Before School/Extended Day Programs

***The 2024-2025 Online School-Specific Registration Links

can be found at the bottom of this newsletter.***

Registration for NEW families opens on Monday, June 3, 2024 at 8:00 AM and closes on Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 11:59PM.

A lottery for enrollment for NEW families will be held on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

Registrations received after the June 23, 2024 deadline will be added to our waitlist on a first-come, first-served basis.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING REGISTRATION FOR THE 2024-2025 BEFORE SCHOOL & EXTENDED DAY PROGRAMS FOR INCOMING KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 5 STUDENTS:

• Registration for NEW families opens on Monday, June 3, 2024, at 8:00 AM and closes at 11:59 PM on Sunday, June 23, 2024. Registration will be online via Google Form. The links to the school-specific registration forms can be found at the bottom of this newsletter.
• Registration is not first come, first served. A lottery for enrollment for NEW families will be held on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The lottery will not be held live.
• Families will be notified via email on or before July 8, 2024 if, based on the results of the lottery for enrollment, their student(s) is being offered a confirmed space in the program or if they have been waitlisted.
• Registrations received after the June 23rd deadline will be added to our waitlist on a first come, first served basis.
• There is a one-time, non-refundable registration fee of $100.00 per child to activate your student’s registration. Registration fees are due by Monday, July 22, 2024. Please do not submit your registration fee until you receive your lottery results notification email that will be sent to you on or before July 8, 2024. That email will contain payment instructions. For those being offered a space in the program, the $100.00 registration fee is due in addition to the first month's tuition by Monday, July 22, 2024. For those being place on the waitlist, the $100.00 registration fee is due if you'd like your student to remain active on the waitlist.

2024-2025 GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION FOR INCOMING K-5 STUDENTS:Watertown Community Education and The Before School and Extended Day Programs:

• Watertown Community Education, a department of Watertown Public Schools, is pleased to offer optional, fee-based Before School and Extended Day Programs for WPS students in Kindergarten through Grade 5.
• The Before School and Extended Day Programs are available to Grade 1 - Grade 5 students on the first day of school and to Kindergarten students beginning on their first full day of school.
• The Before School and Extended Day Programs are not academic programs. These are social and play-based programs offering students a schedule of activities each day that include a balance of structured and unstructured time. We offer arts and crafts, movement activities, group-based activities that are both student- and teacher-led, and free playtime with a variety of toys and materials. Students enrolled in the Extended Day Program will spend time outdoors daily, weather permitting.

• 2024-2025 K-5 BEFORE SCHOOL & EXTENDED DAY PROGRAM HOURS:
• The Before School Program runs from 7:15 AM – 8:05 AM. Students can be dropped off anytime within these hours. Kindergarten students enrolled in the program will be walked to their daytime kindergarten classroom or meeting area at 8:05 AM each day.
• The Extended Day Program runs from 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Students can be picked up anytime during these hours.

• 2024-2025 K-5 ENROLLMENT SCHEDULE OPTIONS & TUITION INFORMATION:

  Enrollment options for The Before School Program:

  • 5 day per week enrollment (only registration option)

  
  

  Enrollment options for The Extended Day Program:

  • 5 day per week enrollment

  • 3 day per week enrollment (schedule must be Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays)

  • 2 day per week enrollment (schedule must be Tuesdays and Thursdays)

  • * No exceptions can be made to the days included in these enrollment options.

  • * Priority will be given to registrations for 5-day per week enrollment.

  
  

  Tuition for The Before School & Extended Day Programs:

  • Tuition is paid on a monthly basis and is broken down into 10-equal monthly payments. Your first month’s payment is due by Monday, July 22, 2024, to secure and confirm enrollment.

  • Tuition rates for the 2024-2025 Before School and Extended Day Programs are subject to an annual review and approval process. Finalized rates may not be available until summer 2024. Please see our current, 2023-2024 K-5 Before School and Extended Day Tuition Chart for reference.

  • We do not offer scholarships or reduced rates based on income. Child care vouchers are not accepted for these programs.

  
  

  
  

1. The link to register for the 2024-2025 Before School & Extended Day Programs will be available to new families beginning Monday, June 3, 2024, at 8:00 AM. There is no option for paper or in-person registration. If you do not have access to a computer/internet, please reach out to Debi Cornelius debora.cornelius@watertown.k12.ma.us to make an appointment to come to the school to register using one of our computers. The initial registration period runs from 8:00 am on Monday, June 3, 2024, through 11:59 PM on Sunday, June 23, 2024. ***The registration link can be found at the bottom of this newsletter.***

2. You must complete an online Google Form registration form for each student you wish to register for the program.

3. Registrations for both the Before School and Extended Day Programs will be entered into a lottery for new student enrollment according to the schedule you are registering for and your student’s grade level. Priority is given to students registered to attend 5-days per week. Students registered to attend 3 days per week (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays) are matched up with other students in their same grade level with 2 day per week schedules (Tuesdays and Thursdays) to ensure the remaining spaces in our groups are enrolled efficiently with equal enrollment on each day of the week to the extent possible.

4. Once you submit your registration form, you will receive an email from the email address “Google Forms” that will provide you with a copy of the online registration form you submitted. Please check this form and the information you submitted thoroughly to ensure it accurately reflects the program and schedule you are registering for. **Sometimes this email from Google Forms may go to your junk mail/spam folder.** This email also serves as confirmation that you successfully registered your student for the program and so long as you completed the form prior to 11:59 pm on June 23, 2024, your student will be entered into the lottery for enrollment.

