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We are the Middlesex YMCA's Kids' Korner at Macdonough School site, housed in the cafeteria of our North End School! When you drop off or pick up your MacNugget, please come to the cafeteria door to meet us.

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Our program space is the school cafeteria and parents can come to the cafeteria door for Drop Off and Pick Up but cannot enter the building.

AM Drop Off must be before 8:35 am. PM Pick Up must be before 5:45 pm. Late Charges will be strictly enforced this school year, as our agreement with the school is very specific for the safety of students and staff.

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KKatMac's Important Phone Numbers and Email Contacts!

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KKatMac's Important Phone Numbers and Email Contacts!

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KKatMac: 860 704 0604
clombardo@midymca.org
Ceara Ladue: 860 343 6247
cladue@midymca.org
Amy Cardoza: 860 343 6218
acardoza@midymca.org

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SPECIAL DATES: 2020/2021 School Year Calendar

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SPECIAL DATES: 2020/2021 School Year Calendar

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No School Days: 9/7, 10/12, 11/3, 11/11, 11/26, 11/27, 12/24-12/31, 1/1, 1/18, 2/15-2/17, 4/2-4/9, 5/31

Half Days: 11/25,12/2-12/4, 12/23, 3/10-3/12 and last day of school.

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YOU MUST CLICK THE PICTURE TO SEE BOTH AM AND PM SCHEDULES
With the Hybrid Model, A Cohort attends Monday/Thursday. B Cohort attends Tuesday/Friday. There is no KKatMac on Wednesdays at this time. The afternoon schedule is above.

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Our Afterschool Education Enrichment Curriculum focuses on five main areas:

1. S.T.E.A.M.

2. Character Development-(CD) and Social Emotional Learning-(SEL)

3. C.A.T.C.H.

4. Cultural Competency (Connections)

5. Outdoor Education

This year's theme is The Great American Road Trip: Route 2020. Each month will be a different region of the United States of America and North America.

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Facebook Page: Kids' Korner at Macdonough School

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Facebook Page: Kids' Korner at Macdonough School

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LIKE us on Facebook for the most up to date announcements and to stay informed with site goings-on.

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Facebook Page: Middlesex YMCA Kids' Korner

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Facebook Page: Middlesex YMCA Kids' Korner

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This is the page for the entire KK program and its 12 sites.

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Middlesex YMCA Kids' Korner. 742 likes. More than just a great child care program! Kids' Korner is a place for children to explore new interests, meet new friends, complete homework, participate in...

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Already registered to vote, or not eligible? Like and share this post so your friends, family, and community can check their voter registration status too!

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Are you up-to-date on your voter registration? Check your voter registration status today by visiting our voter registration portal: ymca.net/vote Already registered to vote, or not eligible? Like and share this post so your friends, family, and community can check their voter registration status too!

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Make sure to scroll down in each box on this timeline for important information about the KKatMac site and staff.

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Chae (or ChaeChae, as the kids call her) is the Site Director/Head Teacher of KKatMac. She started as SD in September of 2006. She is also the Character Development Resource Director for the Middlesex YMCA. Chae is on-site M-F, AM and PM.

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Shayla is the Assistant Site Director for KKatMac and also works at the Farm Hill Kids' Korner Program. She has been with the Middlesex YMCA since 2017 and has also worked at Summer Enrichment. Shay is on-site, M-F, PM only.

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Telia is our AM Group Leader. This is her first year at KKatMac as an employee, but she was #MacPack before! Her daughter attended Kids' Korner at Lawrence and Macdonough Schools! Telia is on-side, M-F AM only!

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Your children's safety is of the utmost importance to us.
In the next few boxes, we will share our program-specific and site-specific protocols for prevention of the caronavirus at Kids' Korner.
Our program staff are following guidelines set forth by the CDC, medical professionals, the district, CT Office of Early Childhood, Department of Public Health and Macdonough School.

