Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to teach your child. We are confident that we can serve your child with the very best possible care. Here at Azalea City Christian School we desire to provide a Christian atmosphere, centered on Biblical teachings to help develop your child spiritually, emotionally, physically and intellectually. Please read the enclosed policies carefully. If you have any questions, please contact us at 649-KIDS.
The teachers at Azalea City Christian School are dedicated to focusing on your child’s needs. Since all of life
is a learning process, activities are designed to expand the child’s experiences to the real world. Each child is
regarded as a special developing person with social, physical, spiritual, and intellectual needs. We are able to
respond best to your child by teaching developmentally appropriate concepts on a weekly basis.
-We will provide each child with the opportunity to know God, to be loved, and to be secure in that love.
-We will provide each child with the opportunity to give, share and receive.
-We will provide each child with the opportunity to make judgments and decisions in becoming self-disciplined,
self-guided and self-directed.
-We will provide each child with the opportunity to understand his physical and social environment through
reasoning and problem solving.
-We will provide each child with the opportunity to become independent in study and work and play with supervision
only as needed.
-We will provide each child with the opportunity to develop and understand his/her emotions and moral values.
-We will provide each child with the opportunity to work and play with others in order to teach leadership.
-We will provide each child with the opportunity to develop physically, socially and spiritually.
In order to enroll your child, the office must first receive your admissions application, emergency card, blue immunization certificate, a copy of your child’s social security card and birth certificate, and a notarized State Exemption Form. All paperwork must be turned in before your child may attend. Each child is accepted on a trial basis, according to whether or not the child can adjust to a new routine and structured classroom setting within a couple of weeks. Our program consists of phonics, numbers, reading readiness, arts, music, science and other preschool activities. In some cases, a child may not be ready for a structured environment such as this and it is in the child’s best interest to move them to a class with a less structured environment. This will not cause the child to be behind the child that stays in the more structured class, but will better accommodate the child’s development and cause less pressure for the child.
Building: The door to our facility has a keyless entry pad at the north entrance, (playground side). All other
doors are generally kept locked at all times. Parents will be given a secure number, that once is entered on the
keypad will allow you to enter the building. DO NOT GIVE THIS SECURE NUMBER TO ANYONE. You will need to
inform office staff if someone other than the parents is picking up your child. If someone other than the parents
is picking up the child they will need to ring the door bell to be admitted into the building. The exception is
that during rainy weather, the south door (under the portico) will be used for arrivals and departures. Please
do not linger when this is the case. Others may be waiting for a parking spot out of the rain.
Classroom: No persons, other than parents, parents with siblings, teaching staff and supervisors are
allowed in the classrooms while any children are present. This policy is an absolute necessity to insure the
safety of all our children. Please help us observe this requirement and bring any unsafe situation to our
attention immediately.
It is imperative that you sign your child in/out when arriving/leaving school. Upon arrival, each child must be accompanied to his/her assigned classroom, and the parent must sign the child in on the clipboard. Each class will have a clipboard located at your child’s classroom. Unless this policy is followed, the school cannot be responsible for the safety of your child. During the academic year, your child needs to arrive no later than 8 a.m. for K3 and K4 (9 a.m. for Nursery through Toddler 3). Chapel time is from 8:30 till 8:45. We request that chapel time not be interrupted. If you bring your child in after 8:30 and before 8:45 you will need to remain with your child until chapel is over. Children will only be released individuals on your who are listed on the child’s pick-up list. The parent must sign out each child at the end of the day. Never take your child from campus without letting their teacher or the office staff know.
You are welcome to call or stop by our center at any time to check on your child. You and your family are very special to us and we want you to feel at home here. All classrooms have windows where you can observe your child. We do ask that you do not let your child see you if it would upset him/her. We want your child to be happy and experience as little transition as possible.
