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APPLYING FOR ADMISSION
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Parents are asked to make a pre-application visit to review Boys & Girls Club policies, tour the facilities and evaluate the environment and staff.
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A parent or guardian must complete application for membership. Teens are required to have completed membership applications signed by a parent or guardian as well.
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A parent or guardian and child must attend a new member orientation.
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A parent or guardian must complete the application, health forms, parent agreement form and parent handbook prior to admission.
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Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
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Enrollment is open to all children ages 6-18. Boys & Girls Clubs do not discriminate regardless of race, creed, religion or national origin.
SCHOOL YEAR/SUMMER PROGRAM FEES
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Children and teens are allowed three non-member visits to the club at no cost.
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A late fee of $5.00 is charged if child is not picked up by closing time.
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Fees are $10 per week for the after school program.
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Fees are $50 per week for the summer program. There also is a $10 registration fee for the summer program.
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Additional fees may be required for programs including, but not limited to field trips, Keystone and Torch Club dues.
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Your membership application fee and field trip fees reserve a space for your child. We are unable to provide refunds on any fees.
TELEPHONE POLICY
The Club’s telephones are for business and emergency use ONLY. If a call to a parent/guardian is necessary, the member must receive permission from the appropriate staff to make such a call.
GUEST POLICY
A member may bring guests. Each guest may visit three times during the year and sign our visitor’s sheet. Once a child or teen has been a guest, he/she may become a member on their next visit. Guests may not attend field trips.
BASIC RULES OF PARTICIPATION
All children who attend the Boys & Girls Clubs or Teen Center must follow these rules of participation at all times.
· Follow first request of staff.
· Keep hands, feet and objects to yourself.
· Walk in hallways and in activity rooms-no running.
· Use quiet voices in hallways and in activity rooms.
· Use proper language and gestures.
· Treat others like you want to be treated.
· No gang insignia or signs will be allowed
· Staff will be referred to as Mr., Mrs., or Ms.
· No sagging allowed
DISCIPLINARY ACTION
Should your child or teen break any of the aforementioned rules, the following corrective action will be taken.
· Informal guidance by a staff member with child (Discussion of inappropriate behavior).
· Phone call to parent.
· Parent conference with staff.
· Club or Teen Center suspension.
Every effort will be made to keep parents informed of inappropriate behavior before suspensions are given. However, certain behavior including fighting, cursing, destructive behavior, being in an off-limits area and leaving the club without permission may result in a next day suspension. Members are not allowed to leave the club without prior written permission by the parent or guardian at any time. Teen Center members may sign themselves out after notifying a staff member that they are leaving the teen center.
WEAPONS AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
Members or guests possessing a dangerous weapon shall not be permitted in the Club or Teen Center. A dangerous weapon is a gun; knife, razor, or any other object by in its use is intended to inflict bodily harm. In cases that clearly involve a gun or which involve any other weapon used in a threatening manner, the police shall be called and the individual shall be subject to immediate disciplinary procedures including expulsion from the Club or Teen Center.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE: PLEASE SCAN IN AND OUT USING KID TRAX ID CARD
ARRIVAL: Please accompany your child into the Club and deliver the child directly to a staff person and sign the child in. Please contact the club if your child is going to be absent. Teens are required to sign themselves in upon arrival to teen center.
DEPARTURE: When picking your child up from the club, please make sure that you notify a staff member that the child in leaving the club and sign the child out. Teens are required to sign themselves out when leaving teen center.
RELEASE PROCEDURE
If another person other than the parent or authorized person listed in your child’s file is picking up your child you are required to notify the Club by a written note or a phone call. When communicating this information over the phone or in a note witnessed by a staff person please give your name and the name of the person picking up your child. We ask you to inform this person that for security issues we will request some sort of identification. Your child will not be released to any person's) exhibiting risky behavior (drunk, intoxicated on any substance)
SNOW DAYS
In the event of hazardous weather conditions, please listen to WAKM 950 AM for operating hours of the club. Transportation will not be provided on days that the school system closes early due to inclement weather.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE
If the child has a confirmed case of a contagious disease he/she must be kept at home and the fact of this condition reported to the club so that notice can be posted within the club. Strep throat, pinworms, viral infections, infected ears, eyes and/or sinuses, measles, mumps, chicken pox, scarlet fever, diarrhea and impetigo are among those conditions categorized as highly contagious. Any member who is suspected of being ill will be removed from their group and taken to the Director’s office until he/she is picked up. Please have a doctor’s note for your child if the child is absent more than three days in a row.
MEDICINE POLICY
State law requires that any medicine be in its original container with the child’s name on it. Please complete a medication release form available at the club. Medicine will not be administered by Club staff unless specifically authorized by the parent in writing. A parent or guardian must complete this form with the following information:
· Child’s name
· Type of medication
· Amount to be administered
· Time of administration
· Number of days medication is to be given
· Whether medication is refrigerated
· Signature of parent or guardian
ACCIDENT/MEDICAL POLICY
The health and safety of your child is our top priority, yet young people may occasionally suffer a minor injury during the day. If this should happen an accident report will be completed by your child’s caregiver and given to you at the end of the day. A copy of the accident report is also placed in your child’s folder.
In the event of a medical emergency or an accident requiring medical treatment we will:
· Contact you immediately regardless of the severity of the injury.
· Contact the emergency person's) listed if we are not able to reach you
· Your child will be transported to the hospital if emergency treatment is needed.