Youth Camp K - 6th Licensed Childcare
Registration Required - 2021 Enrollment Packet (email back to jrippy@gilpincounty.org)
2/26/21 First Day of Full Day Fridays 7:30am - 6:00pm
3/1/21 First Day of Afterschool 4:15pm - 6:00pm

To register your child(ren) and view the parent handbook (which includes updated COVID-19 policies and procedures):

Download or print the registration form, and review the parent handbook.
Read, Complete, and sign the form, then email it to me (jrippy@gilpincounty.org), or drop it off at least one day before your child’s first day of care at the community center

Note: the community center is still currently closed to the public. If you need to drop off a completed form before it reopens, you can put it in the community center mailbox (250 Norton Dr. Black Hawk, CO 80422) and email me to let me know it’s there.

To enroll your child(ren) for specific days:

Please note – you MUST complete a registration packet before enrolling your child.
Visit our registration website here: https://gilpincountyrec.maxgalaxy.net/
If you had a login for this site before, it is still valid, although you may need to reset your password. Please update your children and any other household contacts as family members.
Check to make sure all information is correct and up to date for you and your child(ren). You can check this by clicking on “My Account” towards the top right of the screen. Then click “Edit Account”. This screen will show all of the information for the primary account holder. To edit other family members, scroll to the bottom of the screen, select the family member you would like to edit, and click “edit member” under the family members selection box. If a family member is missing, you may add them here by clicking on the “add member” link under the family members selection box.
Once you’re logged in and everyone’s information is up to date, click on the “Reservations and Youth Camp” link.

Then select “After School” or “Friday Camp” on the left.
Click the “View” button next to the section of child care you want to enroll in (e.g. “After School March 2021”).
Now you should see a calendar of days available for that section.
First, select the child you would like to enroll in the drop-down menu next to “Name of Registrant”
Select the days you would like to enroll that child.
Click “continue” at the top right.
Review the days you have selected, and corresponding fees.
Verify that you have completed a registration packet with the drop-down menu underneath the enrollment information (select “Yes”).
Accept the waiver (check box).
Click “add to cart”.
You may now return to the day camp selection screen to add on a different type of camp (afterschool or Fridays), or sign up for additional children.

Once you have added all of the desired days of care for all of your children, click the “Shopping Cart” link towards the top right of the screen. Then click the “Checkout” button, and follow directions for payment.
In-person enrollment will be available once the community center is open to the public (estimated March 1^st).

To sign up for drop-off / pick-up times (this is for your purposes, to help maintain social distancing during these times, and to help reduce waiting times, as Public Health has advised we only allow one parent in the camp room at a time):

Access the google spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yvtnOEFADusw6QgFkSuUTO0J5ay3lpVHHkro4Pkk1q4/edit?usp=sharing
Under each date that your child is enrolled, type your child’s last name into an empty cell next to the time-slot with the approximate time that you expect to pick up / drop off your child. If you are picking up more than one child, please only use one cell.
Recommended: if two or three others have selected your preferred time-slot, consider picking up / dropping off a few minutes earlier or later, if possible.

Other notable changes:

Our program is now largely funded by a substance abuse block grant through the Colorado Office of Behavioral Health. As a part of the grant requirements, we are implementing some educational curriculum on various days of afterschool. Kindergarteners through second graders will take part in Positive Action lessons. You can find more information about that curriculum here: Positive Action Curriculum & Program | Positive Action. 3^rd through 6^th graders will take part in a Botvin Lifeskills class. You can find information about those classes here: Botvin LifeSkills Training Elementary School Program |Botvin LifeSkills Training. Each child will take part in just one 20-30 minute lesson per week, along with others in their grade. The specific schedule for these lessons is to be determined, and we will share that with you as soon as it is confirmed. After the lessons each day, children will participate in the same types of activities that we offered before (gym games, crafts, swimming, etc.).

As an added benefit to this funding, we are able to offer care AT NO COST for whatever day your child participates in their weekly lesson. Once we have a set schedule for the lessons, we will set up separate enrollment options for those days, based on grade-level – just make sure you select the free option when you enroll your child. I will send more details once this is set up.

The grant also requires that we evaluate the effectiveness of our program among several different factors. To do this, we will survey the children shortly after they register for the program, and again at the end of each semester, or the end of a complete Lifeskills class – whichever is most applicable. These surveys will be completely confidential, but you may choose to opt-out if you don’t want your child to take the surveys. To opt-out, just make a note on their registration form, or email me directly. Your children will also always have the option not to participate when we administer the surveys.

We will NOT be having any child care over spring break, March 22^nd – 26^th. We are currently operating with a minimal number of staff, and simply don’t have enough to schedule for extended hours that week. I apologize for any inconvenience.

Looking forward, unless there are any significant changes to public health recommendations or funding, or we are unable to find adequate staff, we do plan on operating summer camp this year, with our usual hours (Mon-Fri 7:30a – 6:00p), all summer long. We’ll send out more information about that in the next month or so.

Please help us spread the word, and share this message with any other parents or local youth-serving individuals or organizations!

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to contact me any time via email or the community center’s phone: 303-582-1453.

All of us over at the Community Center are so excited to be able to offer this service again, and to work with you and your children!

Gilpin County COLORADO

Parks and Recreation