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Our Religious Acceptance Policy
Milestone Academy is a multicultural daycare, committed to serving children of many different religious and ethnic backgrounds. While LaQuita Hughes is an ordained Minister, Milestone Academy strives to celebrate all religious groups and practices. At Milestone Academy, we encourage supervised respectful, open, and honest discussion among the students about different religious practices, and while teachers will not promote one religion, we will explain and answer questions in a developmentally appropriate way. Milestone Academy teachers may have a limited background regarding some religions, but will recognize the agency and knowledge of every student about their own practices and encourage research into practices that are unfamiliar. If a child is deeply interested in another religion, it is suggested that children ask their families for more explanation and in-depth information about the religious aspects of holidays and religious practices and to share with teachers and classrooms how each child celebrates as a family!
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Our COVID-19 Policy
In order to ensure the health and safety of all children and staff at Milestone Academy, some non-negotiable COVID-19 policies have been implemented:
- Parents are not allowed within the daycare.
- All children must be dropped off at the front door.
- Each child and staff member is subject to required daily temperature checks at the beginning of the day. If it is determined that any person has a fever over 100 degrees, they cannot enter the daycare that day.
- Masks are required by all staff and children at all times while at Milestone Academy, excluding meal times
- Milestone Academy is disinfected by hand daily and with an industrial disinfectant machine weekly
- Handwashing is strictly enforced for both children and staff
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Our behavior management policy
-At Milestone Academy, we believe in positive, guiding
reinforcement. Milestone Academy uses strategies that
allow the child to take responsibility for their own actions.
We focus on teaching children appropriate behavior, and
our staff will serve as role models for our children
- We will not use time outs, threats, or bribes on
children. Instead, we focus on showing children how to
interact socially, and continually emphasize setting and
respecting appropriate boundaries
- We expect children to be respectful of themselves,
others, and the materials in the environment.
-If your child continually exhibits challenging behaviors, we
will call you and discuss the issue
-In the case that the issue is not addressed and
corrected, Milestone Academy holds the right to take
possible actions such as expulsion if necessary
- We will not discuss discipline problems in front of
other parents or children
- Physical punishment will never be used, even if requested by the parent
- Strategies that Milestone Academy utilizes to help correct behavior are:
- Positive reinforcement: The child will be enforced when they demonstrate acceptable behavior
- Redirection: The child is redirected to another activity and given an opportunity to try again at another time
- Take a break: The child is separated from the group for a child-regulated period of
time. This technique is used only when the child is exhibiting temper tantrum type behavior or is hurting themselves, others, or equipment. When the child shows that they are ready to demonstrate acceptable behavior, the child is encouraged to rejoin the group for activities.