Hours

Kidworks Preschool is in session Monday through Friday 6:30am- 6:30pm, year 'round.

Tuition

All fees include breakfast (served from 7am- 8am), morning snack, lunch, and afternoon snack. As in most preschools, full tuition is charged each week regardless of actual attendance. Due to demand for our full-time program we do not offer part-time or part day sessions. Parents are credited a vacation week (for which tuition is not charged and their child does not attend) for every six months of continuous enrollment. (Two per enrollment year).

KidWorks 2010-2011 Tuition Rates

For existing clients: It is our policy to never raise your existing rate. Regardless of the posted rates here, you are grandfathered into your current rate and it will not change until your child moves up to a higher ratio class, at which time it will decrease to the rate posted here for the new class. Please note that your child's rate will not change on their birthday. Rates are based on the teacher-to-child ratio for your child's class, and not necessarily your child's age.

There is an annual $100 enrollment and supply fee per child due at start and each March thereafter.

Curriculum

Classes age 1 and up use a professional prepared curriculum by HighReach Learning. This nationally recognized program features developmentally appropriate activities, integrated cross-concept themes and standardized parent feedback.

KidWorks uses Cuddle Bugs for age 1, Tender Time for age 2, Caterpillars for age 3. For Super-K, rather than Butterflies or Framework, we  use HILS, which is an actual Kindergarten curriculum.

 

Staff

Any preschool's curriculum is only as good as the teachers that implement it. We're fortunate to have found and retained a really great team of teachers. They've been with us, and working together as a group, for the majority of the years we've been open, and we've become in many ways a big, extended family. They are by far the school's single greatest asset, and one of the big reasons we've enjoyed full enrollment since 1999. KidWorks attracts and retains staff by offering a competitive pay and benefits package that includes major medical insurance, supplemental insurance, a 401k retirement plan, paid Holidays, two paid weeks of vacation annually, and a generous 75% discount on childcare.

Extras

Our Full Time Rates include the following bonus programs at no extra charge:

Meals:

Our full-time kitchen-wizzes prepare a seemingly endless variety of nutritious, kid-friendly fare. Breakfast til eight. A home-cooked lunch (no fast food order-ins) is served daily and includes a hot entree, vegetable, fruit and fresh whole milk. An afternoon snack (or two) is provided. (The one year olds get a Morning Snack, too.)

KidWork's KidCam Network

Members have free, unlimited access to our live internet camera system. Great for out-of-state relatives, too!

The following in-house programs are available at KidWorks by independent providers at an additional cost. We've chosen them because they either add to your child's preschool experience, or make your home life easier and less stressfull.

KidWorks waives any commission on these services in exchange for lower prices to our families. These services are all optional.

Foreign Language

In-house Spanish & French classes, provided by Fun Languages Gainesville. Visit their website at www.funlanguagesgainesville.com    

GymBus

By Sun Country Gymnastics. Weekly instruction by a gymnastics instructor aboard their unique Gym-In-A-Bus.

Gator Game Days/Parents Night Out

We found a great way to reward our staff, and offer a nice service to our clients. Several nights and weekends throughout the year, we turn the keys to KidWorks over to our employees, and they run their own sitting service, with 100% of the income going directly to them. Each year they offer several weekend evening sessions, holiday shopping sessions and all home Gator games as well.

KidWorks Sun Country Family Fun Nights

Throughout the year, we team up with the folks at the Sun Country sports center in Jonesville for Family Fun Nights. KidWorks rents this extraordinary facility for the evening, and all KidWorks clients and staff come out and play.

CLOSING SCHEDULE

KidWorks will be closed the following holidays in 2010

New Years Day,   Memorial Day,  July 4th,  Teacher Workday Friday  ,Labor Day ,  Thanksgiving Day& Friday, Christmas  Day, Martin Luther King Day.

Our rates are amortized over a 52 week period and account for these closures, so we charge your regular weekly rate on weeks in which a holiday falls.

Payment Policy

Payment is due each week in advance, Monday morning. Full weekly rates are charged regardless of actual attendance, including holidays.

Payment Options

You may pay by check or cash.

Monthly Billing

-Due on the first Monday of each month.

BiWeekly Billing

-Due on Monday of the first week of service and every other Monday thereafter.

For our philosophy, history and waitlist policy please click here.