Youth Guidance Summer Camp Register before April 21st and receive $25 off your registration fee!

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1 Youth Guidance Summer Camp 2017 At Ravenswood Elementary School with Edison Regional Gifted Center Register before April 21st and receive $25 off your registration fee! WHO: Students from incoming grades Pre-K through 8 th Grade. Students from all schools are welcome! WHEN: The eight-week camp begins Monday, June 26 th and ends Friday, August 18 th with no camp on Monday, July 3 rd or Tuesday, July 4 th. Campers can register by week or choose the full eight- week option. There are two enrollment options: 7:30am-3:30pm (part-time) or 7:30am-6:00pm (full-time). Campers can be dropped off no earlier than 7:30am and picked up no later than 6:00pm. No child supervision is available outside of these times. WHERE: Ravenswood Elementary School (4332 N. Paulina St. Chicago, IL 60613) CAMP DESCRIPTION: Join Youth Guidance for an amazing C.A.T.S. summer experience! C.A.T.S. stands for Chicago, Arts, Technology and Sports. Campers will enjoy exploring Chicago history, people, museums, and sports. Summer camp at Ravenswood will also include arts and crafts activities, games, and STEM activities (with Lego Engineering). Along with age-appropriate and enriching field trips, first through eighth grade campers will enjoy a weekly trip to the swimming pool. Pre-K and Kindergarten campers will engage in water play activities at Ravenswood while the first through eighth grade campers attend the pool. STAFF: The summer camp staff is comprised of dedicated, caring individuals who have had extensive training and experience in child care development. We train our staff in and implement positive discipline which aligns with Ravenswood Elementary School s behavior and classroom management policy. All of our staff members hold or are working towards a college degree and are committed to providing a safe, constructive environment, for their students.

2 SAMPLE SCHEDULE: A finalized daily schedule will be provided in early June. Below is an example of a daily schedule. Each group will rotate and have differing schedules from other groups. MONDAYS: 7:30-8:30am Drop-off in Ravenswood School gym. (Board Games/Free Drawing/Card Games) 8:30-9:00am Free Breakfast in Ravenswood School gym. 9:00-9:30am Group check in before breaking out to different classes (Ice Breakers/Go over itinerary for the day) 10:30-11:30am TECH HR: Lego Engineering/Free Lego building for last 15 minutes of class 11:30am-12:30pm SPORTS HR: Kickball Outside on South Playground 12:30-1:30pm Free Lunch/Clean-up/Bathroom and Water Break/Recess 1:30-2:30pm* ART HR: Air-dry clay coasters 2:30-3:30pm CHI HR: History of the Cubs! 3:30-4:00pm Snacktime/Bathroom and Water Break/ pick-up for 3:30pm students 4:00-5:00pm Homemade Slime! 5:00-6:00pm Reading Time/Free Play and Recess until 6:00pm Pick-Up *Please note that Pre-K campers will nap at this time. Kindergarten campers do not nap in effort to prepare them for the upcoming school year. FIELD TRIPS*: Chicago Children s Museum DuSable African American History Museum Shedd Aquarium Museum of Science and Industry Brookfield Zoo Peggy Nortebaert Nature Museum Lego Land! * Locations of field trips are subject to change. SWIMMING: First through Eighth Grade campers will attend a YMCA pool (via school bus) one day out of the week for roughly one hour. Campers must provide swim apparel, water socks or shoes which can be worn pool-side and a towel. If your child cannot swim, they will remain in the shallow end of the pool with their respective summer camp counselor. Each and every camper must pass a swim test monitored by up to two life guards on duty to determine if they are eligible to swim the entirety of the pool. A waiver will be handed out to families prior to the first pool trip and this must be complete in order for your child to attend the swimming pool. Pre-K and Kindergarten campers will not attend the swimming pool at the YMCA. They will remain at Ravenswood where their respective summer camp counselor will prepare baby pools, water balloons and sprinklers for them to enjoy. Pre-K and Kindergarten campers must also provide swim apparel, shoes that could be worn pool-side and a towel. CAMP T-SHIRTS: Campers will receive one camp T-shirt at the beginning of summer camp. Campers are required to wear their camp T-shirts on all field trip days (not including swimming days).

3 DISMISSAL PROCEDURES AND POLICIES: Drop off: Summer campers will be dropped off between 7:30am-9:00am at the doors which lead directly into the Ravenswood Elementary School gym. You can find these doors facing Montrose Ave located in the front courtyard (near the school s Marquee). If you must drop your camper off late to camp, please come to door 6 in the back of the school where you would normally pick them up. If no one is there, please call (312) and a staffer will let your child in and escort them to their respective summer camp group. Pick up: Please go to Door 6 in the back of the school at Ravenswood Elementary. You will see garden planters and a basketball hoop near these doors. Ring the doorbell to the right of the doors and someone will let you in. Students will be dismissed through a Walkie Talkie system. When picking up your student, please tell the front desk attendant your child s name and grade. Your child s safety is paramount and therefore will not be released to any non-guardian unless their name is on the list of your child s approved pick-ups. Anyone on that list must present a photo I.D. to the attendant before they are allowed to pick up your child. Approved pick-ups are not transferred from previous school years so please make sure to include all approved pick-ups on your account registration form. Changes to your student release information (i.e. adding to your approved pick-up list) must be ed to the Resource Coordinators. Students must be signed out of camp daily. It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to provide copies of any relevant court documents regarding custody to the YG program office. Late pick up fees: A $1 fee is charged every minute for late pick-ups past 6:05pm for every family (full-time enrollment) or past 3:35pm (part-time enrollment). For example, if a child is picked up at 6:06pm, the family is charged $1. Extenuating circumstances will be taken into consideration for late pick-ups. OTHER CAMP NOTES: A cold breakfast and lunch is provided each day. Campers must bring their own afternoon snack. Campers must bring a labeled water bottle and sunscreen each day. Sharing food is not permitted at camp. Campers who require a personal aid during the school day are also required to have an aid (provided by the student s family) during camp. It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to provide information on any relevant medical conditions to the Youth Guidance program office, if special accommodations are needed. Youth Guidance is not responsible for any lost or stolen items.

