History

1988

The Director of Adult and Community Education research school-age childcare. Needs of parents assessment done with positive response. School-Age Child Care Coordinator is hired

1988-1989

Five sites open for care : Briarcliff, Chapel Hill, Gashland, Gracemor and Nashua. One-hundred and twenty children are enrolled, twelve staff are hired

1989-1990

Thirteen additional sites open for care. The enrollment climbs to 250 and staffing increases to 32 employees

1990-1991

Fox Hill school is added for a total of 19 sites. Upwards of 530 children are enrolled

An extended-day care program for kindergarten children is piloted at Gashland school. Summer day camp opens at four sites

1991-1992

Eight-hundred and seventy children are enrolled: 52 staff

Kindergarten extended day care is at four sites

Supervisor for summer camp s hired.

North Kansas City Public Schools is awarded a contract by the Department of Education to do technical assistance in te Kansas City region

1992-1993

Eleven-hundred children are enrolled with 87 staff members

Kindergarten extended day care continues at seven sites. 

A summer camp (O.K Club) for middle school youth is piloted at Linden West. Technical assistance continues in the Kansas City region 

 

 

1995-1996

Summer camp continues to grow with seven elementary sites and one middle school site. The middle school program is renamed TGA(The Great Adventure) 

Six sites have been accredited by the Missouri Voluntary Accreditation Program

1996-1997

The Summer Learning Program becomes a part of the all the elementary summer camp sites. The summer camp opens for the children in the Transitional Adjustment Program (TAP) at Golden Oaks

1997-1998

Gashland became accredited by the National Association for Education of Young Children

Site specific and health services notebooks were implemented

 

1998-1999

School-Age Child Care celebrates ten years in the North Kansas City School District 

1999-2000

Northview Elementary is added as the twentieth site serving 67 children before and after school, and up to 22 children in kindergarten care

2001-2002

All-day kindergarten is implemented. EDC program phased out

Quality Facilitator is hired to oversee national accreditation of sites

2002-2003

Five Adventure Club sites become nationally accredited through NSACA: Chouteau, Gracemor, Northview, Ravenwood, and Topping

2003-2004

Briarcliff, Crestview, Davidson and Maplewood begin the process towards national accreditation

2004-2005

Briarcliff achieves national accreditation through NAA (formerly NSACA) Crestview and Davidson complete the quality assessment process 

2005-2006

Chapel Hill, Clardy, Fox Hill, Meadowbrook and Northview achieve national accreditation

 

2006-2007

Davidson, Gashland, Linden West, Nashua and Ravenwood achieve national accreditation 

2007-2008

School-Age Child Care celebrates twenty years in the North Kansas City School District

Crestview, Lakewood, West Englewood and Oakwood Manor achieve national accreditation 

2008-2009

Briarcliff, Chouteau, Maplewood achieve national accreditation 

2009-2010

Vanessa L. New is appointed the new Coordinator of School-Age Child Care

Bell Prairie Elementary is added as the twenty-first site serving 66 children before and after school

2010-2011

SACC program moves into the technology world with on-line services for parents. SACC families enjoyed an extremely successful program wide celebration for Lights on After School

2011-2012

Program-wide literacy curriculum is implemented involving daily literacy activities and Family Literacy Nights

2012-2013

Safety audits were implemented with Emergency bags

2013-2014

Eight sites successfully complete Youth Program Quality Assessment process sponsored by United Way

2014-2015

Twelve additional SACC sites successfully complete Youth Program Quality Assessment process sponsored by United Way

2016-2017

All twenty sites implement STEM curriculum into their programs

2017-2018

Adventure Club celebrates 30 years in the North Kansas City School District 

2018-2019

Rising Hill Elementary is added making twenty-one sites.

2020

School and Adventure Club are shut down due to the COVID pandemic 

2023

All sites transitioned to the Avigilon Camera system

The Adventure Club Office moved into their permanent office space at the Professional Development Center