• For the 2025–2026 school year, the cost of full-time After-School Care is as follows:
  • One Student: $1,800
  • Each Additional Student: $1,200 per student
  • Daily Drop-in Rate: $15 per day, per student.
• All payments for After-School Care will be billed and drafted monthly through the family’s Blackbaud Tuition Management account.
• To be eligible for the full-time rate, students must be registered for full-time After-School Care no later than July 25, 2025, and must remain enrolled in full-time After-School Care for the entire school year.
• Students may unenroll from full-time After-School Care at any time during the school year, but will not be permitted to re-enroll at the full-time rate and will be billed the daily rate for any additional days of After-School Care following a discontinuation of enrollment in full-time After-School Care.
• Participation in After-School Care is contingent upon accounts remaining current. If an account becomes past due, students will be ineligible to attend After-School Care until the balance is paid in full. Students will be permanently ineligible to attend After-School Care if payment is missed more than three times in an academic year.
• Receipts for fees paid for After-School Care may be obtained by logging into Blackbaud Tuition Management. These receipts include Thales Academy’s federal tax identification number and may be used for necessary purposes.
• Payments in cash, by check, or any other method other than through the Blackbaud Tuition Management account are not accepted at any time for any After-School Care fee.

• After-School Care begins daily at the conclusion of carpool. Any students remaining on campus who have not been picked up in carpool, and who are not attending another after-school club or event, will be escorted to After-School Care. During After-School Care, students can expect to participate in the following activities:
  • Afternoon snack (Please pack an extra snack and drink for students in After-School Care.)
  • Quiet time to work on homework (Please pack a separate set of school supplies (pencils, crayons, erasers, etc) for students in After-School Care.)
  • Outdoor play and gym
  • Art, toys, games, and STEM learning

• Students may be picked up at any time following the start of After-School Care. All students must be picked up no later than 6:00 p.m. Repeated late pickups are not acceptable, as these present a significant inconvenience to our staff. Please see our Late Pickup Policy for details on repeat late pickup consequences.
• In the event of tardiness, please make your best effort to contact the After-School Care Director as soon as possible by calling the campus office.
• A photo ID is required for all adults picking up a student from After-School Care, including parents.

• All students attending After-School Care are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with the Thales Academy Student Code of Conduct at all times.
• Additional expectations specific to After-School Care are listed below:
  • If a student needs to contact his/her parent/guardian/caregiver, he or she must use the phone in the classroom with the permission of an After-School Care staff member. If the classroom phone does not dial externally, the student must be accompanied to the campus office. The student should leave a message/voicemail if his or her parent/guardian/caregiver does not answer.
  • The Personal Electronic Device policy will remain in effect. Any devices discovered during After-School Care will be confiscated and turned into the After-School Care Director, and may be picked up by the student's parent/guardian at pickup. Violations of the policy will be reported to the Head of School for further disciplinary action.
  • The dress code will remain in full effect, with the exception that shirts do not need to be tucked in during After-School Care. Students are not allowed to change into other clothing during After-School Care without prior approval.
  • Students may not wander the hallways at any time and are not permitted to go to their lockers without supervision.
  • Teachers' desks are their personal, private property and are not to be disturbed by any student at any time and for any reason.
• Students who are unable to exhibit appropriate behavior are subject to dismissal from the After-School Care program, at the discretion of the After-School Care Director.

Should a student violate the Student Code of Conduct or any policies specific to After-School Care, the consequences are as follows:

Dismissal from the After-School Care program does not automatically result in dismissal from enrollment at Thales Academy, but the student’s dismissal from the After-School Care program will be communicated to the Head of School.

Please note that students who have been dismissed from After-School Care, or are otherwise ineligible to attend After-School Care for any reason, must be picked up daily in afternoon carpool. Failure to comply with timely carpool pickup following a student’s dismissal from After-School Care will be considered willful parent noncompliance and will result in immediate expulsion from Thales Academy as detailed in the Student Handbook.

All student information forms, waivers, and release agreements must be signed and submitted prior to the student’s first day attending After-School Care.