DAILY SIGN IN/OUT

When entering and leaving the center, you must sign your child IN and OUT. Actual hours will be computer input. Enter hours legibly in order to prevent over-charging to your account. A sign-in sheet is posted each day in or outside every classroom. It is very important that this be done. Children must be signed in properly before Moss Street can assume responsibility for them.

For school age children arriving by bus, Moss Street staff will sign children in when they arrive from school. If a school age child will not be attending Moss Street on a particular day, it is the responsibility of parents to inform our center before hand. This is particularly important when the child is being transported from school to Moss Street. Parents who do not inform us of such changes will be charged as if the child is in attendance.

Please make certain that the teacher in charge is aware of your child's arrival. This enables the teacher to greet the child and help engage her/him into the activities. Parents make drop off easier with a clear statement of good-bye and a clear transfer to staff. Parents are expected to communicate any daily schedule changes to the teacher in charge (e.g., doctor appointments, early pickup, etc.). Also, please call and notify your child's teacher if he/she will be late or absent. This is important for scheduling the day's activities.

Pick up is also made easier by a clear statement of your intentions to your child (e.g., to stay a few moments or leave immediately) and consistent follow through. To avoid unnecessary concern, you should be certain that the teacher is made aware of your child's departure. Once your child has been signed out by you and is under your supervision, you become responsible for him/her.

 

Only those persons listed on the Information and Authorization form as having your permission will be allowed to remove your child from Moss Street Children’s Center. Identification will be required when staff are not familiar with an individual picking up a child. Please notify the center if one of the people listed will pick up your child on a particular day. You are responsible for advising the said people of the sign in/out procedure.

When school-age children arrive at Moss Street by bus, our staff will sign them in. Parents will still be responsible for signing them out at pick-up.

 

CHILDREN VISITING OTHER CLASSROOMS

Visits to other Moss Street classrooms encourages a sense of belonging and community among Moss Street children. Older children love to be helpers for younger children. Younger children, who will soon graduate to the next classroom, will visit to meet their new friends and teachers before they switch rooms.

Occasionally, and when appropriate, parents and children may ask if one sibling can visit another’s classroom. MSCC will help to facilitate these visits. To make sure visits are successful, children will need to first be dropped off in their regular rooms and lead teachers from both classrooms must talk to confirm that visits will work.