For the extra concern of COVID-19 and the well-being of your child and of others, keep your child home for the following reason:

• Fatigue (for any reason), lethargic behavior.
• A temperature above 100 degrees (a child should remain at home for 24 hours after the fever is gone and/or prescribed antibiotics and administered for 24 hours before a child returns to school).
• Sore throat or significant cough that makes the child feel uncomfortable or disrupts the class.
• Severe ear pain or drainage from the ear.
• Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea (child should remain home for at least 24 hours after the last episode).
•  Red, “crusty”, itchy eyes (conjunctivitis or pink eye is very contagious). The child must be kept home for 48 hours while being treated with antibiotics and should only return to school if there is no discharge from the eyes.
• A runny nose if there is colored nasal mucous.
• A rash
• A virus
• Any parasitic infestation (lice, scabies, etc.)
• Chicken pox (The child may return when all the blisters have dried and formed scabs, usually about 6 days after the onset of the rash).

Finally, please always call to let us know when your child will be staying home sick. 

Thank You

May 25^th Memorial Day

July 6^th -16^th Independence Break

September 7^th Labor Day

October 12^th-15^th Fall Break

November 23^rd -26^th Thanksgiving Break

December 21^st -31^st Winter Break

January 18^th Martin Luther King Jr. Day

February 15^th President’s Day

March 29^th -April 1^st Spring Break

May 31^st Memorial Day

(Please make note that Backyard Schoolhouse policy states that you will be charged for your child’s monthly tuition, regardless of attendance.  We do this to hold your child’s spot because of the rising demand for childcare services in our community.  All holidays and breaks will be included in monthly tuition.)

Dear Backyard Schoolhouse Families,

I would like to give some helpful tips on parking.  I have made three parking signs of which you can park.  The way to park in space 1 and 2, is to pull all the way into the driveway and back into the parking spot.  Make sure that your vehicle is centered with the parking sign so that when others come they have room to pull into the other parking spaces.  Parking space 3 should only be used if parking space 1 & 2 are taken.  Parking 3 you can just pull forward into, but you must wait until the people in parking 1 or 2 have left, so that you can back up into their spot to pull forward out of the driveway.

Please try to keep dropping off and picking up safe. Make sure that your child is always accompanied by someone if they’re in the parking area.  Make sure to tell your children to stay in the school yard until you are ready to get in the car.

I appreciate you helping me keep everyone as safe as possible.  Please let everyone that might be dropping off or picking up know about the parking tips.

Sincerely,

Ms. Katy