Cardinal Care
St. Thomas More Cardinal Care Program
The St. Thomas More Cardinal Care program is for Pre-K through 8th grade students. The program runs Monday through Friday on days when St. Thomas More School is in session. There will be NO Cardinal Care on the days that St. Thomas More is not in session, including holiday breaks, snow days, and staff in-service days.
For more information, contact Mrs. Samantha Edmundson at [email protected]g. To register your child, please click the link at the bottom of this page.
Morning Program
Time: 6:30-7:30 AM (You will only be charged if your child comes into the Gym before 7:30 AM)
Location: Gym. Parents Park in the small parking lot between the Church and Gym and walk their child/ren into the gym.
Cost: Morning and Afternoon Cardinal Care costs $6.00 an hour and $1.50 every 15 minutes per child.
After-School Program
Time: 3:00-6:00 PM
Location: Parish Dining Room, playground, gym, library, and Heider Hall. When the Parish Dining Room is scheduled for another event, the library, gymnasium, or Heider Hall’s Common Area may be used as the meeting area. Parents should park in front of Heider Hall and enter the Dining Room to sign out their children and escort them to their car.
Cost: $6.00 an hour and $1.50 every 15 minutes, per child. Children picked up after 6:00 p.m. will be charged $1 per minute for each minute after 6:00. This additional fee will be added to your statement as “Late Pickup Fees.” Please be sure to pick up your children on time! There is a $50 per student registration fee.
Payment: You will receive a weekly email informing you of your child/children's balance. You will be charged through your FACTS account only.
St. Thomas More Cardinal Care Program Information
Program: Supervision will be provided at a ratio of 1 caregiver to 12 students (no less than 2 adults present at the facility at all times.) according to the regulations set forth by the State of Ohio. The after-school program will follow the guidelines set by the Ohio Department of Education. This includes the following components:
- Personal Discipline
- Social Development and Emotional well-being
- Recreation Skills
- Health and Safety Skills General Daily Schedule
- Snack Time
- Homework and Study Time (students must do quiet activities if not working on homework)
- Outdoor/Gym Free Time
- Indoor crafts/games/activities
Discipline Policy
- Children who don’t share, play roughly or call others inappropriate names will be given one verbal warning.
- If the behavior is repeated, the child will have a 10-minute time-out.
- Some behaviors may warrant an immediate phone call to a child’s parent or guardian. In these cases, the child will be isolated until the parent or guardian has arrived to pick up the child. The behaviors that warrant a phone call include but are not limited to:
- Being disrespectful to the staff or other students
- Harassment of another child
- Physical attack or assault
- Refusing to follow the rules
- Running away from the group
- Stealing
- Destroying School or another student’s property intentionally
- In addition, the above behaviors may include a one-week suspension from the program at the director's discretion.