after school programs?

[NurseSherri]

Hi all... it's me again...moving from San Diego to so Maryland at the end of November... looking at Leonardtown and some other areas around there. I'm wondering if the schools in St Mary's County have after school programs for working parents? My daughter has a great program here, and it is right on campus so it is very convenient. I will have to work and won't be able to get her right after school.

 

[NurseSherri]

also, I saw a weird article on Yahoo that said that the schools in St Mary's have initiated a "NO HUG" policy amongst some other weird rules.... thoughts??

 

[RoseRed]

I think that was overturned.

 

[bresamil]

Elementary and parochial schools have before and aftercare.

 

[wickedtonia]

The Blackbelt Academy offers afterschool martial arts programs as well, with rides from school to their studio in Wildewood. Not sure if your daughter is into that stuff, but a little self defense and discipline training could be fun.

 

[smurfgirl]

Black Belt also has a location in Leonardtown.

 

[pelers]

also, I saw a weird article on Yahoo that said that the schools in St Mary's have initiated a "NO HUG" policy amongst some other weird rules.... thoughts??

Yeah, I think they backed down on that after it made national news.

 

[sockgirl77]

Elementary and parochial schools have before and aftercare.

Not all of them. In fact, only a few of them.

 

[sockgirl77]

The Blackbelt Academy offers afterschool martial arts programs as well, with rides from school to their studio in Wildewood. Not sure if your daughter is into that stuff, but a little self defense and discipline training could be fun.

They are grossly overpriced and overcrowded. It was a big clusterf*ck. I yanked my kids out of their program, as have quite a few families in the past year. We like to call them a McDojo. They charge you out of the arse, but do not offer half of what other TWD programs do.


B4/AFTER SCHOOL has a wonderful program.

 

[2Loquacious]

Father Andrew White (pk-8) is a parochial school in Leonardtown and they have an aftercare program. The school stays pretty full though and has a waiting list on many of the classes since it was awarded a National Blue Ribbon for excellence. I am not sure about the public schools but I think Banneker and Ltown elementary both have after care or they did a few years ago at least.

 

[bresamil]

Not all of them. In fact, only a few of them.

She's looking in Mechanicsville and Leonardtown. Unless Ltown dropped theirs, all the schools she's looking at have them. I don't know about south county.

 

[sockgirl77]

She's looking in Mechanicsville and Leonardtown. Unless Ltown dropped theirs, all the schools she's looking at have them. I don't know about south county.

Most of the south county schools don't. I wish that they would though.

 

[Cheeky1]

also, I saw a weird article on Yahoo that said that the schools in St Mary's have initiated a "NO HUG" policy amongst some other weird rules.... thoughts??

Ah yes, the "no hug" policy. Strong, ridiculous wording took the stage with that entire fiasco.

There is a minority of students who are autistic. These kids will freak out if touched/hugged/etc...

Due to this, adults are requested to not initiate hugging students that they don't personally know. If the hugging occurs between these two persons...the child will initiate it.

Not exactly "No Hug", huh? Leave it to the BOE to screw up even the simplest of instructions.

edit: I haven't read the most up to date version of this rule. Hopefully, the wording was clarified since the original document was dispersed.

 

[MarieB]

http://www.stmarysmd.com/docs/parenthandbook.pdf


There are also private entities and daycare facilities that have before and after school programs. The kiddos from my son's school take the bus from school to the different neighborhood providers.