The Pathfinder School Extended Day Program is designed to provide a safe and secure environment for students needing after-school daycare. We will provide an environment conducive to the development of the whole child, with a caring staff and activities for the children during their stay. The Directors of Extended Day are Tim McGraw, our fourth grade teacher, and Susan Raven, a lifelong educator who has published research on the role of nature in education and has been associated with Pathfinder since the 1980s.

The Extended Day Program is an after-school daycare service offered Monday through Friday from 3:00 p.m. through 6:00 p.m. Parents are expected to pick up their children no later than 6:00 p.m.

Daily activities during the Extended Day Program will include time for physical fitness, planned activities, socialization, quiet time to rest or to do homework, and special enrichment activities. The Extended Day Program will provide a healthy snack. Each child will be required to check in daily with the Program Director or Aide upon arrival in the Extended Day room.

Activity choices include, but are not limited to, quiet time, homework, board games, reading, puzzles, movies, computer activities, arts and crafts, enrichment activities, supervised indoor/outdoor play, games and sports.

If a student is having academic difficulty, the faculty may recommend, as part of the plan to help the student succeed, that he or she complete homework at Extended Day before choosing another activity. The Extended Day staff members are qualified to help students with homework when requested.