Welcome families! Virginia-Highland After School is looking forward to another GREAT school year. We offer after school childcare for Virginia-Highland Elementary students who are registered with Virginia-Highland After School. At VHAS, our mission is to provide a healthy, safe environment in which teachers provide quality care to all students. Students are given the opportunity to participate in enrichment activities, study time, physical exercise and homework help sessions. PRE-K IMPORTANT TIP: When creating the child profile in the registration system prior to enrolling, please enter the year your child is entering KINDERGARTEN. Parent Handbook

Welcome families! Virginia-Highland After School is looking forward to another GREAT school year. We offer after school childcare for Virginia-Highland Elementary students who are registered with Virginia-Highland After School. At VHAS, our mission is to provide a healthy, safe environment in which teachers provide quality care to all students. Students are given the opportunity to participate in enrichment activities, study time, physical exercise and homework help sessions. PRE-K IMPORTANT TIP: When creating the child profile in the registration system prior to enrolling, please enter the year your child is entering KINDERGARTEN. Parent Handbook

EXTRAS REGISTRATION OPENS IN THE PARENT PORTAL ON OUR WEBSITE FOR FALL SEMESTER THE SECOND SATURDAY IN AUGUST AT 9AM AND FOR WINTER-SPRING SEMESTER THE SECOND SATURDAY IN DECEMBER AT 9AM . HOW TO VIEW UPCOMING CLASSES: BEFORE REGISTRATION OPENS- WITH RESPECT TO EACH UPCOMING SEMESTER, BY JULY 15 AND NOVEMBER 30: NEW!!! BY JULY 15, COURSES CAN NOW BE PREVIEWED IN THE PARENT PORTAL BEFORE REGISTRATION OPENS. EXTRAS COURSE PREVIEW CATALOGUES WILL BE VIEWABLE and DOWNLOADABLE BACK ON OUR WEBSITE EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS PAGE AT THE BOTTOM (YOU ARE IN THE PARENT PORTAL NOW- GO BACK TO HOMEPAGE IF YOU ARE READING THIS, TO NAVIGATE TO EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS WEBSITE PAGE) link to EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS page REMINDER: IF YOU LOG IN TO PARENT PORTAL BEFORE 9 AM THE DAY REGISTRATION OPENS, BE SURE TO REFRESH YOUR BROWSER AT 9AM SO CLASSES WILL OPEN/LOAD COMPLETELY. My After School Program/ VHAS (Virginia Highlands After School) is excited to be the provider of extracurricular programs for Virginia Highlands Elementary (VHE)! We are super excited to be on campus again on Virginia Avenue! VHAS offers a variety of extracurricular options for your child each afternoon. VHAS extracurricular programs, also known as "VHAS EXTRAS", are offered to all currently enrolled VHE students in grades K-5; some classes are banded by grade. Students can participate even if they are not enrolled in the VHAS after care program. VHAS EXTRAS Extras take place on the VHE school grounds. MASP does not offer extracurricular programs to Pre-K students. Registration for extracurricular programs takes place here on our website. Registration for Fall semester opens the second Saturday in August at 9AM and for the Winter-Spring semester, registration opens the second Saturday in December at 9AM. It is strongly suggested that you read the detailed, helpful answers to Frequently Asked Questions and details about Extras course registration information under the EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS here: https://myafterschoolprogram.com/extracurricular-programs. Students transition to us at the end of the school day for all first hour extracurricular programs. If a child attends at 2nd hour extracurricular program, they must either be brought back to the school at the start of that class by a parent or caregiver, transition from a 1st hour extracurricular program, if enrolled, or transition from the VHAS aftercare program, if enrolled. Students may not leave campus on their own and return on their own for the start of a second hour extracurricular class. No student may be left on campus in the time after school has dismissed until the second hour extracurricular program begins. This is an APS and VHAS EXTRAS aftercare policy. Each course offered has a fee set based on vendor rate and number of weeks in the session. Each course offered has a fee set based on vendor rate and number of weeks in the session. Typically, Fall semester classes begin the first full week after Labor Day and classes for the Winter-Spring semester begin the first full week after the MLK holiday. We follow the APS calendar and all emergency dismissal class cancellations. Once registered, parents can always confirm child schedules by logging into their parent portal account. We follow the APS calendar and all emergency dismissal class cancellations. Refunds will be made if requested at a rate of class fee minus $50 once the online registration has been completed up until the second week of semester class for that program has been completed. After that, no refunds will be made. Parents requesting class changes will be charged a $10 class change fee for each class change made. Choose classes carefully. A $50 NSF /returned payment fee will be added to any accounts having payments that are returned to us or that do not clear. Additional details of logistics, school dismissal notes, snack and other procedures will be emailed to parents and posted on our homepage in the Parent Welcome Letter the Friday before classes begin. More questions? Email Beth@myafterschoolprogram.com