School tuition may be paid in full by July 1st in order to receive an 8% discount or through monthly bank draft. Please note that the bank draft for school tuition extends through May 2009 to cover the cost of the academic school year in K3 and K4. Early withdrawals will be adjusted accordingly on your last draft. A 2-week notice is required for early withdrawals to be able to stop the monthly bank draft. Registration fees, art fees and book fees are not included in the cost of tuition and are billed separately. Registrations fees are non-refundable. The book, art fees and nursery supply fees will be drafted from your September ACH payment automatically. Please note that a service fee of $30 will be charged for all returned checks. Registration fees are non-refundable. Families with accounts over 30 days in arrears will not be allowed to continue their child’s enrollment. If more than one (1) bank draft is returned, enrollment will be terminated. There will be no reduction in fees for absences, holidays or bad weather conditions in which the center has to close. The charge for extra days of daycare is $23 per pay per child. The facility closes at 5:30 p.m. Any child staying past 5:45 p.m. will be charged a late fee of $1 per minute, due upon arrival.
When sending money to school with you child for parties or field trips, please put it in an envelope with your child’s name, teacher’s name amount enclosed and purpose on the front of the envelope. Please send CASH only for Ice Cream. Your child’s teacher will make these envelopes available to you. All money is due before your child participates in each event.
Please furnish snacks & drinks for your children. Snack time is 8:45 in the morning and 3:00 in the afternoon. Please bring snacks in a separate bag from their lunch bags.
If your child needs to eat breakfast at school, please make sure that your child arrives by 7:00. Any child arriving after that time will need to have eaten breakfast at home, or you may feed him/her in the fellowship hall. You will need to provide any breakfast food that you want served to your child.
Please send nutritious lunches and juices for your child. We will be glad to warm-up leftovers from home provided that they are in a plastic microwaveable container. We cannot accept anything glass or metal. Please label all pieces of your child’s lunch with their name. Candy and soft drinks are not permitted. These are for special treats or party days. Please include a cold pack in your child's lunch box to keep drinks and sandwiches cold. Lunchboxes will be kept in your child’s classroom. If you send canned items for warm-up, they must have a pop-top (remove metal pop-top, cover with saran wrap & plastic lid) and should be left on the long table beside the cooler. The only items that should go into the cooler are cold items that must be warmed up. On Fridays, please bring $2.00 for pizza.
Please label all your child’s clothes and send an extra outfit to stay at school in their cubbies, in case of an accident (2 extra outfits for Nursery through Toddler 3). In case of an accident, soiled clothing will be sent home in a plastic bag. It cannot be washed at school. If your child does not have extra clothes, it may be necessary for us to call you to pick up your child if he/she has an accident. In dressing your children for school, please dress your child in comfortable elastic waist clothing labeled with ID. Keep in mind the child’s ability to button, snap, zip, and etc. and dress them in clothes they can get off and on easily. We try to teach them to use the restroom on their own and clothes that facilitate this effort are very much appreciated by your child’s teacher, especially when toilet training. No sandals, flip-flops, crocs, or boots, please. For safety on the playground and stairs, tennis shoes with socks (preferably with Velcro closures) and other shoes that cover the feet work better for the children.
It is important that you notify your child’s teacher when you begin toilet training at home. When your child has become almost accident free and you would like to send your child in underwear, please let your child’s teacher know. Your child will need to wear plastic pants over the underwear to protect their clothing from accidents and to insure that our classrooms stay as clean as possible. It is understandable that accidents will happen. All the K3 and K4 students must be totally toilet trained and exhibit good toilet manners before entering preschool. This is a must!
If your child is having a birthday party and you wish to invite his/her classmates, please be sure to send every member of the class an invitation. If you choose not to invite everyone in the class, then please mail the invitations. You may send cookies, doughnuts, cupcakes, and etc. to school for your child’s birthday, if you wish. Please keep it simple. You may send favors to the teacher and the birthday child may hand them out at the end of class.
You may be asked on special occasions to send a small amount of money to help cover expenses of a class party. We will need at least one room mother from each class to plan and organize our parties. T-1, 2 and 3 will have much simpler parties. We have five (5) parties during the school year. They are at Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s, Easter, and End of the Year. All parents and younger siblings are always welcome, but it is a good idea to let the room mother know if you will be bringing siblings so the room mother can plan accordingly. The End of the Year Party for K3 and K4 will be scheduled off-campus. All parents must attend with their children. There will be no daycare for K3 or K4 available that day.
You will be asked to chaperone your child on the K4 trip to the Zoo in the spring. Behavior and clothing/attire of parents on field trips should reflect the Christian Values of our school. Children who do not want to participate in field trips will need to make other arrangements for care on that day.
