Dear Middletown Family,

The Community YMCA, which has served Monmouth County families for nearly 135 years, is very pleased to have been selected to offer both morning and afternoon school-based programming in the Middletown Township School District.  We are very proud to already be serving more than 500 students and their parents in several other school districts.

The Community YMCA has had a long tradition and rich history of providing school-based programs throughout Monmouth County.  Our New Jersey State licensed afterschool programs deliver an age and developmentally appropriate curriculum that focuses on the needs and interests of students, helping them reach their full potential.  Our professional and qualified staff assists the students with their homework and engages them in creative enrichment activities, supervised recreational play, informal games, social opportunities and much more.

All Community YMCA programs are based on our core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility, and are designed to complement the learning environment, while providing students the opportunity to develop new social, literacy, reading and writing skills, as well as enhancing their appreciation for physical activity.

Please know that The Community YMCA maintains the highest standards in staff selection, interviewing, training and overall qualifications. Our afterschool program centers are licensed by the State of New Jersey Division of Children and Family Services.  All those staff that will either be returning to their positions or newly hired are carefully selected including all appropriate background checks and a pre-employment drug test.  They will also be trained in CPR, First Aid and Epi-pen use.  In addition, as we have always provided in all of our current school partnerships, we will maintain a staff level appropriate to meet the needs of the students. 
During this current school year we have also successfully been offering a number of exciting and
challenging afterschool Y- Clubs, which will be offered next year in addition to our AM and PM Y Kids Program. Y-Clubs are activity groups that are designed to specifically meet the interests of students and parents, as well as the school’s leadership.  Where offered, Y-Clubs
generally meet once weekly, for a period of up to eight-weeks.  Some of our successful Y-Clubs
have included Karate and Yoga. Students who register for both Y-KIDS PM programming and
Y-Clubs would receive a credit to their Y-Club fee.

We are pleased to be able to offer our Y Kids AM and PM programming for very competitive rates.  The school-based Y Kids Program will be offered in the morning from 7:00 a.m. until the first bell and in the afternoon from dismissal until 6:00 p.m. Attached are the monthly rates for the 2009-2010 school year.

During the months of April and May we will be holding a series of parent information meetings in each of the schools, and the dates will be set shortly.  If in the meantime you have any questions at all regarding our programs please feel free to email me directly at glaermer@cymca.org or call either Rose Mintz, Executive Director of Child Achievement at 732-566-9266 or Rosa Urena at 732-671-5505 ext. 23.  Of course, you can also learn more about The Community YMCA at www.thecommunityymca.org.

Thank you, we very much look forward to working closely with you and providing safe and exciting programming for your children.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Gary I. Laermer
President & Chief Executive Office

2009 2010 AM & PM PROGAMMING
MONTHLY RATES

NOTES:

AM Program Hours: 7:00 to beginning of school

PM Program Hours: from school dismissal ending at 6:00

Second child discounts of 25% will be made available 

Rates can be pro-rated to accommodate any further combination of dates and times.