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For 2024/25 school and care rates click here!
Our Before and After Care Program is open Monday through Friday 7:00am - 5:30pm. We provide play-based, quality care for our preschool and kindergarten students. Care is available to all Messiah preschool and kindergarten students and can be tailored to fit your family's scheduling needs. Hourly, half day and full day schedules are available depending on space. *Care is available for students starting at age 3-Kindergarten. *Students are strongly encouraged to be potty trained to enroll. (For Care Rates click here!)
(Transportation is provided by district #118 to and from Wauconda Grade and Robert Crown Grade Schools for Kindergarteners who attend from those schools.)
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MLPK Before and After Care is a play-based, hands-on program. We incorporate circle time, play time, dancing, art, sensory and plenty of outdoor play! Our Care Director, Mrs. Deana, and her teaching staff, always have loads of FUN in store each day! Rest assured, your child will be in good hands while utilizing our Care Program!
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We serve meals and snacks throughout your childs day with us! Breakfast, lunch, and 3 snacks are served daily. Our hot lunch is provided by Choose Delicious (Quality Catering). Lunches are nutritionally sound, and include a protein, fruit, vegetable, and grain. Lunches and snacks are served with milk or 100% juice. Updated monthly lunch menu is on the home page of the website!
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Convenience Care is available for the 2024/25 School Year!
As a Messiah Preschool student your child is welcome to utilize the Care program for a rate of $15 per hour.
(*24 hour notice required, based on availability.)
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