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For Current Families
Announcements | Calendar | Closings | Handbook | Tuition Agreement |Financial Aid | Updating Family Information | Lunch Menu | Family Association | Volunteering | Giving & Support: United Way | Amazon Wish List
Announcements
Storm Closings
If you want to know whether or not the Center will be open on a stormy day, you should check media sources. We make a decision no later than 6:30 am, and occasionally at the end of the previous day, with each storm. The following will indicate if Brown/Fox Point ECEC has closed:
Television
Radio
Internet
Channel 10 WJAR
WHJJ 920 AM
Channel 11 WNAC
WWBB B101 FM
Channel 12 WPRI
WHJY 94.1 FM
WSNE 93.3 FM
Generally, in inclement weather, Brown/Fox Point tends to follow the Providence school system. We generally close when they close and are open when they are open. However, we rarely delay opening the Center, even if Providence does.
Handbook for Families
The Handbook for Families brings all important information about the Center (policies, goals, and operating procedures) together into one reference document. The Handbook for Families is available here for download:
Handbook for Families (19 pp., pdf)
Tuition Agreement
This agreement documents the family's responsibility to understand the policies by which the Center operates. It is available here to download:
Tuition Agreement (1 p., pdf)
Financial Aid
Approximately 40% of the families with children enrolled at Brown/Fox Point benefit from financial assistance. Financial aid forms are due in mid-March of each year, and the Center notifies families by May 1st of their financial aid eligibility.
The Financial Aid Application form can be requested by mail or in person at the Center, and is also available here for download:
Financial Aid Application Form (4 pp., pdf)
Family Information and Emergency / Contact Forms
When your child begins to attend the center each family submits As your child begins the program year each family must submit a Family Information Form, detailing your child's habits and environment. This facilitates the transition to the program and can be a valuable reference for your child's teachers throughout the time she or he is enrolled. Updated information is welcome at any time and may be requested from time to time. A copy of the Family Information Form is included here for download:
Family Information Form (pdf)
For the safety of your child, all records of personal family information held by the Center must be kept up to date. It is the responsibility of parents to notify the office of any change of employment, address, telephone numbers, hours of work, care and/or custody arrangements, and other pertinent information regarding the family—especially contact information, which may be needed by the Center in the event of an emergency. If important information has changed, or to authorize new or different individuals to pick up your child from the Center, please complete an updated Emergency Contact Form and return it to the Center. The form can be downloaded here:
Emergency Contact Form (pdf)
Lunch Menu
Brown/Fox Point Family Association
Brown/Fox Point has a Family Association whose mission is to promote a sense of community in the school and to develop and support enrichment programs and services for our children and families. In the past, the Family Association has sponsored potluck dinners and cookouts, and has raised funds for an arts enrichment program and our scholarship fund.
The Family Association meets regularly at the Center. During meetings, the Center provides childcare and refreshments. All families are invited to join the Family Association when their child is enrolled at Brown/Fox Point.
For more information please contact the Center.
Student Volunteering
Brown/Fox Point ECEC welcomes volunteers who work with teachers and children in the spirit of our mission. Volunteers typically work two shifts of two hours each week, between 8:00 am - 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm.
If you are interested in volunteering, please print out and complete the volunteer form linked below, and send it to us at the Center.
Thanks, in advance, for your support.
Volunteer Application (pdf)
Giving & Support: United Way
Late Fall is the time of year for United Way of Rhode Island (UWRI) pledge forms. You may have seen these at your place of work; if you work at Brown University, you will soon be receiving your "Guide to Giving", which describes the program.
UWRI has changed its manner of designating recipients for funding: they no longer use donor codes but instead require the name of the actual agency. If you are interested in supporting the Center through your employer, here's what you need to do:
On the UWRI Pledge Form, there is now an "Optional Section." That is, the place where you can write in our information: Brown/Fox Point ECEC, 150 Hope Street, Providence RI 02906.
Thanks, in advance, for your support.
Giving & Support: Amazon Wish List
Brown/Fox Point maintains a Wish List of books for use in the classrooms, at Amazon.com. If you are interested in giving a book as a gift to the center, check the list here:
Thank you!
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150 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906
Phone: (401) 521-5460 Fax: (401) 633-6265
Web: www.brownfoxpoint.org - Email: camirault@brownfoxpoint.org