october 2014 - before and after school...

Field Trip Schedule/Combo Sites 2

Lights On Afterschool Flyer 3

Newsworthy Notes & Helpful Info 4

Neighborhood News 5

Nurse Christy’s Corner 6

BASS Advisory Council 6

Snow Day Letter 7

Oktoberfest Recap 8

Staffing Update 9

Character Education 9

Business Partners 9

October Snack Calendar 10

October Activity Calendar 11

Inside this issue:

DATES TO REMEMBERDATES TO REMEMBERDATES TO REMEMBER

• 10/2—Annual Lights On

Afterschool @ Paradise

Park 5:00– 8:00 pm

• 10/11—Race for the Fu-

ture 8:00 a.m.

• 10/13—Columbus Day

• 10/17—Early Release Day

• 10/22—Early Release Day

• 10/23—Full Day


• 10/31—Halloween

• 11/2—Daylight Saving

Time Ends

• 11/4—Full Day


• 11/27-28—Thanksgiving

Holiday, BASS programs

CLOSED

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http://bass.lsr7.org/

October 2014October 2014October 2014

BASS 4BASS 4BASS 4---111---111 October is a really busy month in

the life of BASS. We started off with

the Oktoberfest! I hope the kids had

fun popping balloons with darts and

tossing bean bags! Staff and kids enjoy

seeing each other out of their school

environment.

This week we hope to see all of

our families at Paradise Park for our

annual Lights On Afterschool Event.

Many of you know this goes down in

the history of BASS as one of the Kids’

favorite experience. We so appreciate

all that Paradise Park does to make

this a success. In celebration of the

Royals, we are encouraging everyone

to wear Royal Blue. “BE ROYAL”!

Site Coordinators are working on

Snow Day lesson plans as well as les-

son plans for all of the non-school

days in October.

Thank you to all of our families

who took time to com-

plete our surveys at the

end of the last school

year and this summer. We are using

the information to make changes that

are possible.

Read closely the field trip sched-

ule and the combo group schedules on

page 2. If you have any questions,

please contact your Site Coordinator.

Mark your calendar for Parents’

Night Out December 12. This will be a

great opportunity for the kids to have

a fun night while you take care of a

“To Do” on your list.

And lastly, BASS is excited to an-

nounce that the KC Cubbies program

will be expanding in January. Our new

location will be at 1151 NE Colbern

Road next to the BASS Administrative

Office.

BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL SERVICES NEWSLETTER—OCTOBER 2014

2014-15 Field Trip Schedule

Longview Farm, Cedar Creek AMC Movie—10:15 am—12:00 pm

*Meadow Lane, Hazel Grove, Lee’s Summit, Westview AMC Movie—10:15 am—12:00 pm

Prairie View, Summit Pointe AMC Movie—10:15 am—12:00 pm

*Underwood, Mason, Richardson Johnson Farms—10:45 am—2:00 pm

*Sunset Valley, Greenwood, Woodland Johnson Farms—10:45 am—2:00 pm

Highland Park, Hawthorn Hill, Pleasant Lea, Trailridge Carolyn’s Pumpkin Patch—11:00 am—2:00 pm

Pleasant Lea Middle School, Bernard Campbell Middle School, Summit Lakes

Middle School (3LYNX)

Paradise Park—10:00 am—12:00 pm

Field Trips for October 23, 2014

Sites November 4 February 16 March 6

Longview Farm, Cedar Creek Emerald City Gym

2:00 pm—3:30 pm

Lunar Bowl

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

Paradise Park

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

Meadow Lane, Hazel Grove, Lee’s Summit, Westview Emerald City Gym

2:00 pm—3:30 pm

Lunar Bowl

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Paradise Park

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Prairie View, Highland Park, Pleasant Lea Paradise Park

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Bump City

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Lunar Bowl

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Underwood, Mason, Richardson AMC Movie

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Paradise Park

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

Emerald City Gym

1:00 pm—2:30 pm

Sunset Valley, Greenwood, Woodland AMC Movie

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Paradise Park

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Emerald City Gym

1:00 pm—2:30 pm

Summit Pointe, Hawthorn Hill, Trailridge Paradise Park

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

Bump City

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

Lunar Bowl

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

3LYNX—PLMS, BCMS, SLMS AMC Movie

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Lunar Bowl

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Extreme Fitness

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

*Selected sites will combine their site on full days with their snow day site. This allows schools with lower enrollment numbers to

contain costs due to lower staffing needs as well as provide a more enjoyable environment for children. Refer to the chart below to

determine schools participating with the combo site on full days.

