After School Program
The After School Program is offered five days a week from 3:00-5:15pm. The program will operate from Tuesday, September 6, 2022 – Friday, May 26, 2023. Students in 1st – 4th grades from any Viroqua area school- whether that be public, private, chartered or home-schooled- may be admitted to the After School Program.
The required program registration materials can be found below. Families only need to submit one enrollment form. However, it is necessary to complete a health form for each participating child.
“Enrollment Day” to register for the 2022 – 2023 school year was on Wednesday, June 22nd at 6:00pm in the Library’s Lobby. The program filled at this time.
Please submit completed Enrollment Forms throughout the school year to join the After School Program’s waitlist. You will be contacted within a week to communicate about the status of the program’s waitlist.
Enrollment Form. Download to Print.
Health Form. Download to Print.
The After School Program follows the Viroqua Area School’s calendar. The After School program will follow VAS cancellations or early dismissal due to bad weather.
Each day the students will receive a healthy snack upon arrival at the library, then activity/exercise time at Eckhart Park, Park Bowl, or the library’s garden followed by free-time activities at the library including reading, music, drawing, and others. Pick up begins at 4:45pm and ends promptly at 5:15pm.
For more information about the program contact Youth Services Director Laci Sheldon at [email protected] or call 637-7151 ext. 5. The program is sponsored by the McIntosh Memorial Library, Viroqua Area Schools, and the Viroqua Area Foundation.
You will be notified of your child(ren)s acceptance to the program within a week. Notifications are also sent to those that could not be accepted into the After School Program and were placed on a waiting list.
Q. What are the reasons why a student may not be accepted?
A. Their enrollment and health forms were received after the first 35 first – fourth grade students were enrolled.
A. Their enrollment and health forms were submitted before June 22nd, the official enrollment day, or they were sent by email. We do not accept emailed registrations.
A. Their registration form indicates that the student will miss 3 or more days of the After School Program per week.
For more information please contact Ms. Laci Sheldon, Youth Services Director, at [email protected] 608-637-7151 x.5.