Edina KIDS Club/WISE Guys/Surge

• Enrollment Options
  • Kindergarten
  • Primary Grades (Grades 1 - 3)
  • WISE Guys (Grades 4 and 5)
  • SURGE (Grades 6 - 9)
• Parent Handbook and Policies
• Eligibility Policy

Registration and Finances

• Fee and Registration Information
  Financial Aid Information
• Tax/Flex Spending Information

Starting with KIDS Club/WISE Guys/SURGE Registration for the Summer of 2012 we will be moving to a new online system.

Registration will begin in early March and to get started you will need to set-up an online account. To set up your account now, please visit http://edina.thatscommunityed.com and use the Create an Account feature in the upper right hand corner.

Please note, that if you have accessed Edina Community Education for Adult courses, Youth classes, Family Center classes or 2012-13 K+(All Day K) registration in the past, your same account login and password will work for your KIDS Club/WISE Guys/SURGE registration.

 

In case of severe weather, Edina KIDS Club, WISEGuys and SURGE follow the
Edina School District Policy on School Closings

Program Information

Edina KIDS Club/WISE Guys/SURGE offers a fun, stimulating learning environment for your child that will compliment and enrich your child’s experience in Edina Public Schools. We provide quality enrichment and care before and after school and on release days. Children learn through a wide variety of activities such as art, music, science projects, cooking, games, writing, reading, crafts, outdoor play, computers, practicing social skills, gym time, dramatic play, and much more! There is a balance of activity options that includes large group, small group, and individual choices. We are a great place for children to develop friendships, grow in confidence, independence, and respect for themselves and others. Each program has a manager and supervisor that is degreed and enough support staff for a 1:12 ratio.

Enrollment Options

Kindergarten

K+ Program

KIDS Club programming is offered in your elementary school before and after school. Program hours run from 6:45 am to school start time and from school end time to 6:00 pm.

Half Day Kindergarten

If you are enrolled in the half day Kindergarten program, you may elect the half day block of KIDS Club- the KIDS Club Midday K Program, where programming is located at the Edina Community Center. Before and after school block programming is also available (please refer to the chart below for locations). Transportation is provided one way by Edina Schools. For example, if you are registered for morning Kindergarten and need the half day block of KIDS Club, your child would be transported from their elementary school to the Edina Community Center for KIDS Club programming. If you don’t need programming beyond the half day time block, you pick up your child from the Edina Community Center.  If you need the after school block of care, your child would remain at the Edina Community Center for the after school program and you would pick them up at the Edina Community Center. Program locations/hours are as listed below:

Primary Grades (Grades 1 - 3)

The KIDS Club primary programs are located in every elementary school in Edina.

WISE Guys (Grades 4 and 5)

Youth in Grades 4 and 5 attend WISE Guys before and after school at the Edina Community Center (ECC). Youth are bussed to school from the ECC to start school, and are bussed from school at the end of the school day to the ECC. Parents will drop off and pick up their youth from the ECC for before and/or after school enrollment. School release days are held at the ECC.

The WISE Guys environment includes cozy lounge areas, game rooms, gym and outdoor play areas, and the Homework Zone. WISE Guys is a place for kids to make friends and where adults provide positive role-models for youth. A regular feature is the Clubs program where youth can learn and develop interests, hobbies, and sports. Also, service opportunities in the community are regularly planned and initiated by the youth in WISE Guys. Occasionally special evening events or overnight trips are planned to provide enrichment and recreational opportunities for the youth in WISE Guys.

SURGE (Grades 6 - 9)

Follow the energy and it will lead you to SURGE. SURGE offers middle school students an opportunity to hang with their friends in a cool environment. There is food, music, foosball, table tennis, computers for homework, games in the gym, and staff who are the type of people you’d like your son or daughter hanging around with after school. Flexible enrollment choices including an hourly drop-in option.

Parent Handbook And Policies

• Edina KIDS Club Parent Handbook Your guide to Edina KIDS Club

Eligibility Policy

The Edina Public Schools offers a school age child-care program to students in Kindergarten through grade 9, and who, additionally, are not older than age 16. Children who will be entering kindergarten do not become eligible to participate in Edina KIDS Club until the first day of their kindergarten school year. That is, they are not eligible to participate during the summer before they enter kindergarten. Eligibility ends upon the completion of the 9th grade or completion of the session that is just prior to a student’s 17th birthday, whichever comes first. Children who will turn 17 during a school year or a summer session will not be eligible to participate during the school year or summer session in which their 17th birthday occurs.