South Connection

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• Operating hours are 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Summer program starts Monday, June 5, 2023, and ends Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.  We will be closed Tuesday, July 4, 2023.
   
• We appreciate knowing information such as OCC swim and tennis lessons schedules, swim team, Reading Immersion, vacations and early arrivals and departures before the summer program begins.  
   
• We will be using the Oakwood Schools vans for morning swim lessons, tennis lessons, swim team and Reading Immersion. S.C. will provide transportation only for children that leave from S.C. and return to S.C.  We do not provide one-way transportation. Please be here 30 minutes before lesson times. Children arriving late will miss their lessons. If parents wish to provide their own transportation to morning activities, they must do so round trip.   
   
• Parents must inform us if children are signed up for Oakwood Reading Immersion so we can get everyone where they need to go.  
   
• The OCC DOES NOT provide us with swim team, swim lessons and tennis lessons lists. It is the parents’ responsibility to email a copy of their OCC receipt or portal info, which contains child’s name, time, level and session date of the lesson, no later than midnight of the Thursday before the lesson that starts Monday. All Dolphins’ receipts must be in by Thursday, June 1, which is the last day of school.  Transportation to OCC lessons is guaranteed for the FIRST THREE SESSIONS ONLY that end by noon.  Note that swim and tennis sessions do not follow the same schedule. 
   
• Dolphins’ swim team members need to let us know what swim meets they will be participating in so we don’t send them on a field trip that day.  
   
• Although we transport students to morning OCC lessons, the OCC staff is responsible for supervision and instruction.  Children should only be signed up for lessons if they are responsible enough to follow directions, participate in group lessons, and be able to report to the pickup staff member on time.  
   
• Arrive at South Connection already sunscreened for the morning lessons and activities.  We provide sunscreen and monitor the students as they apply it starting at 10 a.m.  Make sure your child has the following items each day: tee shirt or rash guard for sun protection, tennis shoes, swimsuit, towel (even children not going to the pool need swimsuits and towels), lunch, snack and filled water bottle.  A change of clothing is mandatory after swimming.  Whenever children wear swimsuits, either at S.C. or the pool, we strongly recommend they also wear a tee shirt or rash guard.  This will protect their backs and shoulders from the sun, since hard to reach areas may not be adequately sunscreened.  Children who do not have the extra shirt, may not be able to wear swimsuits if deemed at risk for sunburn.  
   
• Parents need to send a packed lunch including a drink for your child each day, except on Thursday, if your child will eat the cheese or pepperoni pizza provided.
   
• The fees for students attending 5 days a week are $175 per week per child. The fees for students attending 3 days a week are $105 per week per child and the scheduled days should remain the same throughout the entire summer. Payment is due no later than Friday each of the 9 weeks unless you tell us ahead of time you are using your summer vacation week. 
   
• Please read the emailed newsletters and note field trip times.  There will be times when all staff is out. Other times a few children may take a van somewhere to play offsite (i.e. parks or playgrounds). 
   
• Inform us of absences, late arrivals, and appointments BEFORE 9 a.m. so we will know whether to save a seat for your child.  Field trip transportation and S.C. attendance is not guaranteed if you do not tell us by 9:00 a.m. that your child will be late. You may leave messages on the answering machine 24 hours a day. (937-643-9314)
   
• Children will ride buses or Oakwood Schools vans to and from the field trips. Parents are not permitted to drop students off at trip locations or pick them up early. Please do not ask us to make exceptions. We have learned that too many variables negatively affect the program. 
   
• Parents are allowed to pick children up from the OCC pool, if they notify a staff member the student is leaving for the rest of the day.  This opportunity would only be available to those that have Oakwood pool passes.  Other activities and field trips will be planned for those students that do not go to the pool. Anyone who is not prepared for swimming or other trips will most likely remain at S.C. Children will not need to take money to the pool since we will not be using the snack bar.  We will provide snack at S.C. after they return from the pool.  
   
• Please feel free to remind us of important information.  We do have to keep track of many details.