ADDITIONAL COMBO SITE DATES & LOCATIONS

Designated

Attendance Site

Combo Site

Phone #

Schools Attending

Designated Site

Dates to Combine

(All non-school days)

MEADOW LANE 986-3261 Hazel Grove, Lee’s Summit,

Meadow Lane, Westview • Thur., Oct. 23

• Fri., Oct. 24

• Tues., Nov. 4

• Wed., Nov. 26

• Fri., Jan. 2

• Mon., Jan. 5

• Mon., Jan. 19

• Fri., Feb. 16

• Fri., Mar. 6

SUNSET VALLEY 986-4251 Greenwood, Sunset Valley,

Woodland

UNDERWOOD 986-3291 Mason

Note: Times listed do not include travel time. Students may bring up to an additional $5 for concession stand and/or tokens at Lunar Bowl and

Paradise Park. Times and locations are subject to change. Parents will always be notified of any field trip changes.


Newsworthy Notes and Helpful Information

� Payment Reminder: Parents—please include your child’s name and school in the memo portion of

your check when sending payments in the mail or dropping off payment in our drop box. Thank you!

� Our Annual “Lights On Afterschool” celebration is scheduled for Thursday, October 2, from 5:00—8:00 p.m. at

Paradise Park. Join us for an evening of FREE fun for your family! Don’t forget to wear your Royal Blue!!

� Put on your running shoes and prepare for the 18th Annual Race for the Future 5K run/walk

and kids dash to benefit the Lee’s Summit Educational Foundation and the Carrie Foresee Me-

morial Scholarship Fund. The race is Saturday, Oct. 11 at 8 a.m. at Lee's Summit West High

School.

� Parent Handbook Amendment 2014-15

1. Parent/guardians are required to sign their child in and out each day. It is expected that upon entering the

building, parent/guardian goes directly to the designated Kids Country area to sign in. Upon signing out, it is

expected that the parent/guardian leaves the building immediately via the approved exit door/route. Failure

to follow this procedure may result in dismissal from the program.

2. If a child is suspended from school during the school day, the child will not be allowed to attend Kids Country

during the period of suspension per Board Policy. If a child is suspended directly from Kids Country, it would

not carry over to the regular school day.

� Hints to Assist in Accessing your Account—For parents who may have questions regarding how to access account

information and make a pay-

ment online, refer to the

step by step instructions

pictured here. You can click

the “View My Account” link

on the BASS webpage or go

directly to the BASS web

store at

http://lsr7bass.revtrak.net

� Online Payments—Please

note that updating the

credit card information on

file does not process a pay-

ment. You will need to se-

lect the invoice to be paid

and add to your shopping

cart.

Underwood Kids Country is preparing for a great fall season. We will

be going on nature walks and watching for all the signs of “Fall”. We

are looking forward to our first field trip with our friends to the

Pumpkin Patch.

BCMS 3LYNX students are mak-

ing new friends and helping out

the Kids Country kids with

homework and art projects.

Sometimes we just hang out in our space at Underwood. The gym is

our favorite place to go, where we can work off a lot of energy.

Prairie View Kids

Country older kids are in full swing designing and planning

for our annual Haunted House!

They are super excited about it

and look forward to it every year.

At Woodland Kids Country Sep-

tember was all about respect. Our

staff, Ms. Melanie made a "giving

tree" in the reading area. Any time a child is caught being respectful or kind to an-

other child, they get to put an apple on the tree. The child writes what they did on

the apple and then hangs it on the tree. Once we get 100 apples, we will earn a

special surprise!

The Longview Farm children have been busy making up fun bulletin boards/displays. The one they had the

most fun with was making a large group of owls sitting on tree branches. The boys in our Older Kids Club

have been busy putting together a vehicle pulling a trailer and an airplane, both of which have real motors

and can move!

Neighborhood News


GERMS ARE EVERYWHERE

It seems like just about everyone has

a cell phone now days, even young chil-

dren. Many children have iPods and other

hand held gaming systems that they share

with their friends. Most of us have remote

controls for the TV, game systems and

garage doors. In living out our day we

touch all kinds of things and places such as

ATM’s, shopping cart handles, door knobs,

elevator buttons, office phones, light

switches, drinking fountain controls, gaso-

line pumps, and the list goes on and on.

Because GERMS ARE EVERYWHERE, the

best way to combat illness due to expo-

sure to germs is good hand washing.

FYI—Cell phones use energy, which

creates heat, which then creates a perfect

breeding ground for germs. A cell phone

may carry 10 times more bacteria than

most toilet seats. According to Women’s

Health Magazine, 1 in 6 cell phones are

contaminated with fecal matter that could

contain E-coli, a pathogen that can cause

severe illness and in some cases death.

Doctoral students at Stanford warn

“infectious microbes on the surface of a

smart phone – including staph and sea-

sonal flu – have an excellent chance of

making their way to your eyes, nose and

mouth” where they might have a good

chance of making you ill. The places where

we store our phones (think warm dark

purse) also contribute to the growth of

germs.