5. Once a registration form is submitted, parents are responsible for emailing any schedule corrections to their form to both Debi Cornelius debora.cornelius@watertown.k12.ma.us AND Jeff Bodner jeffrey.bodner@watertown.k12.ma.us prior to 11:59 PM on June 23, 2024. After 11:59 PM on June 23, 2024, any corrections to your initial registration form will be considered a registration change. Registration changes after the June 23th deadline will nullify your original registration. You will need to submit a new registration and your student will be placed at the end of our program waitlist.

6. If you are registering more than one student, all students in your family will be considered one lottery space when placing your students in the programs. We will place siblings at the same time to the best of our ability and to the extent possible according to their individual grade/grouping availability. There is no guarantee that if one student in a family is placed, that all students will be placed.

7. Following the lottery and once a student is offered a space, schedule changes (from one set schedule option to another set schedule option) cannot be made. Registration changes after the June 23rd deadline will nullify your original registration. You will need to submit a new registration and your student will be placed at the end of our program waitlist.

8. If you wish to cancel your student’s enrollment prior to the first day of school, you must submit your request to withdraw from the program in writing to both Debi Cornelius debora.cornelius@watertown.k12.ma.us and Jeff Bodner jeffrey.bodner@watertown.k12.ma.us, no later than Friday, August 16, 2024, to receive a full refund of your first month’s tuition payment you left to secure your student’s enrollment. Any registration fees paid are non-refundable. If you do not provide written notice by August 16, 2024, your student’s enrollment for September cannot be canceled for any reason including if your student is moving out of Watertown or no longer planning to attend Watertown Public Schools. Requests to withdraw from the program effective during the month of September 2024, will not be accepted. Any requests to withdraw received between August 17, 2024, through September 17, 2024, will go into effect beginning October 1, 2024.

9. The lottery for enrollment will take place on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The lottery will not be held live. Process: Watertown Community Education will enter registered students from each family/household into a lottery according to the school and program for which they registered. Watertown Community Education will pull student/household names for each program using a random list generator such as Random.org. Students will be placed according to their lottery position, schedule, then the availability in their age/grade grouping. Families will be notified via email on or before July 8th if their student(s) received a confirmed space or if they have been waitlisted.

10. There is a one-time, non-refundable registration fee of $100.00 per child to activate your student’s registration. Registration fees are due on Monday, July 22, 2024. Please do not submit your registration fee until you receive your lottery results notification email that will be sent to you on or before July 8, 2024. That email will contain payment instructions. For those being offered a space in the program, the $100.00 registration fee is due in addition to the first month's tuition by Monday, July 22, 2024. For those being place on the waitlist, the $100.00 registration fee is due if you'd like your student to remain active on the waitlist.

11. If your student is offered a space in a program and you wish to accept, the first full month’s tuition plus the $100.00 non-refundable per student registration fee must be paid by Monday, July 22, 2024, to indicate your acceptance of the space. Payment instructions will be emailed along with the space offer. If full payment is not received by Monday, July 22, 2024, it will be assumed that you have forfeited your space and your student's space will be cancelled.

12. If your student is offered a space in a program and you are choose to decline their space but you would like to remain active on the waitlist, the $100.00 non-refundable registration fee must be received by July 22, 2024. If the registration fee is not received by July 22nd, your student's registration will be cancelled and they will not remain on the waitlist. Their initial registration cannot be reactivated at a later date. If you are interested in registering at a later time, you must submit a new registration.

13. If your student is waitlisted in a program, the $100.00 non-refundable per student registration fee must be received by July 22, 2024 if you would like your student to remain active on the waitlist. If the registration fee is not received by July 22nd, your student's registration will be cancelled and they will not remain on the waitlist. Their initial registration cannot be reactivated at a later date. If you are interested in registering at a later time, you must submit a new registration.

14. If your student is waitlisted and you have submitted the $100.00 non-refundable per student registration fee by July 22, 2024 to activate their position on the waitlist, you can expect to receive an email when and if a space becomes available for your student. We will not be sending out regular waitlist updates. If you have a question regarding your student's position on the waitlist at any time, please email both Debi Cornelius at debora.cornelius@watertown.k12.ma.us and Jeff Bodner at jeffrey.bodner@watertown.k12.ma.us.

If you have any questions regarding Watertown Community Education's Before School and/or Extended Day Programs, please contact

Debi Cornelius at debora.cornelius@watertown.k12.ma.us or

Jeff Bodner at jeffrey.bodner@watertown.k12.ma.us or 857-241-8499.

***2024-2025 BEFORE SCHOOL & EXTENDED DAY PROGRAM REGISTRATION FORMS***

CLICK THE HYPERLINK BELOW TO REGISTER FOR THE BEFORE SCHOOL AND/OR

EXTENDED DAY PROGRAM AT YOUR STUDENT'S SCHOOL.

2024-2025 CUNNIFF Before School and/or Extended Day Program Registration Form

2024-2025 HOSMER Before School and/or Extended Day Program Registration Form

2024-2025 LOWELL Before School and/or Extended Day Program Registration Form

2024-2025 ASSIGNED SCHOOL UNKNOWN Before School and/or Extended Day Program Registration Form