Kids Club
Overview
Our Bar-T Kids Club program is the largest private provider of before and after school programs for children in Montgomery and Frederick County. We strongly believe that children need to have choices, and we provide a variety of opportunities for children each day. At Bar-T Kids Club, we allow our children to choose which clubs, games, sports leagues, and special events they would most enjoy.
All Kids Club locations open at 7:00am and operate until school begins. We reopen at school dismissal and close at 6:30pm. While most Kids Clubs operate within MCPS school buildings, we do offer programs at Poolesville Baptist Church and Mountainside (Mountainside After School Club in Urbana, MD) and provide transportation to and from school each day. Bar-T Poolesville provides care for Poolesville ES and Monocacy ES families. Mountainside After School Club (MAC) provides care for children at Urbana MS, Urbana ES, Centerville ES, Green Valley ES, & Sugarloaf ES.
About the Program
Clubs
Children are able to select which clubs they wish to participate in each month. These can range from cooking, to dance, to magic. Our staff do their best to make sure a variety of options are given, and that the children in our care are able to choose the one that most intrigues them.
Homework
Study Hall is an optional club offered each day except Friday, and our expert staff are present with whatever knowledge and supplies your child needs to complete their work. We keep an open dialogue between teachers and parents to make sure each child’s academic needs are being met each day. If you child has homework they wish to complete at Bar-T they will have the time and resources to do so, otherwise children may use the time to explore other clubs and play.
Additional Activities
No two days are alike at Bar-T as schedules vary daily and by program. Here’s a few sample activities that your child may participate in:
- Learning Centers
- Clubs
- Snack
- Outside Play
- Gym and Group Games
- Homework
Locations
Bar-T Kids Club provides over 40 schools with care for school-age children. Follow the link below to find your Kids Club.
Hours & Calendar
Hours
Bar-T Kids Clubs open Monday through Friday at 7:00am and remain open until school begins. Our afternoon program begins when school ends and we remain open until 6:30pm.
Calendar
Bar-T Kids Club provides morning and afternoon care for families during the school year. We follow the public school systems’ calendars and are open for when school is closed for professional days, winter break, spring break, and most snow days. For our complete calendar, please use the link below.
Inclement Weather
Bar-T follows the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Administrative Offices closing status. If MCPS Administrative Offices are closed or opening late, Bar-T will be closed or will open at the same time as Administrative Offices. If Montgomery County Public Schools are closed, but the Administrative offices are open, we will we open as soon as we are able to be in the building. You and your child’s safety, and our staff’s safety, are paramount in these situations.
If an evacuation of the school premises is necessary, we will call and inform parents that they, or an emergency contact, need to come pick up their child. Typical types of these evacuations are loss of heat or loss of power. We currently have several ways to notify parents and staff of any changes to our opening or closing status:
- We will immediately alert families via email.
- We will list our opening status on local news channels (FOX, NBC, CBS and ABC news).
- The Bar-T Kids Club Facebook page will be updated.
- The Bar-T website (www.Bar-T.com) will be updated.
- The outgoing phone message will be changed on our landline and cell phone to reflect our status.
Tuition
Every family’s needs are unique, so we’ve designed our program to have a variety of options when it comes to the days and times you’d like your child to attend. From full time care where your child joins us every morning and afternoon to drop-in care when you need it, we’ve got you covered.
We understand that care for your child is a financial investment that families make and we do not take that lightly. Tuition is a topic that is routinely found on our leadership’s agenda and we have multiple meetings a year that are solely dedicated to discussing our rates and how we can provide affordable care at the high standard that we hold ourselves to. When you have an idea of which days and times you’ll need care, click the link below to find your rate.
Register for Bar-T Kids Club
Registration is open now for the 2023-2024 School Year at http://registration.bar-t.com.
Find Your Kids Club
While we’d love to have a Bar-T program at every elementary school, we’re not quite there yet. Check our School Programs Directory to see if we have a program nearby for your child. If we don’t, click on the link to the right to find out how to get Bar-T at your school!
See What Everyone Is Saying…
Across the board the staff has done an excellent job at creating a safe environment with high safety and health standards, attention to details of compliance with hygiene and sanitation standards, attentive to parent concerns and to offer an inclusive environment for children and families with diverse needs and backgrounds.
I loved having child care in the same school my children attended. It was an easy win when I knew my workday ended after their school day. My daughters would also be engaged with activities instead of coming home and just watching TV.
The staff cares about our children as if they were their own. It is clear how much time and effort is put into each and every day. My children especially love the theme days. We are new to Somerset this year and my children were happy in their new environment from day one. I credit that largely to the amazing Bar-T experience.
