DAYS AND TIMES:
Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays
9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
TUITION & PAYMENT
PALS offers parents two payment options:
Option #1: A co-op program where parents volunteer once a month in a classroom allowing for a reduction in tuition and involvement with other children and parents at PALS.
Option #2: Parents do not volunteer in a classroom and pay higher tuition.
The tuition fees for this option are listed in parentheses below.
Registration/Supply fee: ...........................$30 (Non-Refundable)
Monthly Tuition fees:
One Child / One Day per Week ........$40 ($55)
One Child / Two Days per Week ......$60 ($90)
One Child / Three Days per Week...$85 ($115)
NOTE: Tuition is due on the 10th of each month.
CURRICULUM
PALS has a theme-based curriculum.
Teachers plan age-appropriate activities around such themes as
* Animals
* Colors
* Community Helpers
* Families
* Food and Cooking
* Holidays and Seasons
* Weather
PALS publishes a calendar/newsletter each month with that month's themes listed.
Activities coordinated around each theme include art, crafts, music, games, stories, fine motor, large motor, science, pre-math, social skills, and visual discrimination.
In our curriculum, we balance the child's need for free-play and creative choices
with his need for structure and teacher-directed play.
The amount of teacher-directed activity varies with the ages of the children.
SPECIAL DAYS & EVENTS
SHOW AND TELL -- Children are encouraged to bring books or items of educational value to share with their friends.
HOLIDAYS -- On holidays, we have classroom parties. You may arrange with the teachers to bring treats or to help in other ways.
PIZZA DAYS -- On the last Friday of the month, we order pizza. You may send $1.50 if you would like for your child to have pizza for lunch that day.
SPECIAL EVENTS
* Picnic on the Playground
* Visit to the Pumpkin Patch
* Thanksgiving Feast
* Happy Birthday Jesus Party
* Valentine's Party
* Easter Egg Hunt
* Fire Truck Visit
* Water Fun Day
Information about special events will be in the PALS Newsletter.
SUMMER PROGRAMS
PALS is open for a couple of weeks during the summer.
We close for six weeks, the last two weeks of June and the month of July.
We also have PALS Plus, a summer program for school-age children, which meets at the same times as PALS. This is a recreational program, with arts, crafts, and games, available to the older siblings of our PALS children.
ADMISSION PROCEDURE
1. Call the church office at 706-291-0033, ext. 17
and make an appointment to visit PALS with your child.
2. Complete a registration form.
3. Submit the registration fee and first month's tuition.
Note: If our classes are full, we maintain a waiting list.