Camp Procedures
Welcome to Park Day Summer Arts Camp! We look forward to a continuing and growing relationship with you and your child/children. In order for camp to operate safely and efficiently, we ask that parents read and become familiar with the procedures listed below. Please review the section regarding Basic Rules with your child/children, for their safety.

Dropping Children Off in the Morning
If you have signed up for Extended AM Care, you may drop your child/children between 8:00 am. and 8:25 am. Our program begins at 8:30 am, but you may drop your child/children off between 8:30 am. and 9:00 am. When you arrive at camp, you must sign your child in (initial your name & mark down the time), while your child is directed to their cubby area. Parents may also join their child to see where they go. Instruction begins by 9:30 am. All campers are expected to be at camp by 9am.

General Schedule

• 8:30 - 9:15 Welcome & Free Play Time/Orientation
  Activities range from free-time play (indoor - outdoor play),floor games, group games, drawing, reading, storytelling, sports & socializing.
• 9:15 - 10:00 Circle Gathering
  All children gather together as a group in our meeting room. Attendance is taken; special announcements are made; new and returning campers are introduced; teachers/artists of the day are introduced and their classes are described; any concerns are brought up by either kids or staff.
• 10:00 - 12:45 Structured Activities: Classes 1 & 2
  Classes consist of learning projects, art activities, performing arts or visual arts. Classes last approximately 1 hour 15 minutes. In between classes there is a half-hour play period which includes a morning snack.
• 12:45 - 2:00 Lunch
  Children provide their own lunches. Supervised free-play follows.
• 2:00 - 2:30 Quiet Time
  Quiet rest period. Individual reading, drawing, games,nap, etc
• 2:30 - 3:45 Structured Activity #3
• 3:45 - 4:00 Afternoon Snack & Free-play
• 4:00 - 5:30 Club Time
  Child chooses an activity club: sports, games, art, swimming or water play (depending on weather and day--usually on Wednesdays), individual projects, free-time play, finish (art project) time, drama, computers, dress up, drawing, etc.

Basic Rules (please review these rules with your child!)

• Shoes must be worn at all times, except at the discretion of camp staff. (For example, on water play days, kids are encouraged to take their shoes off while in the sand)
• A child should notify Judy or Moses or one of the teachers when he/she needs to leave the yard or classroom for any reason (such as going to the bathroom, getting a drink). No child is allowed outside in the yard without a teacher being present. Children must remain within visual sight of an adult.
• At the sound of one whistle, all children should pay attention to the announcements being made by the staff person: (one whistle usually means it¹s time for snack; it¹s time for the next class to begin or it¹s time for afternoon circle).
• Three whistles in a row signify an emergency situation and all children must stop whatever they¹re doing and meet on the dirt playing field. If indoors, they must listen to the teachers instructions. 3 WHISTLES MEANS STOP, LISTEN AND RESPOND QUICKLY.
• The campus of Park Day Summer Arts Camp is closed during the camp day. Children may not leave the camp grounds unless accompanied by a parent or counselor. Please notify Moses or Judy if you are taking your child off campus during the mid day program.
• Nothing should be thrown into the air except for recreational equipment such as balls and frisbees. No rock/sand or stick-throwing.
• Children may not climb on the trees unless a staff person gives them permission.
• Please do not allow your child to bring into camp toy guns, matches, pocket knives, or other items which may be injurious to self or others.
• Use of GameBoys, Walkman radios/CD or tapeplayers are limited to club time hours and only indoors. Limited use to 1/2 hour per hour.
• Please leave cell phones in backpack or turned off while in class
• Profane or abusive language, hitting or any kind of abuse is not permitted at any time. Physical assaults (hitting) and / or verbal abuse are justified grounds for parental conferences and / or dismissal from camp.
• Be friendly and please don't exclude other kids. (No secret or private clubs)
• Please keep your hands and feet to yourself--no hitting or hurting other kids.
• When inside the building, walk--please, no running inside.
• If someone does something or says something to you that you don't like or hurts your feelings, ask them to STOP and tell them why. If they don't stop, tell one of the teachers/adults.
• No jumping off the swings, play structures or trees.
• Have fun and respect other people, their art work and belongings.
• Please use indoor voices when indoors and outdoor voices only outdoors.
• When in line waiting for snack please do not push or shove.
• Try new things: explore the materials & projects in a new way.
• Be open to new ideas and suggestions.
• The slides are one way down and the ladder is one way up.
• Do not go behind any of the buildings unless you have permission
• If you see unfamiliar kids or adults inside the camp area, tell Judy or Moses or one of the teachers.

Lunch & Food Rules
Children are expected to bring their own lunches every day. This should include a nutritious meal & drink. We discourage children from eating too much sugar and junk food, so please no candy or soda.

The camp provides a snack for the children in the middle of the morning and at mid-afternoon, at about 11 am and 3:45 pm. You may also pack a snack. Food is served and eaten only in certain designated areas. No eating inside the building.

