After School Program Registration 2010-2011

Opens May 1 at 8 am at Decatur Recreation Center

231 Sycamore St., Decatur 30030 MAP

Please select this link to download details about the registration process. Important information! Please read in its entirety so you can be fully informed about the process.

New Households should complete:
>Household Information Form (PDF)
>Health History Form for each child (PDF)
>Fall Afterschool Registration form for each child (PDF)

Returning Households should complete:
>Household Update Form (PDF)
>Fall Registration Form for each child (PDF)


Families wishing to apply for financial assistance offered on a sliding scale should complete a Financial Assistance Application.

The process for currently enrolled families is different. Information will be distributed at After School Programs on April 1 and 2 and via email to families not attending on these days. Please contact CYS with questions or to request a pdf version of the forms or plans via email. Email requests should be directed to claire.miller@decaturga.com.

Please call the CYS Office at 404-378-1082 for questions about the registration process.

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Find out more:

After-School – Great for Every Kid!

Check the latest issue of the Playbook newsletter for information on programs and activities, plus how to register your child.

>Playbook newsletter
>After-School Parent Handbook (PDF)

After-School Program Overview

Grades K-5
Who says you can’t learn and have fun at the same time? Kids do it everyday in Decatur’s After-School Programs. Animal Crackers, Whiz Kids, and Project REAL are offered in collaboration with City Schools of Decatur. Animal Crackers serves kindergarten through3rd grade students. Its age-appropriate activities, combined with outside time and a caring staff, is almost like going home to milk and cookies (but with more friends and more fun.)

Whiz Kids at Glennwood Academy includes lots of kid-driven activities. Our 4th and 5th graders are involved in choosing and planning the program themselves. Project REAL at Renfroe Middle School gives its students a voice in planning special interest classes, field trips and community service projects. Kids at the middle school can be a part of the program every day or just be a part of what interests them most.
 

After school fees are due the 15th of each month prior to the beginning of each session. Session 1 fees are due July 15 and continue each month. There is a fee holiday in December.

Animal Crackers, Grade K-3
Hours: M-F, dismissal to 6:15 p.m.
Locations: Clairemont, Oakhurst, Winnona Park, Decatur Recreation Center

Whiz Kids, 4th/5th Academy
Hours: M-F, dismissal to 6:15 p.m.

Registration fee: $35

Full registration (M-F) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resident $265/session, Nonresident $290/session

Part-time Registration -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resident:

$65 one day/week per four-week session

$130 two days/week

$195 three days/week

Nonresident:

$75 one day/week per four-week session

$150 two days/week

$225 three days/week

Waiting Lists: The elementary school sites (K-3 and 4-5) will fill up. If the space is available, K-3rd graders are eligible for the Decatur Recreations Center Animal Crackers program until it is filled. Children will be placed on a waiting list for the desired program. Children may attend DRC Animal Crackers and also remain on the waitlist for the desired school-based program. As spaces open during the course of the year, Children and Youth Services Division will contact families in the order in which they appear on the waitlist for the respective program. Please make sure CYS has current contact information for your family.

For more information contact Marian Melton, call 404-378-1082 send an email.

Project REAL
Grades 6-8
There’s lots of new things for you to do! Come every day or just sign up for a class. You can hang with Project REAL before and after your class. Kids who register for five days per week get a free class of their choice. See what works for your busy schedule. Fridays will feature youth-directed activities including monthly field trips (for additional fee), service learning projects, and special events. Get REAL at RMS.

Project REAL • grades 6-8

Renfroe Middle School

M-F, dismissal to 6:15 p.m.

Registration Fee: $35

Full Registration -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resident: $180/session

Nonresident: $205/session

Part-time Registration -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resident: $45 one day/week per four-week session

$90 two days week, $135 three days/week

Nonresident: $55 one day/week per four-week session

$110 two days/week, $165 three days/week

Class Registration (schedule announced seasonally - MW and TuTh)  Resident:

$45 per 4-week/4-class session

$90 per four-week/8-class session

Nonresident:

$55 per 4-week/4-class session

$110 per four-week/8-class session

All-Day Camps
Grades K-8
Teacher work days/most holidays

Animal Crackers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resident: $30/day ∙ Nonresident: $35/day

Whiz Kids and Project REAL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resident: $40/day ∙ Nonresident: $45/day

Children and Youth Services provide care for students on Teacher Work Days and other holidays. This allows parents to be at work and gives the children a day with friends from other after-school sites. Children not enrolled in the after-school program are eligible to attend all-day camps. Registration is limited.

Animal Crackers children (K-3) meet and play at the Decatur Recreation Center, 7:30 a.m.-6:15 p.m. Each day has a special theme. Students attending Whiz Kids and Project REAL (4th-8th) will meet at Decatur Rec and proceed on a field trip or participate in a service learning project that day. Children bring a lunch from home. Drinks and snacks are provided.

Information regarding new Enrichment Camps during extended school breaks will be published soon.

For more information contact Marian Melton, call 404-378-1082 send an email.

* Limited financial assistance is available for Decatur residents who demonstrate a need.