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Program Overview
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Our Teachers
- Encourage curiosity and enthusiasm for learning
- Promote cooperative social interactions
- Support individual creativity and diversity
- Provide opportunities for children to use their growing bodies to develop a sense of autonomy and self-worth
AM Program
Footsteps@Nesbit provides before school care beginning at 7:00 AM. Morning activities include outside play, quiet activities, art area, game area, homework space, and group time.
PM Program
The program provides children with snack, homework time, outside activity time, small group time, activities that include art, crafts, science, music, drama, cooking, sports and games, time for socialization, Kids Clubs, specialty classes and a variety of group activities to encourage discovery and exploration. All care for the elementary sites ends at 6:15 PM.
Kids Clubs & Club Ones
Kids Clubs are an important part of our program. These specialty classes, taught by staff, are offered to the children on Wednesdays, usually lasting four weeks in duration. These skill-building classes are a chance to mix ages, learn new things, and have fun! Children select from a wide range of choices and activities are based on staff interest, expertise, and the children’s interests. Activities have included cooking, sports, ceramics, games, science, woodworking, art, and drama.
On Fridays and full day programming we often have Club Ones, staff present club choices and children informally raise their hands to sign up for a one-day club.
Special Events
Throughout the year, sites host special events for the children and events for children and their families. The special events are the culminating of curriculum themes or celebrations of seasonal holidays. Some of these events include a Halloween Carnival, Winter and Spring Performances, and fundraising events. Sites often need family volunteers to help with the events.
School Breaks & Summer Camp
Cipriani, Nesbit & Shores locations will be open full day during the BRSSD school breaks.
Barrett, Cipriani, Nesbit & Shores locations will host Footsteps Summer Camps.
Footsteps@Nesbit provides before school care beginning at 7:00 AM. Morning activities include outside play, quiet activities, art area, game area, homework space, and group time.
PM Program
The program provides children with snack, homework time, outside activity time, small group time, activities that include art, crafts, science, music, drama, cooking, sports and games, time for socialization, Kids Clubs, specialty classes and a variety of group activities to encourage discovery and exploration. All care for the elementary sites ends at 6:15 PM.
Kids Clubs & Club Ones
Kids Clubs are an important part of our program. These specialty classes, taught by staff, are offered to the children on Wednesdays, usually lasting four weeks in duration. These skill-building classes are a chance to mix ages, learn new things, and have fun! Children select from a wide range of choices and activities are based on staff interest, expertise, and the children’s interests. Activities have included cooking, sports, ceramics, games, science, woodworking, art, and drama.
On Fridays and full day programming we often have Club Ones, staff present club choices and children informally raise their hands to sign up for a one-day club.
Special Events
Throughout the year, sites host special events for the children and events for children and their families. The special events are the culminating of curriculum themes or celebrations of seasonal holidays. Some of these events include a Halloween Carnival, Winter and Spring Performances, and fundraising events. Sites often need family volunteers to help with the events.
School Breaks & Summer Camp
Cipriani, Nesbit & Shores locations will be open full day during the BRSSD school breaks.
Barrett, Cipriani, Nesbit & Shores locations will host Footsteps Summer Camps.
Daily Activities
Kids Clubs & Club Ones
Kids Clubs are an important part of our program. These specialty classes, taught by staff, are offered to the children on Wednesdays, usually lasting four weeks in duration. These skill-building classes are a chance to mix ages, learn new things, and have fun! Children select from a wide range of choices and activities are based on staff interest, expertise, and the children’s interests. Activities have included cooking, sports, ceramics, games, science, woodworking, art, and drama.
On Fridays and full day programming we often have Club Ones, staff present club choices and children informally raise their hands to sign up for a one-day club.
- Snack and Group Time
- Indoor & Outdoor Activities
- Homework Assistance
- Wednesdays Kids Clubs including:
- Cooking
- Sports
- Arts & Crafts
- Science
- Woodworking
Kids Clubs & Club Ones
Kids Clubs are an important part of our program. These specialty classes, taught by staff, are offered to the children on Wednesdays, usually lasting four weeks in duration. These skill-building classes are a chance to mix ages, learn new things, and have fun! Children select from a wide range of choices and activities are based on staff interest, expertise, and the children’s interests. Activities have included cooking, sports, ceramics, games, science, woodworking, art, and drama.
On Fridays and full day programming we often have Club Ones, staff present club choices and children informally raise their hands to sign up for a one-day club.
Enrichment Programs
- Mandarin Classes on Fridays
- Art with Janette (January - February)
- PE with Adrian (Thursdays)
- 5th Grade Field Trips
- Interact Club
- A partner of Belmont-Redwood Shores Rotary Club
- Leadership & Community Service for 5th grade & up
Interact Club
In partnership with the Rotary Club of Belmont, Footsteps hosts an Interact service club for youth in fifth grader and older. The Footsteps Interact club meets once per month. The club elects officers, plans community service, and fundraising activities throughout the school year. In the past, the club has donated funds for micro loans in Guatemala, gardens for school meals in Uganda, hurricane relief in New Jersey and the Philippines and most recently to the SPCA and Rocket Dog Rescue.
In partnership with the Rotary Club of Belmont, Footsteps hosts an Interact service club for youth in fifth grader and older. The Footsteps Interact club meets once per month. The club elects officers, plans community service, and fundraising activities throughout the school year. In the past, the club has donated funds for micro loans in Guatemala, gardens for school meals in Uganda, hurricane relief in New Jersey and the Philippines and most recently to the SPCA and Rocket Dog Rescue.