Welcome to the program
Statement of purpose
Medway Extended Day, Inc. (MEDI) is a nonprofit, parent-based cooperative designed to enhance a child's social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development within an environment created especially for school-aged children during the before and after school hours. MEDI is fully licensed and operates under the guidelines of the Massachusetts Office Of Child Care Services.
Hours of Operation
MEDI offers before and after school care to school age children. The before school Program offers care from 7:00 am to the start of school. The after school Program offers care from the close of school to 6:00 pm. Children of Kindergarten age have care available before and after their times in the schools. MEDI does not offer care on the half day that school is not in session. Transportation is provided between MEDI and the schools.
Philosophy
Medway Extended Day, Inc. strives to meet the needs of the community regarding the need for Before and After school child care. MEDI prides itself in being responsive to the community's requests for expansion of enrollment, different Programs and sites for different age groups, etc. A request for expanded services should be given to the Director or one of the members of the Board of Directors.
The Program is designed to provide a less structured environment than the regular school day and offers various activities to enhance children's interests, talents and values. The Program will provide a balance of an environment for homework, relaxation, quiet time and exploration through planned, group leaderinitiated activities and supervised free play. The Program will make use of several areas at the Burke School including the gymnasium, outdoor playground and classroom.
Curriculum
Curriculum at MEDI is based on the interests, abilities, and developmentalneeds of the children in the group. We offer a unique enrichment Programthat includes arts and crafts, sports, games, storytimes, scienceexperiments, theme based activities, cooking and field trips. All of ouractivities are designed to offer the children stimulation in a warm, caringenvironment. Time is set aside for children to do homework, play outsideand have free choice times. All of the activities provided at MEDI are achoice. Children are encouraged to participate and try new activities butnever forced.
Outdoor Play
Every effort is made to go outside each day. If unable to go outside,children are taken to the gym. Inclement weather, temperatures andcondition of the playground are taken into consideration deciding outdoorplay. We will not go outside if the temperature is below 20 degrees, or ifthere is a significant windchill factor. While outside, the staff take intoconsideration the children’s requests to return inside. In snowy weatherchildren are required to have boots, snowpants, hats and mittens to gooutside in the snow. The staff will provide a place to store these items, ifneeded. In the hot weather, outdoor time may be shortened or broken upinto two time slots to be sure the children do not get overheated.
Non Discrimination
The Medway Extended Day Program does not discriminate on the basis ofrace, religion, cultural heritage, political beliefs, disability, sex or sexualorientation, or marital status.