Policies || Jehovah Christian and Academic School

Fees and Expenses

Registration - Registration and the first week's tuition are required when you register your child. Registration fee must accompany applications before a child can be placed on the roll. The registration fee is non-refundable. The director will maintain a waiting list of children desiring to be a part of the school after the desired enrollment is filled. If there is a vacancy, the slot is filled by the next name on the list. Students must register for school annually and annual fee will be applied.

FULL TUITION is due Monday of each week, regardless of attendance, unless tuition is being paid bi-weekly or monthly. Tuition must be paid in advance for bi-weekly or monthly fees.

All fees not paid on time for the week of which service has been rendered, will result in a $15.00 late fee per child and your child is not able to return until your account is brought current. This rule applies even if the child does not attend school on the day that tuition is late. Fees will continue to be charged weekly until $0 balance.

If your child is absent or sick for a week, you are still required to pay FULL TUITION for the school to hold a slot for your child. If your child is dropped from the roster you will be required to do registration again.

Immunizations

Parents are responsible for obtaining an immunization for each students enrolled. The parent's must supply school with a copy of a valid immunization record within 10 business days of their child's enrollment. It is the responsibility of the parent to maintain a valid immunization record on their child.

Disciplinary and Behavior Management

JMBC School has a no Corporal Punishment Policy. Every parent is required to sign a form acknowledging the policy. Every parent is required to sign a form acknowledging our discipline policy.

Illness of Staff and Children

Children - The school does not accept children that have commutable diseases. If a child is sent home due to illness, the parent should not allow the child to return until well. In the event of fever your child cannot attend the school and must be free of fever for at least 24 hours before returning. All ill students must be picked up.

Staff - No Staff Member who is known to be afflicted with any disease in a communicable form will be permitted to work in school. Staff will be required to bring in medical statement from the doctor stating their current condition and when they could return to work.

Supervision - Movement about the School- Children shall be directly supervised at all times by qualified staff persons.

Emergency Medical Plan - If there is a medical emergency, the Director will be notified, 911 will be called to transport the child to Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital. A designated person will notify family. A staff member will accompany the child and stay with them until family has joined them.

Policy Agreement - Parents and Staff shall sign and date an agreement, maintained on file and update annually that both parties have read and understood all policies relating to the operation of the facility.

Confidentiality of Records - A child's record, emergency information, photograph and other information about the child or family and information that may identify a child by name or address is confidential and may not be copied, posted on a website or disclosed to any unauthorized person's without consent from the child's parents.

Transition Policy

There are a number of transitions that children will encounter within their early years. Change and transition can be challenging, especially when children are placed in unfamiliar surroundings and introduced to new caregivers and routines. As children develop from birth throughout childhood, they move, or transition from one learning environment or setting to another. At JMBC Christian and Academic School, we recognize children learn best when they feel safe, nurtured and have positive experiences with their caregivers and peers. We aim to develop a caring, professional and respectful relationship with our children and families.

Transitioning into our Center
We encourage parent/guardians to share information they have about the child/children and what support he or she needs. Transitioning in a new center can take time. It may require shorter days to begin with to allow the child to become acclimated to the new environment and have as little stress places upon them as possible. We ask parents/guardians have some flexibility during these first days of transition and attendance. Transitioning into new age groups and caregivers.

Special care and planning go into transitioning children into new classrooms. When the teacher and Director are preparing to transition a child, they first discuss this with the parent/guardian. Children are transitioned into new classrooms according to space availability, age and physical, social and emotional development. Additionally, children are transitioned in groups of two, a buddy system so that the child goes into the new environment with someone they are familiar with.

In closing, Our transition process is designed to build trust between the children, their teachers and their parents. Our transitions work because we respect the children in our care and strive to empower them to make good decisions in a loving, warm atmosphere.