Before and After-care & Summer Enrichment
The Extended Day Program (EDP) at MSW serves working families who desire both parochial school education and supplementary care in a Christian environment. It provides professional care, supervision, recreation, and enrichment activities for children enrolled at MSW in grades pre-school (age 4) through 8th grade. The program is open each school day before and after school hours as well as school half days and staff in-service days. EDP is held in the Clark Ministry Center at the north end of the school, with use of the outside playground and two school gyms.
The program provides individual attention, security, consistency, and fair treatment for all children of working parents. This professionally operated program allows students to experience a rich diversity of growth activities within a Catholic environment. Activities are planned to complement the philosophy and value systems of the school and family.
Activities
- Before School Care
Students read, play with toys and games, or complete homework. - After School Care
Separated by age group, the students work on their homework and then have snack time. They go outside when the weather permits or to the gym for exercise. They participate in arts and crafts projects and play with the many games and toys. - Pre-School Students
Students have lunch, engage in free play inside or outside, and have structured time working with manipulative type projects. Projects are designed to enhance their knowledge of the alphabet, numbers, shapes, and time. There is also story time, rest time, and weekly art projects. Parents provide a sack lunch and a mat for naps. - Junior High Students
There is a separate room equipped with computers, games, and projects geared to the junior high level.
Additional Activities
EDP also offers rotating extra-curricular activities such as sculpting, aerobics, photography, gymnastics, dance, tae-kwon-do, basketball, and ballet. These on-site programs are usually one-hour sessions that meet weekly for six to eight weeks and are offered at additional cost.
Field trips are planned for school half-days and in-service days. The cost of these trips is the responsibility of each family.
Click on the following links to download the form for Spring Break Camp Enrollment:
Staff
EDP is staffed by a director and a number of devoted and committed aides. The staff, employed on a full- or part-time basis, work together to help each child grow in maturity and self-respect. They maintain an atmosphere wherein respect and understanding for others is realized.
Summer “Fun in the Sun” Program
Daily care in the summer for school as well as non-school families is for grades pre-school (age 4) through sixth. Available on a full- and part-time basis.
A variety of activities are planned throughout the summer. Mondays and Wednesdays are packed with local trips, creative cooking, arts and crafts, nature projects, and outdoor activities. Tuesdays and Thursdays are “splash and swim days” and the students have exclusive use of Iroquois Pool in Des Plaines. On Fridays the students go on field trips to museums, zoos, bowling alleys, skating rinks, etc.
Please click here to download Summer Fun in the Sun Registration forms.
The EDP Director, Mrs. Leslie Marbach, is always happy to speak with prospective parents and provide a tour of the Clark Ministry Center. Please call the EDP Office at 847-692-2826.