Summer Kids Club

2026 Summer Kids Club is gearing up for a Great Summer!

Ridgeway Community School will once again offer a comprehensive Summer Child Care program for students entering Kindergarten through students entering 7th Grade.  Children DO NOT have to be enrolled at Ridgeway Community School in order to attend our Summer Kids Club child care program.  We also have limited openings for preschoolers who have completed one full year of a center-based preschool program.  However, spots in this program are limited and will be filled on a first-come, first, serve basis.  All students attending Ridgeway's Summer Kids Club program must be "potty trained" and be able to use the bathroom independently.

2026 Summer Program features include:

Days of Operation: The program runs from 6:30 am - 5:30 pm: Monday - Friday beginning June 1st and ending on August 21st. There will be no childcare on July 3rd to 6th.  The program will be under the direction of Ms. Brooke Calteaux. This year we will have full day field trips scheduled weekly including outings to area parks, attractions, events, and swimming pools.  We have weekly themes with activities, learning, and crafts tied into the theme.  There are structured activities each day as well as plenty of time for free choice and creative play.  

Families can enroll for any number of regularly scheduled days per week or as a  "Drop In" Participant.  Complete the registration and health forms available on the 2026 SKC Registration Link and return them to the program with the required $25.00 non-refundable per child registration fee.    

Fees: The  daily rates for the Summer of 2026 are the same as they were for 2025.   

  • Full Day Rate: $30.00 per day for the first child in a family, and $27 per day for each additional child.

  • Hourly (Drop In): Rate: $4.00 first child in a family, $3.60/hr. for each additional child.

  • One time Registration Fee:  $25.00 per participant 

  • Additional fees for field trips and special activities and direct withdraw billing enrollment is required for all participant families. 

Summer Kids Club will also provide a healthy morning and afternoon snack to all students participating.  Families are asked to provide their child's lunch and their own sun screen and bug spray with your child(ren)'s name on it.  We strive to keep our program as affordable as possible while providing your children an active, enriched summer program with lots of outdoor time!

For more information contact the Ridgeway Community School Summer Kids Club program coordinator, email program coordinator.  If your child did not attend Ridgeway Community School during the 2025-26 school year please also provide a current copy of your child's immunization record along with the student health form.

Program Features:

  • 6 Acre Outdoor Campus with access to 6 miles of wooded hiking trails

  • Air Conditioned building, including gymnasium

  • Music and arts and crafts activities

  • Science, math, engineering, and makers space activities (activity fee applies).

  • Reading Program

  • Laptop Computer lab with enrichment programs

  • Private instrument lessons available on site (piano, band, strings, guitar) for an extra fee.

AND a 6 acre school grounds that includes:
¨  School vegetable garden
¨  School prairie and nature area 
¨  Access to adjacent hiking trails


Staffing:  This year our program will be directed by Ms. Brooke Calteaux.  Ms. Calteaux who we call "Miss. Brooke" is a paraprofessional Sub as well as works in our Afterschool Childcare Program at Ridgeway Community School's.  This is her first year as director of the Ridgeway Summer Kids Club program but was Co-director last year and has worked for RCS Summer Kids Club the last 4 years.  We will have regular assistance by other our experienced Ridgeway Community School staff members.  
 
Clothing:  We will assign children who are attending our program weekly their own larger locker in the hallway by the bathrooms.  Siblings will share these lockers.  This will allow participants to leave outerwear or a change of clothes in the school at all times.  Please also note that we ask that all those children attending summer kids club bring or wear closed toed shoes that do not require tying every day, unless they are able to keep their shoes tied tightly in double by themselves.   We try to do a lot of outdoor activities and in order for your child to participate safely they need to have sturdy shoes.  [There are a wide variety of shoes that have Velcro or elastic closures, and shoe lace accessories that do not require students to have to regularly tie their shoes and therefore reduce their expose their laces to germs  on the bathroom and other floors.]
 
Sign in and Sign out – In order for you to be billed properly for your child’s use of our program, please accompany your child into school each day and come in to pick them up at the end of the day while making sure to sign them in and out on using the ProCare software program on the program's laptop. 

Fee Payments:  Automatic billing enrollment is required for participation in Summer Kids Club.
Photos: photos, videos, and likeness of participants may be used in promotional efforts for this program without compensation.
Schedules:  See the links on the left for updates on our weekly and monthly activity schedules.

For more information contact Summer Kids Club Coordinator Brooke Calteaux at skc@ridgewayschool.org or School Coordinator Jodi Dansingburg at jdansingburg@ridgewayschool.org.

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