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Welcome
       2020-2021
  TOTS and All Aboard
     Open House
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Today’s Open House…
          ❧
▪ Overview of the TOTS and All Aboard classrooms

▪ Review Enrollment Requirements

▪ Questions and Answers

▪ Tour TOTS and All Aboard Classrooms
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2020-2021
 TOTS Classrooms
Infants (12+ weeks old) Classroom Serving:
    ▪ Westfield Washington School employees

Toddlers (1-2 year olds) Classrooms Serving:
    ▪ Westfield Washington School employees

Preschool Classroom Serving:
    ▪ Westfield Washington School employees
    ▪ Remaining openings will be filled by Westfield families
      with older child attending WWS through a lottery on
      February 20th.
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WWS and TOTS
           are
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     State Licensed
    What does this mean for our program?

    ●   Additional staff training
    ●   Student registration materials
    ●   Requirements for the classrooms
    ●   Changes to playgrounds
    ●   Meals
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GREAT NEWS!
              ❧
Westfield Washington Schools’ TOTS and All Aboard
program will be moving into a new building in the near
future
❧ One drop off location for parents
❧ More collaboration opportunities for educators
❧ Refined instruction and staff training
❧ Frees up space in the elementary schools

           Wheeler Road near Grand Park
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TOTS Childcare

        Classrooms:
          ▪ Infants age 12 weeks+

          ▪ Toddler B and Toddler C

          ▪ Preschool
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Infant Classroom
                           ❧
              Supporting WWS Employees Only

▪   Starting at 12 weeks old

▪ Comfort & Care

▪ Personal Attention

▪ Singing & Talking

▪ Individually Assigned Cribs
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Toddler Classrooms Focus
           ❧
       Supporting WWS Employees Only

               ▪   Comfort and Care

               ▪   Developing Language

               ▪   Strengthening Independence

               ▪   Feeding, Toileting, and Self-management

               ▪   Lessons in Letter Recognition and Number
                   Awareness

               ▪   Singing, Talking, Socialization
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Toddler B Classroom
Developmental Milestones
                 ❧
      Supporting WWS Employees Only

                    ▪   Walking

                    ▪   1 Nap on Cot

                    ▪   Weaned from Bottle

                    ▪   Requires Assistance with Sippy Cup

                    ▪   Requires Assistance with Utensils
Toddler C Classroom
Developmental Milestones
             Supporting WWS Employees Only

                         ❧
▪   Feeds Self Independently

▪   Indicates Desire and Readiness for Toilet Training

▪   1 Nap on Cot
Preschool Classroom
Open Enrollment for:
                        ❧
▪   WWS Employees

▪   Westfield Families with older Child Enrolled in WWS
Preschool Classroom
         Developmental Milestones
                              Supporting WWS Employees

                                   ❧
                                              ▪    3 years old by August 1

                                              ▪ Toilet Trained

                                              ▪    Feed Self Independently

                                              ▪    1 Nap or Quiet Time Daily

Because the three year old classrooms do not have required equipment for
toilet-training, all children entering the preschool classroom must be fully
potty-trained.
Preschool Classroom Focus
           ❧
           ▪   Comfort & Care

           ▪   Developing Skills on
               Self-management, Confidence, &
               Socialization

           ▪   Strengthen School Readiness Skills

           ▪   Early Literacy in Language and
               Numbers

           ▪   Play-based curriculum

           ▪   Planned Activities
Food Requirements
    for Infants
         ❧
       Infant Classrooms

          ▪   Formula/breast milk provided by
              family

          ▪   Early solid foods provided by family

          ▪   Older infants can purchase lunches
              from a special infant menu
Lunches and Snacks
               ❧
Toddler and Preschool Classrooms

   ▪   All food and drinks are prepared by
       Food Service (school cafeteria)

   ▪   Breakfast and AM/PM Snacks
       Provided

   ▪   School Lunches purchased by family

   ▪   No food or drinks from home
2020-2021
All Aboard Pre-K Program
                 Serving:
                    • Westfield Families living in
                       the school district
                       boundaries

                      • Westfield Washington
                        Schools Employees

   Child must be 4 years old by August 1, 2020
All Aboard Pre-K
Classroom Locations
          ▪ Carey Ridge Elementary

          ▪ Maple Glen Elementary

          ▪ Monon Trail Elementary

          ▪ Oak Trace Elementary

          ▪ Shamrock Springs Elementary

          ▪ Washington Woods Elementary
All Aboard Pre-K
        Classroom Requirements
▪ Live in the Westfield School
                                    ❧
  boundaries

▪ 4 years old by 8/1/120

▪ Toilet Trained

▪ Starting Kindergarten
 the 2021-2022 School Year

Because our All Aboard classrooms do not have required equipment for
toilet-training, all children entering the program need to be fully potty
trained.
All Aboard Pre-K
                Enrollment Plans
▪
                             ❧
    School Year Full Week Plan
    ▪ 6:45 AM to 5:30 PM