Since most children enrolled at ACCS are too young to travel outside our facility for field trips, we schedule special events each month (i.e. Circus Day, the Drop By Zoo, etc.). We hope that these experiences provide your child with unforgettable memories. Parents are welcome to come and be with us on these days. If your child is not scheduled to come on the special event day, you may bring your child for the special event. Please consult the office for a scheduled time.
Toys and books from home should only be brought on days designated by the teacher for “Show & Tell”. Toys such as play guns, knives, swords, and etc. are not permitted at any time. If there is any question about an object the child is considering bringing for “Show & Tell”, please feel free to call the child’s teacher.
If your child is sick with a cough, fever, or other illness, please keep them at home. If your child is well enough to attend school, he/she will be considered well enough to go outside on a pretty day. Parents should report any illness or exposure to communicable diseases outside of the school to the staff so that other parents may be alerted. If your child has been exposed to communicable diseases at the school, parents will be informed. If you child becomes sick while at school, you will be called to come pick up your child. Please remember that your child cannot return to school until they have been free from fever, vomiting, or diarrhea for a 24-hour period without medication (fever reducer, i.e. Motrin, Tylenol, Ibuprofen). We try to protect the children from anything contagious. Please help us do so.
If your child will need to take medication at school, then it will be necessary to put the medication and spoon in a plastic bag with complete directions enclosed. Verbal instructions will not be sufficient. You may pick up a medical instruction form from your child’s teacher. All medication must be taken to the office by the parent. If your child has had any medication before arriving at school, please inform the teacher.
We will follow the schedule of Mobile County Public Schools in regard to closing for bad weather. Please remember that we are doing this for the safety of you and your children and our employees. If the school is closed for bad weather, the child development center will also be closed. Please listen to WKRG, WABB, or WKSJ for reports.
It is normal for most children to experiment with biting somewhere between the ages of 12 and 24 months old. We will work together to stop this behavior. We do believe that by the time a child is 12 months old that they can understand that biting is not acceptable behavior. When a child bites for the first time and breaks the skin or leaves a mark, the parents will be alerted. The second bite, which breaks the skin or leaves a mark, will result in removal from the center for one day. The third bite, which breaks the skin or leaves a mark, will result in removal from the center for at least one week or until the biting phase has passed. If on return to the center a child resumes biting, he or she will not be allowed to return for one month.
Report cards will be given to children in K4 every nine weeks. This will help you track your child’s progress during the school year. Please sign and return these promptly. All accounts must be paid in full before report cards will be released.
If the need should arise for a parent/teacher conference, please contact the school to schedule an appointment. The sooner we can address and correct a problem, the quicker we can provide your child a happier school experience. We hope to handle all incidents to the complete satisfaction of the parents, but we also must balance that with what is in the best interest of all the students and the school.
All children enrolled in our school will be occasionally screened for developmental delays and speech and hearing difficulties. If you suspect there is a problem, please notify us. Free professional testing is available through the Mobile County Public School System (Age 3 and up) and the Alabama Early Intervention Program (Birth to Age 3). Please do not be alarmed if we ask to make a referral. We try to err on the side of safety and refer anything that remotely might be a difficulty for your child. We realize that the sooner therapy can begin, the more success your child will achieve. In most cases, therapy is provided free of charge at our center through the Mobile County Public School System.
The goal of discipline is to teach self-discipline. All discipline will be administered with the idea of providing a wholesome Christian environment. Corporal punishment will not be used at our center. We will be using time-out and behavior modification with rewards for good behavior. In some cases a parent may be called to pick up his/her child if our staff cannot handle the situation.
Your child will receive an Azalea City Christian School bag and a folder. Please check, sign and return these on a daily basis. All correspondence from the school or teacher and your child’s work will be sent home in the folder. A daily behavior chart will also be included. All money sent to school should be labeled and sent to school in the folder.
Although things are more relaxed structurally during the summer, in order for our program to have minimal interruptions, we ask that you have your child here no later than 9 a.m. Please check your child’s calendar so that ] you can be aware of the activities for the day and have the appropriate supplies (riding toys, bathing suit, etc.).
