENCY CONTACT with Staff during Extended Aftercare Hours of Operation:

Please call 410-272-1387 extension 225. If no one answers, please leave a voicemail message. Also, email extendedcare@stjoanarc.org. Staff will be alerted that there is a voicemail and will check email as frequently as possible.

Before Care: Hours: 7:00 am - 8:00 am

PreK 3 & PreK 4 maximum of 10 students K-8th grade maximum of 15 students

Morning Care if FULL. No more registrations will be accepted at this time.

Before care students in K-8th grade, please use the Law St. door of our school. Ring the doorbell. Morning care staff will buzz you in. Please go straight to the music room at the end of the hallway downstairs. Parents do NOT walk students to the room. PreK 3 and PreK 4 year old students may enter differently and go to a different room, depending on how many need before care.

Aftercare: Hours: 3:10 pm - 6:00pm FULL no more registrations being accepted at this time.

Aftercare students are dismissed to Aftercare when the school day is over. Weather permitting, we usually have play/free time outside. We will eat our provided snacks outside or in the PreK classrooms depending on weather. Homework time will be offered when staffing permits. During homework time, students who do not have homework will go to the gym or PreK 3 room.

Electronics policy: Students are permitted to use electronic devices for homework, if necessary. All other non-school work related use of any electronic device (cell phones, tablets, iPods, iPads, etc.) will NOT be permitted. Extended Care staff reserves the right to confiscate electronic devices when students are using them during unauthorized time and/or if students are not using them appropriately.

Snack: Snack will be provided to all Aftercare students. Students will be provided with 1 pre-packaged snack per day.

AFTERCARE PICK-UP PROCEDURES: Pickup is on the large parking lot off of Plater Street. Please come to the PreK 3 outside classroom door and use the doorbell if needed. You must sign your child out before leaving the school grounds. Once a student is picked up from aftercare, they may not return back to aftercare.

DROP IN CARE

Drop In Care students MUST request 48 hours in advance of the day they need care.

Please use the tab "Drop In Care" at the top of this page to access the link for requesting extended care if you are registered as a drop in student. You will receive an email confirming there is a space for your child/children. Do not send your child to extended care (either before or after) if you have not requested AND received an email confirmation at least 48 hours ahead of time. I will email either way so please watch for an email from extendedcare@stjoanarc.org. Here is the link to the form to request aftercare.

https://forms.gle/z1ibbVSGPtUVXrQt7

Half Days: Hours: 12:05 pm - 4:00 pm

Students are checked into Aftercare at dismissal. After all are checked in, we typically have lunch time in the church hall. We often order lunch on our half days. An email will go out no later than 1 week prior to Half Days with a google forms link. If your student is registered in monthly aftercare, they are guaranteed a spot for half day extended care and there is no extra fee. Drop in students must request AND receive an email confirmation that we have space and will be charged accordingly. We often order lunch on half days at an extra cost. This year, all lunch orders will be billed through FACTS as an incidental charge. Sign up for lunch orders will still be done through a google form which can be found by clicking the tab at the top of this page, "Half Day Sign up & Lunch Order.". Late fees will begin accruing at 4:05pm.

Late Pick Up: Our Aftercare program ends promptly at 6:00 pm. This means that all Aftercare students, parents and staff should be out of the building by 6:00 pm. We have had issues with compliance of the 6:00 pm pick up time in the past, some rather extreme. While we understand that things occasionally happen (emergencies, unusual traffic, etc.), late pick up from our program is NOT OPTIONAL. The penalty for late pick-up is $5 per minute per child (i.e. 1 minute late = $5, 2 minutes late = $10, 15 minutes late = $75, etc.). The school building is used by many groups and cleaning is done each evening, therefore we cannot use the space past our scheduled time of 6:00pm. We also want to respect our aftercare staff's personal time. On Half Days, late fees will begin accruing at 4:05pm.