Summers at GCA are sizzling!
All thoughts turn to water fun, lazy days, and ICE CREAM!
LOTS OF ICE CREAM!

Summer for Child Care Preschoolers

Preschoolers enjoy activities associated with a different theme each week. Because of safety concerns, 2 and 3 year old preschoolers are not taken on field trips off campus. There could be extra charges for some of the activities. Our rising Kindergarten students do travel off campus for a variety of field trips. The cost of the trip is due on the day of the event.

Summer Programming for School Age Child Care

The Kindergarten through fifth grade group spends the first week of summer vacation on campus getting to know each other and learning the safety rules for activities on and off sight.

Then the traveling begins. This group goes on an outing at least three days a week.

Activities include, but are not limited to:

• Swimming
• Bowling
• Putt Putt
• Eagle cruises down the James
• Canal walk and boat rides
• Ice skating
• Trips to the park
• Metro Richmond Zoo
• Moorefield Mines
• Windy Hill Park

When the group is on campus board games, video games, movies, playground, and arts and crafts are available.

Taekwondo instruction, tutoring, and reading club are also available for a small fee.

While the program functions under the guidelines provided by the Virginia Department of Social Services, GCA has opted to apply and receive a Religious Exemption Certificate instead of a license.

The cost for activities is in addition to the weekly summer childcare fee. Parents only pay for the activities that their children attend. If a child is present on the day of a scheduled activity, they are expected to participate.

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Payment Policies:

The monthly preschool payments are due the first of every month, and are considered late if received after the 5th. A $15 late payment fee is assessed at that time and added to your account.

The payments for childcare are expected in the office every Monday for the week ahead. Children are not allowed to return to the center for care if their account is past due. The Guardian Christian Academy Board has passed a policy that allows each family to choose two weeks out of a year and pay only ½ of the weekly tuition due. They ask that one of these weeks be used during the summer (June – August), and one during the school year (September – May). In doing this, each family pays for 51 out of 52 weeks of care. If a child is gone any other time of the year, the full weekly amount must be paid.

If a family has more than one child in our programs, the family discounts apply. Accounts are charged a $25 fee for every returned check that is received.

* All rates are subject to change