Breakfast Club begins at 6:30 am for School Age children and 7:00 am for Preschool children.  It ends just before the school day begins at 8:45 am.  Please walk your child into the building and sign in.

A typical daily schedule for School Age Breakfast Club:

 

6:30 am         School Age Breakfast Club:  Doors open, quiet activities begin as children                         arrive gradually.

7:00 am         Breakfast is served at designated tables.  Children may eat breakfast as

                        they arrive, or when they are hungry.  Breakfast menus will be available

                        to all parents monthly.  The cost of breakfast is included in the

                        Breakfast Club fee.

8:00 am         Select groups of children will take turns going to the gym for organized

                        games.  Other children may finish projects they started earlier, or finish                         homework before school begins.

8:30 am         Breakfast Club Meeting time.  We will share ideas, read stories, sing

                        songs, or make announcements to the children at this time.  Children

                        will gather belongings and begin thinking about schoolwork for the day.

8:40 am         Children are dismissed to their classes.

8:45 am         Symons students board a school bus at Paddock, and are released with

                        the rest of the students attending Symons Elementary.

 

A typical daily schedule for Preschool Breakfast Club:

 

7:00 am         Preschool Breakfast Club:  Doors open, quiet activities begin as children                         arrive gradually.

7:00 am         Breakfast is served.   Free play after breakfast.

to                    Breakfast menus will be available to all parents monthly. 

8:25 am         The cost of breakfast is included in the Breakfast Club fee.

8:25 am         Clean up time.

8:30 am         Story time.

8:45 am         Children are dismissed to their classes.

 

Paddock PrimeTime begins after school is dismissed at 3:35 pm and ends promptly at 6:00 pm. 

A typical daily schedule:

 

3:35 pm         Children arrive from their classrooms.  Meeting time begins as soon as

                        all the children have arrived.  Attendance is taken promptly — children

                        are discouraged from dawdling between class and PrimeTime.

                        Announcements are made and snacks are set out.

3:45 pm         Snack time.  Snacks are served family-style each day. The cost of  snack

                        is included in the PrimeTime fee.  Birthday snacks may be provided by

                        families as a treat, if desired.  Groups of children may also cook snack

                        for the group from time to time.

4:00 pm         Homework Club (Monday-Thursday) for third through eighth graders.

                        Parents may request that their student spend a half-hour of study time

                        to read, complete homework, or work on academic skills.  Children

                        may choose to go to Homework Club whenever they have schoolwork

                        to finish.

                        Outdoor play or Gym Time.  After working hard in class all day, it is

                        good to get some exercise!

4:30 pm         Activity time.  Some projects will be carried out over several days; others

                        will be quick and easy to do.  Here is where the children have a great deal

                        of freedom to use their imagination!

5:30 pm         Clean up begins gradually.  As children finish playing, we will gradually

                        close areas to be ready to go home by 6:00 pm.

 

 

Milan Middle School PrimeTime students should report to room 34 at Symons Elementary School when the school bus drops them off at the front entrance.  Parents or teachers must make arrangements for students to attend special activities, such as rehearsals, practices or meetings.

A typical daily schedule:

 

2:40 pm         MMS students arrive in Room 34 and store their belongings.

2:45 pm         Group meeting begins.  Students may discuss group problems, ask

                        questions about the schedule, share events from the school day or

                        plan future activities for the group.

2:50 pm         Quiet activities or homework time.  Students may read, draw or work

                        on projects quietly until others have had an opportunity to complete

                        homework.

3:15 pm         Snack time for MMS students.  Snacks are served family-style and frequently                         involve a cooking project for one or all the students.

3:25 pm         Free time.  Children are encouraged to contribute ideas for activities,

                        projects or games.  Since middle school students are older, they enjoy

                        the freedom from planned projects, but must take responsibility to use

                        their time constructively.  Personal stereos and handheld games are

                        allowed, with appropriate use restrictions.  Computers are available to use

                        for fun games or homework.  We ask students to put away electronics

                        when the Symons Elementary students begin arriving at 3:45 pm.

3:45 pm         Symons students arrive

4:00 pm         Snack time for Symons students.  Snacks are served family-style and frequently                         involve a cooking project for one or all the students.

4:10 pm         Homework time or quiet reading. 

4:30 pm         Activity time/outdoor play.  Middle school and elementary school students                         choose to play games, participate in projects, read or talk to friends.  Depending                         on the weather, the group may be on the playground, the soccer field, the tennis                         courts or in the gym.

                        Families are encouraged to contribute ideas.

6:00 pm         Parents begin pick up.

 

Paddock PrimeTime closes at 6:00 pm and Symons/MMS PrimeTime closes at 6:15 pm.  Students whose parents have not yet arrived five minutes before closing can expect their children to be waiting with coats and backpacks at the classroom entrance.  We know you are in a hurry for dinner and we want to make it easier for families to leave at the end of the day.              

Are you interested in learning more?  Please stop by the Paddock’s Early Childhood Center Office to pick up a Registration Packet or contact Mrs. Jane Cook, Administrative Assistant at (734) 439-5114 or Email Mrs. Cook