Helpful Information About ESS
HOURS - 6:30am to 6:00pm Monday through Friday. ESS is open during Professional Growth Days as well as District Recesses.
A late fee of $1.00 per minute per child will be charged after 6:00pm
ADMISSION - Any child who attends a Poway Unified School District elementary school is eligible for enrollment. This program is open to kindergarten through fifth grade students. Children who will attend kindergarten in the fall are eligible to enroll and attend ESS the summer before they start kindergarten.
REGISTRATION - A completed registration packet and fees must be received prior to entry into the ESS program. You can pick up a packet in the ESS office on campus.
FEES - Please click on link to the left (2009-10 Fees) for monthly breakdown. There is a $50.00 registration fee per family per year and a $25.00 re-entry fee after dropping from the program for any length of time.
Fees are due on the first day of each month. A fee of $20.00 will be assessed if payment is not received after the 20th of the month. The ESS program is self supporting and financially independent of the Poway Unified School District.
Summer Program fees include all field trip admission fees, guest speakers, summer t-shirt, tote bag, and an afternoon snack.
MINIMUM DAY/TIME BANKING (Thursday only) - Students may enroll in ESS for care on the weekly minimum day from 1:10pm - 2:50pm. Please come to the ESS office on campus for further information.
DISTRICT RECESS/BREAK RATE - To attend only for district breaks there is a fee of $30.00 per day. Registration for all breaks and recesses is for the entire recess or break duration (no single day registrations).
SIGNING IN & OUT - Students must be signed in and out of ESS daily. Only an authorized person with a picture ID can sign a child out of ESS. Your child is expected at ESS each day. Please notify us whenever your child WILL NOT attend ESS.
VACATION & ABSENCES - Monthly fees can be pro-rated only when a two-week notice has been given on a Fee Adjustment Request form. Credit is given in five-day increments only and each child is allowed one week per school year, excluding Winter Break, President's Week, and Spring Break (these are optional attendance time frames). If you choose to extend the one week allotment, a withdrawal from the program is required. There are no refunds for absences due to illness or partial attendance.
ILLNESS & MEDICATION - If your child is not feeling well, please do not send him/her to ESS. Students who have been ill must be well, and fever free, for 24 hours before returning to ESS or school. If your child becomes ill or suspected to be contagious, you will be notified to pick him/her up promptly. It is very important that you keep us updated on changes in work, home, cell, and emergency phone numbers.
ESS will administer medication (prescription or non-prescription) to students only if a PUSD Authorization for Medical Administration form has been completed by a physician and parent. All medication must be in the original container with original prescription labels attached. Chap stick and non-medicated cough drops need only the parent's portion of the form filled in and signed.
Sunscreen can be administered at ESS. A Sunscreen Permission form needs to be filled out and returned and you must provide your own sunscreen.