What to do? Of course the greatest

deterrent to becoming ill is cleanliness. It

is recommended by many sources that

you clean your phones once or twice a

week. Not only clean the phone, but also

the case. AT&T recommends squeezing

the liquid out of an antibacterial wipe and

gently cleaning the phone. Don’t spray

your phone with anything. Some sources

said to use alcohol

and a clean cloth;

some sources said

alcohol can damage

phones. There is also VIOLight—a UV Light

System designed to kill germs on cell

phones. It is also a good idea to clean

common gadgets like remotes and door

knobs.

The single most important thing you

can do to help yourself stay healthy and

prevent the spread of germs is to wash

your hands several times a day. It is a

good idea to include cell phones and gadg-

ets in your weekly cleaning schedule. It is

also recommended that sharing of cell

phones and other hand held devices be

held to a minimum because...

GERMS ARE EVERYWHERE

Nurse Christy’s Corner


Before & After School Advisory Council

The BASS Advisory Council met for this year’s first

meeting on Thursday, Sept. 25th. The following are brief

reports from each committee.

The TEAM BASS project of creating a “Peace Garden”

on the BASS Administrative lawn is in the final stages. If

winter weather doesn’t slow the construction plans, BASS

staff and community will be able to enjoy the peace and

tranquility of a beautiful Spring garden. Developing a Re-

cruitment plan for qualified School Age Care staffing is the

next project for TEAM BASS.

The AIQ (Awareness, Inclusion, Quality) Committee

met on 9-25-14 at BCMS. We reviewed the purpose and

desired outcomes of the committee. After much discus-

sion, it was decided that the committee will pursue an

enrichment curriculum to help our students learn about

other cultures. The Committee will look into working on

this along with students from Summit Tech Academy, who

have assisted us the past two years by presenting “French

Club” at some of our sites. Thank you to the parents who

are a part of our committee.

Chore Core discussed many projects,

ideas and events happening this school

year. We reviewed our Lights On After-school event, Ok-

toberfest, Parents’ Night Out, school year curriculum and

more. We also talked about the possibility of compiling a

list of different community service projects that each of

our schools could use to assist them in finding a charity to

partner with. Our goal is to compile a list by the end of

the year. Please email any suggestions you might have to

Ryan at: [email protected].

Below are the dates of future meetings to add to your

calendar if you would like to be involved in providing

feedback and input for these meetings.

� Thursday, January 22 (inclement weather date of

February 5)

� Thursday, April 23

Location: Bernard Campbell Middle School Media

Center, 1201 NE Colbern Road—6:30 PM—7:30 PM


Dawn Butler

This was the third year that BASS participated in Lee’s Summit’s downtown Oktoberfest celebration on Kids Street. The weather was beautiful and we saw a great turnout of families who came by to say hello. We enjoyed getting to play the games with kids and hope to see

everyone next year. Congratulations to the West family at Underwood Elementary Kids Coun-

try who was drawn to receive a free month’s tuition for BASS!

Oktoberfest Recap



Staffing Update

We continue to add new staff members to our BASS team. Please join us in welcoming the new

faces at your site and help them get acquainted with your child!

Vickie Figg Tina Madison

Megan Riley Sarah Smith

Curt Tate-Roach Sherri Tobey

Character Education

RESPONSIBILITYRESPONSIBILITYRESPONSIBILITYRESPONSIBILITY———— Accepting personal responsibility; acting without

continual guidance, or superior authority

BUSINESS

PARTNERS


October 2014

Activity Calendar

Health & Safety: Fire Safety

Character Trait: Responsibility

Monthly Drill: Fire Drill

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

1

Jell-O Play dough

Cooperative Play

2

Character Trait:

Responsibility

Cooperative Play

3

Health & Safety: Fire

Plan of Escape

Cooperative Play

6

Trash Town Fire

Department

Cooperative Play

7

Trash Town Fire

Department

Cooperative Play

8

American Tag Day -

Line Tag in Gym

Cooperative Play

9

Marble Painting Fun

Cooperative Play

10

Fire in the Forest

Cooperative Play

13

Roll a Pumpkin Game

Cooperative Play

14

Drill: Fire Drill

Sensory Bags

Cooperative Play

15

Fall Leaf Placements

Cooperative Play

16

Scarecrow Candy

Necklace

Cooperative Play

17

EARLY RELEASE DAY

End of 1st

Quarter

20

Watercolor Pumpkin

Cooperative Play

21

Craft Stick Pumpkin

Cooperative Play

22

EARLY RELEASE DAY

Parent Teacher

Conference

23

FULL DAY

Parent Teacher

Conference

24

FULL DAY

27

Slime

Cooperative Play

28

Bats

Cooperative Play

29

3-D Pumpkins

Cooperative Play

30

National Candy Corn

Day-Candy Corn

Candles

Cooperative Play

31

Witch Walk Musical

Chairs

Cooperative Play

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