4 PROGRAM FEES: The cost of our summer camp is below. Cost is dependent on number of weeks, the grade of the camper and the enrollment option. The full 8 week option reflects a 5% discount. FULL-TIME ENROLLMENT (7:30am-6:00pm) PART-TIME ENROLLMENT (7:30-3:30pm) A separate, non-refundable registration fee of $100 (per student) is due at the time of registration. The registration does not count towards tuition. Register before April 21st and receive $25 off your registration fee! Weekly option: Camp fees for week 1 of camp along with the $100 registration fee is due at the time of registration Weeks 2-5 are due on July 1st Weeks 6-8 are due on August 1st Full 8 week option: $100 registration fee is due at the time of registration Weeks 1-4 are due on June 25th Weeks 5-8 are due on July 25th Invoices will be automatically generated to your ASAP account on their respective dates. See payments below on how to pay. (When your credit card is entered and saved in the system, please note that payments will be on the auto-pay setting. To eliminate this option, you must delete your credit card from your account each time you make a payment.) Any changes of number of weeks needed must be ed by June 1st to the Resource Coordinators. If proper notice is not given when dropping weeks, families will be charged for those weeks. PAYMENTS: Payments can be made online or sent to the downtown Youth Guidance office. Payments will not be accepted at the school. Pay by Mail: Youth Guidance, ATTN: Tuition Department, 1 N. La Salle Street, Suite 900, Chicago, IL Please include your child s name and Ravenswood Summer Camp in the memo section of each check. Pay Online: Log into your ASAP account Select My Billing Info If you have any questions regarding payments or balances please contact your Resource Coordinator.

5 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Financial assistance can be arranged through Illinois Action for Children, a state funded assistance program. Once you are approved for Child Care Action (CCA) your monthly payments will only be a fraction of the cost of the full tuition. Should you qualify for assistance, you will still be responsible for paying the registration fee and completing the regular registration to be eligible for Summer Camp. For more general information on CCA, please visit the Illinois Action for Children website. To see if you are eligible to apply based on financial need, please visit the Paying for Child Care section of the website. All CCA applications must be signed by the Resource Coordinator and sent in by May 16th. Proof of submission must be given to the Resource Coordinator. CAMP BEHAVIORAL POLICIES AND EXPECTATIONS: Students are expected to follow Youth Guidance at Ravenswood Elementary School s behavioral expectations at all times. This includes being safe, responsible and respectful to all students, staff, and administrators. Campers must uphold the following expectations: 1) Campers are NOT permitted to bring or use toys from home, trading cards (Yu-Gi-Oh!,/Pokemon, etc.) or electronic devices during programming, including but not limited to: portable music players, smart watches, cell phones, handheld gaming devices, personal computers, ipads, etc. Cell phones must remain off during programming hours. Calls must be made to/from the program office line with program staff s permission. 2) Unauthorized items that are out during program hours will be confiscated by program staff and returned only to a parent/guardian. More than one violation will result in a write-up and a conference with parents/guardians. 3) At no point should campers be wandering the hallways unsupervised. 4) Campers may not leave the school building for any reason while in attendance at Summer Camp, except when accompanied by an instructor on a field trip. If a camper leaves the school grounds and returns to Summer Camp without proper permissions, they will receive an automatic two day suspension from Summer Camp. 5) Campers may not leave the school building to buy lunch or order lunch to be delivered. 6) Campers may not refrigerate or microwave food. 7) If a camper is signed out of Summer Camp, they may only return with parent/guardian permission. 8) For safety reasons, once a camper leaves the school building, they cannot remain on school grounds (playground, outside building) without adult supervision. 9) Campers must wait inside the school building to be picked up. 10) Finally, campers must adhere to instructions given by their camp counselor. Excessive disrespect toward other campers or program staff along with physical altercations will result in an automatic write-up. For a more comprehensive list of expected behaviors, please refer to the CPS student code of conduct available on the CPS website: Should students not follow through with the set expectations, they will receive a write-up. Once a student receives three write-ups they will be suspended from the Summer Camp program for two days. A fourth write up will result in expulsion from the Summer Camp program for the remainder of the summer. Please note that tuition is non-refundable.

6 HOW TO REGISTER: Read over the Youth Guidance Program Registration and Consents Packet before registering your child found online at If you have not previously registered on the ASAP portal, please be sure to read the following document: Complete registration form online at youth-guidance.asapconnected.com. You may also be expected to complete waivers for your child to participate in field trips or swimming with the YMCA. Submit your $100 non-refundable registration fee to Youth Guidance (see Payments above). Your child s spot will not be reserved until Youth Guidance has received the $100 registration fee. No student will be allowed to attend until they are registered online. If you currently have an outstanding balance with Youth Guidance, your child may not attend Summer Camp until the balance is resolved. your Resource Coordinator to inquire about your account balance. Registration will close on Monday, June 20th. Register before April 1st and receive $25 off your registration fee! Spots are reserved on a first come, first serve basis. A waitlist will be created once a class is full. Contact information: Alison Farajpanahi - Ravenswood Elementary Resource Coordinator: afarajpanahi@youth-guidance.org Emily Piper Ravenswood Elementary Assistant Resource Coordinator: epiper@youth-guidance.org Lindsey Ruenger - Edison Regional Gifted Center Resource Coordinator: lruenger@youth-guidance.org