Oak Tree Preschool will help your child:
We believe that each child is a unique and special individual! Our various programs are well balanced to meet each child’s individual needs. We have a great responsibility to the children who attend Oak Tree and our staff members provide your child with a safe, secure, stimulating and educational environment...one designed to create a lifelong love of learning in your child!
Oak Tree Preschool reserves the right to request the withdrawal of any child for reasons consistent with the best interest of the child himself, the other children and the school.
School Opens | 6:30am |
Preschool Begins | 9:00am |
Snack (supplied by the school) | 10:00am |
Preschool Ends/Lunch | 12:00pm |
Rest/Nap time | 12:30pm |
Afternoon Snack | 3:00pm |
School Closes |
6:00pm |
The tuition rate for the services offered at Oak Tree Preschool are as follows:
Preschool Rates: (West Shore Trail Location) | ||
Preschool only (9:00-12:00) | 27.00/day | |
Preschool only (second child) | 26.00/day | |
Full day | 37.00/day | |
Full day (second child) | 35.00/day | |
Before/After School | 7.00/hour (minimum charge of $35/weekly) | |
Toddler Rates: (Woodport Road Location) | ||
Preschool only (9:00-12:00) | 32.00/day | |
Full day | 42.00/day | |
Extra Hours | 9.00/hour |
Base Rate - Each child is signed up for a certain number of days. This is what you will be automatically charged each week. Additional hours or days can be added as needed, provided classroom space allows.
Statements/Bills - You will receive a statement of charges in your child’s cubby every other week. Payment is due within a week of receipt. Non payment will result in the dismissal of your child from Oak Tree. Collection charges and interest will be added to your bill if necessary and will be the responsibility of both parents.
Holiday Closings - Holidays on which the school is closed will be charged as a normal day. If your child is scheduled to attend that day, you will be charge for that day. The holidays that the school will be closed are as follows:
New Year’s Day |
Memorial Day |
Independence Day |
Labor Day |
Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after |
Christmas Day |
We also offer optional care the week between Christmas and New Years. You will have option of signing up for that week. You will only be charged for the days that your child is signed up for.
School Closings - Snow days on which the school is closed will be charged at the normal rate. Days on which the school opens late or closes early will also be charged at the normal rate.
Vacation Days (no charge days) - You will receive one week of vacation days. For example if your child is signed up for two days per week, you will receive two vacation days for the year. If your child is signed up for three days per week, you will receive three vacation days. The vacation days may be used from September-June. You must notify your child’s teacher or director if you would like to use a vacation day.
Illness Days - Scheduled days missed due to illness will be charged at the regular rate. In extreme situations, please see the director so that some type of arrangement may be worked out.
Withdrawals - Withdrawals from the school must be notified in writing two weeks prior to the last day of attendance. Charges will continue to accrue until written notice is received.
Late or No Show Procedures: If you are going to be late picking up your child, please call and let us know. If you are late picking up your child and it is 6:10 or later, there is an additional fee of $10.00. If you late picking up you child and it is 6:30 or later, there is an additional fee of $20.00. This charge is automatically added to your bill. Please be considerate of staff members who may have plans for the evening. We allow a 10 minute window for traffic, delays, etc. please realize that we close at 6:00 and those extra minutes are provided as a courtesy.
The state of New Jersey provides the following regulations in regards to any child not picked up at the time of the center’s daily closing time.
The child will be supervised at all times at Oak Tree staff members.
The staff will make every effort to contact the parent and/or any authorized Persons.
An hour or more after closing and providing the staff member was unable to make other arrangements or contact the parent or authorized person, the staff Member is required by law to contact the child abuse hotline 1-877-652-2873 To seek assistance in caring for the child.
The following procedures will be followed by the staff members is parents or person authorized by the parents appear to be physically and/or emotionally impaired to the extent that in the judgment of the staff member, the child would be placed at risk or harm if released to such individual:
The child may not be released to such an impaired individual.
The staff will attempt to contact the other parent or an alternative person(s) Authorized by the parents.
School Age Children: No school age child will be released from the program unsupervised except upon written instructions from the child’s parent.
This helps us to keep the overall cost of the program low.
