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2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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Fall 2025 Waterbury Rec Afterschool - Waterbury Rec Afterschool - Session 1
Waterbury Rec Afterschool is a license-exempt (33 V.S.A. § 3502) recreational program for children in grades K through 4th. Children will engage in a variety of fun, enriching, and engaging activities such as sports, group games, walking field trips, and time to unwind at the end of the school day. Kids in this program will primarily be outdoors as weather permits. The program will also utilize the recreation building during poor weather and indoor group activities.New for 2025: We have sliding-scale fee options for family payment for afterschool. We are offering a $15-35 range of fees for daily rates. Therefore, sign-ups will be a three-step process:First Step: Families begin their registration by completing the required forms and with an initial payment of either $100 registration fee or $5/day in attendance. The registration fee, including $5/day will be applied to your daily rates once the amount is confirmed. The registration process also includes a Q&A form that must be completed to confirm your daily rate. Should you not complete the required parts of the Q&A form, your account will have the default $30 daily rate. Second Step: Waterbury Recreation will review Q&A forms and registrations monthly. This means if families sign up by the 15th of the month, updated payments will be posted on the 1st of the next month (extended on weekends). Your account will reflect the amount of your sliding scale fee amount and the number of days you’ve registered for.Example: Request for $25/day for 18 afterschool days. Your invoice will be a total of $450 (minus initial registration payment). $25 per day X 18 days = $450 Third Step: Families pay their outstanding balances within the next month to remain registered for the afterschool program. Registration is open throughout the school year. On their own, families are not able to sign up for afterschool with less than a week's notice. This restriction is due to staff scheduling, supplies, and other planning for the program. If families would like to sign up with less than a week's notice, please email Recreation Program Coordinator Katie Mandych (kmandych@waterburyvt.com). Please know that late communications do not guarantee a spot in the program. DATES: Every school day (not including vacations & in-service days) The additional days Afterschool does not meet are: Friday, August 29 Monday, September 1 Friday, October 10 Monday, October 13 Tuesday, November 11 Wednesday, November 26 Thursday, November 27 Friday, November 28 TIMES: From school dismissal to 5:30pm LOCATION: Anderson Recreation Field & Building 27 Butler St. Waterbury, Vt. 05676 (located off of bus route #4) COST: Change to Sliding Scale CONTACT: Phone: 802-999-7237 (afterschool specific cell phone) Email: kmandych@waterburyvt.com, email messages will reach Waterbury Program Coordinator, Katie Mandych. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES Each week we try to have one activity in each of the following categories:
Nature & Art Kids will come to camp ready to spend time outside making art. This could be playing handmade instruments outdoors, building snow sculptures, or painting an outdoor mural. On days when we cannot spend time outside, we’ll bring nature into the Rec building to celebrate the outdoors and use our artistic talents. Some activities planned are leaf printing, animal track stamp-making, and making wildflower seed bombs to brighten up our parks. Campers will also have access to our art supplies to unleash their creativity.
Science & Games! We have science/STEAM projects lined up like flour stress balls, experimenting with baking soda and vinegar, creating our own slime, and testing the speed of sound! We will also have days where we set up games for the kids to play, usually a tournament style with levels for everyone to have fun at! We will play giant checkers, build paper airplanes, enjoy outdoor obstacle courses, and build snow forts!
Thinking Outside the Box Days! We will have a recipe project that each kid can safely contribute to making and then will enjoy for snack! Examples of the cooking projects include: banana bread, waffles, no-bake cookies, and homemade butter! We might also wrestle with puzzles, riddles, and overcoming obstacles to test our individual and team skills. Kids will try out written, verbal, and physical games, such as jigsaw puzzles and word searches.
Explore Days! We will visit the Waterbury Fire Station, our own parks, and businesses around town! We will visit the library, explore the children's garden, go ice skating, and have sledding days. Any additional costs for a trip (ie: money for snacks, ice cream, swimming) will be conveyed prior to the trip but transportation is always covered.
Teamwork Time! At the end of each week, we will play some games, learn different sports, practice team-building, and do teamwork challenges. In weather that does not allow us to spend much time outside, we will occasionally watch a kid-friendly movie or documentary.
POLICIES & GUIDELINES *Cancellation Policy is shared in the handbook. Cancellations with less than a week's notice are not refunded. Cancellations with 7-30 days' notification receive 75% refund. Cancellations with more than 30 days notice receive a full refund.
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