Hours

PAL’s morning session is located in the York Village Elementary School (VES) cafeteria from 6:30am – until the start of school. Parents/Guardians walk their children to the VES cafe door, ring doorbell and sign them in, where they are supervised and involved in daily activities until the start of school.

Students attending York Middle School (YMS) will walk independently to school from PAL around 7:10am, as bus transportation is no longer offered.

Students who attend Village Elementary (VES) will walk to their classrooms when the bell rings. Students that attend Coastal Ridge Elementary School (CRES) are transported by bus to school from PAL.

PAL’s afternoon session is located in the Village Elementary School gymnasium/cafeteria from school dismissal until 6:00 pm.

• Village Elementary students will be dismissed from their classrooms and go directly to PAL.
• Coastal Ridge Elementary students are transported by school bus to the program.
• Middle School students walk independently from school to the program.

A balanced schedule of staff and child directed activities are planned daily in the areas of craft, indoor/outdoor sports, recess, games, homework club and free time.

• PAL follows the York school schedule.
• PAL does NOT operate during school vacations and snow days.
• The program will not operate if school is delayed or released early due to bad weather.

Located in York ME

CO-DIRECTOR CONTACTS:

For Registrations, questions/concerns & changes, contact Nancy Conrad: ThePALprogram@gmail.com

For billing questions / financial aid, contact Laura Gilchrest: lauragilchrest.pal@gmail.com

HOW TO REGISTER:

• Read the Parent Handbook
• Print the Registration Form
• Fill out the forms and email to:
  ThePALprogram@gmail.com

24-25 REGISTRATION FORM

PARENT HANDBOOK

Print and return form to a staff member or email it to: ThePALprogram@gmail.com. Please see the section on schedule changes in the Handbook for more information.

SCHEDULE CHANGE FORM

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITY FORM

• PAL follows the York school schedule.
• PAL does NOT operate during school vacations and snow days.
• Should there be a school delay, morning PAL will be closed, afternoon PAL will resume as scheduled.
• If school is cancelled for the day or there is a weather related/unplanned early release, PAL will be cancelled as well.

Financial assistance is available to those who qualify. You must first apply to Maine’s Childcare Affordability Program (CCAP) *Formally known as Child Care Subsidy Program CCSP

Please read more in our FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PACKET

Please contact Co-Director Laura Gilchrest with any questions: lauragilchrest.pal@gmail.com