TEACHER |
LOCATION |
CLASS |
Mrs. Janice | Woodport | 18 months - 2 years |
Mrs. Dawn | Woodport | 2 years- 3 years |
Mrs. Amelia | West Shore Trail | 2 1/2 years - 3 1/2 years |
Mrs. Debbie |
West Shore Trail |
3 1/2 years - 4 years |
Mrs. Shelly |
West Shore Trail |
4 years - 4 1/2 years |
Mrs. Maria |
West Shore Trail |
4 1/2 years - 5 years |
Mrs. Elaine |
Mohawk Ave. |
Before and After Kindergarten |
Toys: We ask that children not bring toys to school unless it is a special event designed by their teacher.
Please remember to label clothing, especially coats!
Oak Tree reserves the right to limit the participation of a child, if the staff feels the walks may endanger a child’s safety
A child will never be physically or emotionally abused in any way.
It is one of Oak Tree’s highest priorities to have a happy, safe and healthy environment for your child, because of this, we must be strict with our rules about health and illness. Please work with us to keep all of our children in the best of health.
A child will not be admitted to school if:
If your child develops any of these symptoms while in attendance at Oak Tree, he or she will be removed from the group and you will be notified and asked to pick up your child immediately. For this reason, it is critical that emergency numbers always be updated. Please help staff by letting us know if your child was sick since he/she was at school last. It will help us deal with any problems that may arise.
Minor accidents which occur at school will be treated by a teacher with soap, water, ice and bandage, as needed. It will be recorded and the teacher will let the parent know what happened.
All medications brought in to school must be registered with the school in the Medicine Log and it must be handed directly to a staff member. All medicine must be brought in the original container. If it is a prescription medicine, the label from the pharmacy must be on the medicine.
The parent will be notified immediately of major accidents or illnesses. In the case of an emergency, the emergency squad will be called and a staff member will accompany your child to the hospital and will stay with your child until you or an authorized person arrives.
The following is a list of Excluded Communicable Diseases. A child or staff member with any of these diseases will not be allowed to return to the center without a doctor’s permission. Parents will be notified of any outbreaks of these communicable diseases.
Chicken Pox | Tuberculosis* |
German Measles* | Whooping Cough* |
Hemophilus Influenzae* | Hepatitis A* |
Measles* | Salmonella* |
Meningococcus* | Shigella* |
Strep Throat | Giardia Lamblie |
Lice |
Scabies |
*These diseases are also reported to the local health department of the NJ Department of Licensing.
Breakfast: Children may eat breakfast provided by the parent at Oak Tree as long as it is finished by 8:30am.
Lunch: Children who will be at school for lunchtime should bring a lunch from home. This lunch should contain everything needed for that child’s lunch, including silverware. We prefer a well balanced, nutritious lunch. Please do not send in glass containers of any kind. We ask that children finish their primary food before they proceed to their snack. We suggest packing all healthy choices when packing your child’s lunch.
Snacks:
10:00am - We have a morning snack around 10:00am each day. This snack is provided by the school. We have a variety of foods for this time, including fruit, crackers and cookies.
3:00pm - We also have snack at approximately 3:00pm. each day. The parent should provide this snack. Many parents like to send in something extra in their child’s lunch which the child saves for snack time. If a child does not have something for snack, the school will provide it.
Birthday: You are welcome to send in a special treat for your child’s birthday. We suggest that this treat by small and not candy. Please talk with your child’s teacher about how many treats will be needed and which day you would like to bring something in.
School Closings - School Closings - We will make every effort to open the school on time. If there is a morning when we cannot, we attempt to open the school by 8:30am. If we are still unable to open, we will close the school for the day. Information about these closing will be broadcasted on radio stations: FM-102.3, 103.7, and 106.3. Please listen to the radio for the latest information. We will follow the Sparta Public Schools in regard to delays. If Sparta schools are closed or delayed Oak Tree will automatically delay. Please listen to the radio to see if we remain delayed or if we need to close.
Early Closings - If we need to close the school early, we will call you to come pick up your child. If this does occur, it will be for unavoidable reasons. Please react quickly to our request. If we cannot get in touch with you, we will call the emergency number you have on file.
Emergency Closings - In the event that we have to close the school on a day that does not involve inclement weather, we will broadcast this information on the radio stations: FM102.3, 103.7, and 106.3.