Discovery Club
2016 – 2017
Director: Lindsey Middleton
Phone: 826-8800, ext. 278
Email:
Auburn United Methodist Church provides an after school program for children in kindergartenthrough seventh grade. Children are picked up at Auburn City Schools by the Discovery Club buses each school day and transported to the church. Parents pick up the children from Discovery Club no later than 5:30 p.m.
The children are divided into groups for afternoon rotations: kindergarten, first, second grades; third, fourth grade fifth grades; and sixthseventh grades -all of which meet upstairs in the Mathison Education Building. Sometimesgroups combine for snack & gym rotations, and all groups are combined for special events.
Discovery Club provides a range of activities that includesupervised homework time, daily snack, gym activities, cooking, crafts, special events,devotional time and mission projects.
In addition to the $25 registration fee (due with enrollment forms), a $25 activity fee for use throughout the school year will be collected when each child’s enrollment is confirmed by the director. Tuition is $165 per month for one child; $300 for two siblings; $400 for three siblings, etc. Payment is due by the 10thof each month (August – May) and is considered delinquent after the 15th. Checks are payable to AUMCDiscovery Club, and information is available from the director about online payments. Financial aid information is available upon request.
Discovery Club follows the Auburn City School calendar and therefore will not be in session during the following holidays:
September 5, 2016Labor Day Holiday
October 17, 2016Parent Conference Day
November 11, 2016Veteran’s Day Holiday
November 23 – 25, 2016Thanksgiving Holidays
December 19– January 4Winter Holidays
January 16, 2017Martin Luther King Holiday
February 20, 2017President’s Day
March 13-17, 2017Spring Break
April 14 & 17, 2017April Holiday (Weather Make Up Days)
Announcements and information sheets for upcoming events will also be placed in family folders. Parents should take a moment to read these and post them at home for reference.
IMPORTANT: Any day a Discovery Club student is not to be picked up from school, the director should be notifiedbefore noon but no later than 1:45 of that day,via text or email. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE MESSAGES WITH THE CHURCH RECEPTIONIST.
Parents with any questions or concerns about the program should always feel free to speak with the director. The best time is usually between 5:00 – 5:30 p.m.