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COVID Safety Procedure- CT State OEC Visits

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COVID Safety Procedure- CT State OEC Visits

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We work very closely with the CT State Office of Early Childhood to be sure we are adhering to the most up to date policies and procedures for safety. We were visited on 9/28/2020 and received a ZERO VIOLATION inspection with regards to our COVID Safety Procedures. So you can rest assured our staff is taking the proper precautions to keep your children safe.

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We disinfect high touch areas and student spaces before children arrive for each session (both AM & PM). We sanitize every child area after eating snack (and as needed throughout the sessions). At the end of each session, we disinfect all used materials, student spaces, and other high touch areas again.

We keep track of our sanitizing and disinfecting on a recording sheet. We use the school-provided cleaner for both processes.

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COVID Safety Procedure-Entering the Program Space

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COVID Safety Procedure-Entering the Program Space

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To enter the KK program space, students have their temperature taken (to be sure it is below 100*). We assure their masks are the correct type of mask and they are wearing it correctly. All students must immediately wash their hands for 20 seconds upon entering the program space.

Staff adhere to this policy as well. We take our temperature and wash our hands immediately upon entry to the school.

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COVID Safety Procedure-Hand Hygiene: Frequency/Duration and Alternatives

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COVID Safety Procedure-Hand Hygiene: Frequency/Duration and Alternatives

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Hand-washing happens at KKatMac at specific times and specific reasons. The soaping portion of hand-washing is monitored to assure children are washing for 20 seconds.
Reasons and Times for Children to Wash Hands.
1) Whenever entering the program space or coming in from outdoors .
2) Before and After eating snack or taking medicine (if child has medicine). This includes any food preparation/set up.
3) After using the bathroom.
4) After sneezing, blowing nose, coughing, etc.
5) If we touch or are going to touch:

Any "body stuff" like blood, vomit, phlegm, boogers, etc.

Shared items like toys, games, or art supplies.

Sandbox, Playdough, Slime, etc.

Bandaids, gauze or other first aid items.

Animals

If hand-washing is not immediately possible, we use the school-provided hand sanitizer.

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COVID Safety Procedure- Social Distancing Indoors

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COVID Safety Procedure- Social Distancing Indoors

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Students at KKatMac observe our social distance expectations while indoors by sitting at their own designated spaces. Each child gets their own table. Siblings can be closer together, but still have their own spots.

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While outside we continue to encourage social distancing with gentle reminders to be at least 6 ft. from non-family participants.

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Every MacNugget gets their own personal Arts and Crafts Bag for KKatMac projects.
The A&C Bags have markers, crayons, colored pencils, pencils, gluesticks, scissors etc.

This eliminates sharing of materials.

These bags are all spray disinfected after use and stored in a box labeled for their specific Cohort (A or B).
Students are encouraged to not share personal items.

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COVID Safety Procedure-Outdoor Equipment Bags

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COVID Safety Procedure-Outdoor Equipment Bags

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Our KKatMac outside time is safely social distanced and our outdoor equipment is also separated by Cohort for safety.

Cohort A is Green. Cohort B is Orange. Everyday our outdoor equipment is double disinfected (AM and PM) with the school-provided disinfectant.

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COVID Safety Procedure-Masks and Mask Breaks

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COVID Safety Procedure-Masks and Mask Breaks

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While in our indoor spaces, the students must be wearing masks. That is a school rule that must be followed by students and staff alike.

Our MacNuggets can be mask-less while we are outside, as we have them maintain a 6 ft. Social Distance. This is a nice option for us afterschool.

We have created Mask Break Bags. Students wear their own lanyard, protecting their paper-towel wrapped mask inside. They are disinfected by staff every day on our plastic bulletin board.

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COVID Safety Procedure-Outdoors as Often as Possible

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COVID Safety Procedure-Outdoors as Often as Possible

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Our new model includes the motto: OUTDOORS OFTEN, which means we are Outside as Often as Possible (weather permitting, of course). Please be aware that we WILL go out everyday and to dress your children accordingly/send them with outdoor apparel.