▪ Readiness Plan
    ▪ Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
      Thursdays
    ▪ 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM

▪ Caboose Club Extended Day
    ▪ 5:30 to 6:00 PM (BAC Care)
Typical All Aboard
                Morning
                        ❧
6:45 AM    Free Play
8:00 AM    Breakfast Time
9:00 AM    Open Circle
9:30 AM    Foundations & Readiness Centers
10:45 AM   Musical Movement/Outdoor Play/Large Motor
11:30 AM   Lunch
12:00 PM   Group Time
Typical All Aboard Afternoon
                             ❧
12:30 PM Musical Movement/Outdoor Play/Large Motor
1:00 PM Foundations & Readiness Centers
1:45 PM Rest/Quiet Time
2:30 PM Snack
3:00 PM Afternoon Weekly Theme-based Activities
4:00 PM Friends Time and Fun Centers (gym, media
center, playground, etc.)
5:30 PM Classroom Closed *Caboose is available 5:30 to 6:00 PM
Break Plans
      Preschool & All Aboard
                ❧
Break care at Monon Trail Elementary

▪   Fall Break (enroll by 10/5/2020)
         October 19-23, 2020

▪   Winter Break (enroll by 12-7-20)
       Dec. 21-23, December 28-30, 2020

▪   Spring Break (enroll by 3-19-21)
        April 2-April 9, 2021

*Student Support Programs reserves the right to either cancel break care or relocate to the school
where BAC break care runs pending enrollment numbers. In either case, parents will be notified
within five business days after break care enrollment closes.
TOTS & All Aboard
              Open Enrollment
January 13 through February 14, 2020
Limited Enrollment

▪ Priority placement to currently enrolled
  full-time families and WWS employees.
    *subject to availability
▪ Full-time requests are filled before
  part-time requests.

▪ Remaining openings filled by lottery
  selection.

            Lottery Selection: Thursday, February 20
            Enrollment Status Notification: Monday, February 24
Lead Qualifications

        There are fourteen leads in our program.
●   One has a Masters degree
●   Two have Bachelors degrees
●   Three have Associates degrees
●   Five will finish the CDA in May
●   Three will finish the CDA in December

Some of our assistants have degrees or are working on
their CDA.
 ● One has a Masters degree
 ● Two have a Bachelors degree
 ● One has an Associates degree
 ● Four will finish the CDA in May
 ● Six will finish the CDA in December
Family Benefits:
                                                 For those families who qualify
                                                 for free/reduced lunch, you can
                                                 apply for children in our
               CACFP                             program to get this discount.

   (Child and Adult Care Food                    Program Benefits:
            Program)                             Because of CACFP, we are able
                                                 to offer lunches at the same
                                                 price as elementary students.

We are required to submit a CACFP form for every child in our program. This form is
included in the registration information. Brochures are available on the back table.
Summer Full Day Camp
                       ❧
Available to Westfield Children ages 3 & 4 years old

▪ Westfield children (ages 3 and 4) are eligible to
  enroll in summer program.
▪ Child does not need to be enrolled in 2020-21 TOTS
  Preschool or All Aboard programs.
▪ Additional fees for the summer program.
▪ Online Enrollment opens March 1, 2020
▪ Limited enrollment so submit enroll early!
Enrollment Instructions
Steps to Submit Enrollment:

▪ Submit online enrollment
  between Jan. 13 to Feb. 14

▪ Mail the following items to Central Office:
  ○ $175 registration check made payable to WWS
  ○ Hard copy enrollment forms
  ○ A copy of the child’s birth certificate

Parents notified of enrollment status by February 28, 2020.
                 Questions: (317) 867-8017
So you can plan ahead...

Because we are licensed by the state of Indiana, several documents are required
for enrollment into TOTS and All Aboard.

All of the paperwork is included in the handbook you will receive upon acceptance
to the program.

●   Birth certificate (if you are new to us)
●   Signed physical form
●   Shot records
●   Health form
●   IDOE/CACFP form
●   Infant-toddler feeding plan (signed by doctor)
So you can plan ahead...

                             Additional required forms

All of the paperwork is included in the handbook you will receive upon acceptance to
the program.

●   Application
●   Child Information Sheet
●   Intake agreement
●   Court orders/custody documents
●   Safe transportation of food forms
●   Media Release
●   Program Policy acceptance
●   Emergency Medical Authorization

Upon acceptance, ALL forms are due to the Administration building by April 30, 2020
Questions?
           ❧
General Program Questions
 Marci Derado (317)867-8069
Leeann Adams (317) 867-8025
 Kathy Petty (317) 867-8008

 TOTS Program Questions
Jeannie Shreve (317) 867-8687

  Enrollment Questions
Donna Benedict (317) 867-8017
Classroom Visits
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Classroom Tours:

You now have the chance to visit some of the TOTS
classrooms and an All Aboard classroom at Monon
Trail Elementary.

Thanks for attending!
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