Students in K4 will need to pay $35 for curriculum print outs to be used in their classroom. This will be billed to your Tuition Express bank draft in September. The program that will be used is the Saxon Early Learning Program.
Azalea City Christian School is classified as a tax-exempt, non-profit institution under section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code; therefore, the school admits students of any race, color, and national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate based on race, color, or national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship programs and other school administered programs.
We are happy you chose Azalea City Christian School and we consider it a privilege to teach your child and provide the environment and guidance that you are looking or in a private educational institution.
2008-2009 Calendar Year
Independence Day Holiday………………………… July 4, 2008
Orientation (7 p.m.)………………………………August 1, 2008
First Day of New Year……..……………………..August 4, 2008
Labor Day Holiday……………………………September 1, 2008
Thanksgiving Holidays………………November 26, 27, 28, 2008
Christmas Holidays…………..December 24- December 31, 2008
New Year’s Holiday………………….……..January 1 & 2, 2009
Winter Holidays……………………… ..…February 24, 25, 2009
Spring Holidays……………………………April 13 and 14, 2009
Memorial Day…………………………………….. May 25, 2009
End of Term ……………………………………….May 29, 2009
2 packages batteries each - size AA (4 each)
1 roll paper towels per month
4 boxes facial tissues
1 tube diaper rash ointment as needed
1 small blanket
1 large Lysol wipes
2 16 oz. Bottle of liquid anti-bacterial soap
Baby wipes and diapers as needed
Juice and formula as needed
Food and cereal as needed
1 8 oz. Bottle of hand sanitizer (Purell, Germ-X or Dial)
1 16 oz bottle of liquid anti-bacterial soap
1 box baby wipes per month
4 boxes facial tissues
1 roll of paper towels per month
1 pkg. Of white t-shirts (3) Small or Med (Fruit of Loom
or Hanes)
2 pkgs. paper plates (100)
1 pkg. each of Ziploc bags (quart and snack size)
1 Lysol wipes
1 tube diaper rash ointment
2 no-spill cups to be left here (Hard Lids)
1 bottle sunscreen
Diapers as needed
1 small blanket
1 roll-up mat with pillow (available at Davie’s or Mobile Christian
School
1 8 oz. bottle of Hand Sanitizer (Purell, Germ-X or Dial)
1 16 oz bottle of liquid anti-bacterial soap
2 box baby wipes per month
4 boxes facial tissues
2 roll paper towels per month
1 pkg. white t-shirts (5) Small or Med (Fruit of Loom
or Hanes)
4 pkgs. paper plates (100)
1 pkg. each of Ziploc bags (quart and snack size)
2 Lysol wipes
1 tube diaper rash ointment
2 no-spill cups to be left here (Hard Lids)
1 bottle sunscreen
Diapers and pull-ups as needed
1 small blanket
1 roll-up mat with pillow (available at Davie’s or Mobile Christian
school
1 8 oz. bottle of Hand Sanitizer (Purell, Germ-X or Dial)
1 16 oz bottle of liquid anti-bacterial soap
1 box baby wipes per month
4 boxes facial tissues
1 roll paper towels per month
2 white short sleeve shirts & 1 sweat shirt Small or Med (Fruit of Loom
or Hanes)
2 pkgs. paper plates (100)
1 pkg. each of Ziploc bags (quart and snack size)
2 Lysol wipes
1 tube diaper rash ointment
2 small plastic cups (not sippie cups)
Diapers and pull-ups as needed
1 bottle of sunscreen
1 hairbrush
1 small blanket
1 roll-up mat with pillow (available at Davie’s or Mobile Christian
School)
1 8 oz bottle of Hand Sanitizer (Purell, Germ-X or Dial)
1 package batteries – size AA
1 16 oz bottle of liquid anti-bacterial soap
1 pkg. each of Ziploc bags (gallon and quart size)
4 rolls of paper towels
6 boxes of baby wipes (Baby Magic Boxes)
2 boxes of facial tissues
1 pkg. of white t-shirts (3) Medium or Large (Fruit of Loom or Hanes)
2 pkgs. of paper plates (100)
1 bottle sunscreen
1 Lysol wipes
1 bottle sunscreen
1 roll-up mat with pillow (available at Davie’s or Mobile Christian
School)