Culver City Afterschool Recreation Program (CCARP)

Code of Behavior

Please remember City operated programs are designed as a large group interaction experience.

No Tolerance Policy

Bullying, rough housing, fighting, biting, not keeping their hands to themselves, spitting, choking, scratching or destruction of City equipment; this warrants immediate action up to suspension.

Our staff is trained to work in the childcare field. Through proper redirection, children should be able to distinguish for themselves the difference between right and wrong, acceptable and unacceptable behaviors.  In an effort to preserve a safe environment for all participants and staff, misconduct will be addressed as follows:

1. First Offense – Verbal warning by staff
2. Second Offense – Supervised break away from the group
3. Third Offense – Parent notified for conference with the Recreation Coordinator or Supervisor

Any subsequent offenses can lead to suspension from the program at the Recreation Supervisor's discretion. The decision will be based upon the staff appraisal of the participant’s behavior as well as the parent’s involvement in aiding the participant to overcome behavioral problems. 

If issues continue the participant may not be allowed to continue the program. No refund will be given.

Personal Property

Our staff does not assume responsibility for the personal property of any participant.  For the protection of your child’s personal property, if you allow your child to bring anything of value to the program, please mark the item with your child’s name. Items left out carelessly, not put safely away or shown to other participants will have a greater tendency to disappear. Any child caught stealing will be dealt with by an immediate conference with parents and the Site Senior Recreation Leader to determine appropriate discipline.

CCARP has a full array of activities for your child to participate in. All activities are considered age-appropriate to the elementary school population.  Activities are continually added and are not limited to what is listed below.  Participation in all activities is encouraged.

Homework Time

CCARP offers time for children to do their homework.  Your child has the responsibility to attempt to do their homework daily and respect others while they are doing their homework.    

Staff will remove any participants that are unruly or that disrupt the room. Parents will need to check their child’s homework. Parents are encouraged to discuss homework concerns with staff.

Games & Crafts

Whether it’s board games or active tag and ball games, staff will plan activities for all participants so everyone will have something to catch their interest at some point.

Arts & Crafts projects are planned and done in the afternoon and can take over a course of several days or weeks. Please refer to the monthly activity calendar for more details of each project.

Free Play

We believe that kids need a break from the structure that is imposed on them all day at school and after school in organized programs.  Therefore, we consider Free Play to be an important part of our program.  Free Play allows your child to exercise their creative impulses, socialize, blow off steam and look outside of the pre-planned box into the world of possibilities.  Although the children will be supervised and will be given boundaries to observe, Free Play is not an organized activity and will look like it.

Special Presentations

Parents and other adults in the community may be dropping by to talk with kids about different topics.  You will be notified in advance of the topic matter and the presenter.

Publicity

Staff from time to time will take pictures of the children in the program during regular activity hours.  These pictures may be used for parent presentations, bulletin boards or promotional materials.

Meeting Locations/Transportation

CCARP staff will meet TK and Kinder participants at their classroom. 

Any student or parent having trouble finding the CCARP meeting location should go to the school’s main office and wait for the CCARP staff to arrive at the school’s main office. CCARP staff will check the school’s main office before leaving the school or starting the afterschool program. 

Daily Sign-In

Each program day staff will sign in all participants who are present.  All participants must be signed out in the presence of a staff member on the roster provided at the site. No child will be released to any person not previously authorized in writing by the parent. Please email the full name of additional authorized people for sign out. For that reason, we ask that you list as many people as possible, that may possibly, pick your child up from CCARP. Anyone signing out a student may be required to present identification.

CCARP staff are employees of the Culver City Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department. They are selected for their experience working with children and their desire to help youth grow emotionally, mentally and physically.

In order to be employed by the City of Culver City staff is goes through a comprehensive background check  which includes fingerprinting through the Department of Justice, tuberculosis screening and reference checks. In addition they go through a comprehensive and intensive staff training which include first aid and CPR prior to beginning work at CCARP. All of these precautions ensure the safety of our participants.

Minor Injuries

Staff are certified in CPR/First Aid and will administer treatment for minor cuts, scrapes and bruises. The injury will be logged and the parent will receive notification upon pick-up.

Illness

This is a Well Child facility. Do not send your child to CCARP if he/she is not feeling well.

A child may be too sick to attend if:

• The child does not feel well enough to participate comfortably in the program’s activities.
• If your child has a fever of 100°F or greater, they should remain at home and not return to the program until they have been without a fever for 24 hours/(one day) without the use of any medications such as Tylenol, Advil or Ibuprofen.
• The staff cannot adequately care for the sick child without compromising the care and safety of the other children.
• The child has any of the following symptoms:
  • If your child appears sleepy and without energy because they are not feeling well.
  • If your child vomits/throws up two or more times in the past 24 hours.
  • Signs or symptoms of possible severe illness; i.e., persistent crying, extreme irritability, uncontrolled coughing, difficulty breathing, wheezing, lethargy, etc.
  • If your child has a bad sore throat with fever or swollen glands, they should be seen by a doctor and should get a doctor’s note before returning to the program.
  • If your child has a cold with a really bad runny nose or has trouble breathing through their nose.
  • If your child has a bad cough and is coughing up yellowish mucus.
  • Any child with a communicable disease, including head lice, will not be admitted to the program without a doctor’s release.

Medication

Medications that must be administered daily are the responsibility of the parent. No medication will be administered by staff.