Please do not take your child off grounds for lunch without letting us know; however, you are most welcome to stop by and join your child for lunch. We encourage children to recycle glass, aluminum & plastic. Recycling containers are provided near the trash containers.

Lost and Found
All of your child's belongings and clothes (lunch bags, thermos, backpacks, bathing suit, towels, books, toys, etc.) should be clearly labeled with his/her name. Park Day Summer Arts Camp in not responsible for lost items. All items will be placed in a lost and found container located near the check in/out area. Please check the container periodically for your child's lost belongings. Unclaimed items are donated to a charity or to an inner city school program at the end of the camp season.

Illness
Please do not send your child to camp if he/she is not feeling well or has a fever. We do not have the facilities or staff available to care for them. If a child is well enough to attend camp, she/he will be expected to go outside for lunch / recess. There is no indoor supervision for sick children provided. If you child has a special health need, please talk this over with either Moses or Judy. Our staff will make efforts to provide a recuperating child with extra rest. If a child becomes ill at camp or has a fever, parents (or, if parents are unavailable, friends listed on the emergency form) will be contacted and asked to take the child home ASAP. For insurance and safety reasons, no medication will be administered by a staff person unless special arrangements are made in writing with Moses or Judy. Please discuss any special health considerations (physical, emotional, social, psychological, learning, behavioral, etc.) for your child with Moses or Judy. It is extremely important that we are aware of your child¹s needs.

Emergency Procedures
Upon enrolling children, parents are asked to provide detailed information concerning each child¹s health, including chronic illness or conditions, allergies, susceptibility to disease or injury, and any other medical considerations. Copies of these forms are kept in kept confidential and on site.

In case of illness, accidental injury or emergency during the camp day, camp staff will contact parents at home or at work immediately. We also ask parents to provide us with the numbers of relatives, friends or neighbors in the event we are unable to contact them (parents) during school hours.

In the case of serious medical or health emergencies, camp officials will contact a local hospital for professional advice or, if needed, ambulance service and/or treatment by a physician. Parents are asked to provide us with information concerning emergency treatment preferences.

Each child must have an EMERGENCY FORM on file prior to the first day of camp. We cannot admit children into the program without this form.

Communicable Diseases
Please do not send your child to camp with a communicable disease. Such diseases spread with alarming speed in a camp setting and we need your help to insure the health of all of our campers. This is especially a concern with head lice or symptoms of head lice: if your child is scratching their scalp more than usual, check for nits.

If your child or other family member has contracted a communicable disease*, you must inform Moses or Judy about: (a) what disease your child has/has come in contact with (ie. chicken pox, measles), (b) probable date contracted and where, (c) what the symptoms are, (d) what the treatment is, and (e) any other pertinent information, such as periods of incubation and communicability, name of treating physician, when your child will return to camp, etc. Any child who has been absent from camp due to a communicable disease will be readmitted only with a physician¹s and camp administrator¹s approval. Park Day Summer Arts Camp will follow Alameda County Health Department procedures in the event of a suspected communicable disease.

*COMMON CUMMUNICABLE DISEASES: head lice, pin worms, scabies, other parasites, hepatitis, scarlet fever, mumps, chicken pox, strep infections.

Property Damage
Parents are responsible for the full replacement of any camp/school property damaged by their child (i.e. broken windows, acts of vandalism).

Picking up your child/dropping off: (Sign in/out)
Please let Moses or Judy know in writing (leave us a note indicating who the authorized pick up people are) if you have authorized anyone else to pick up your child. Children must be signed out before leaving the grounds. If you have an emergency and cannot pick up your child by 5:30 pm, it is imperative that you call and let us know so that arrangements for your child can be made. Our direct camp phone is: 510-719 8652 or 719 8781.

There is a late fee of $20.00 for late pick ups after 5:30 pm. Make arrangements for extended care to avoid these charges. After 6:00 pm, if your child has not been picked up, the emergency contingency plan will allow your child to be picked up and taken to the home of the next authorized person listed on the Emergency Form. We will leave a message on your answering machine, voice mail or cell phone with information about whom and where your child was taken.

Enrollment Agreement & Statement Information

• An invoice statement will be sent with current balance due.
• Our tax I.D. number is printed on the top of the enrollment statement
• Partial payment / installment arrangements must be made with Moses prior to when payment is due. We're flexible.
• The balance of your account is due 30 days upon receipt of invoice.
• All balances must be paid in full by the first day of camp.
• New families must make full payment 3 weeks prior to the first day of enrollment. Cash, Money Order or a Cashiers Check will be accepted on the first day of enrollment.
• A late fee of $15 will be added to remaining balances which are past due. (see statement regarding date balance is due - usually 30 days net.)
• A $35 fee will be charged for all uncollected returned checks - future payments must then be made in cash, money orders or bank / cashier checks

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