POST School Vacation Profiles

Newton POST profiles include information about school vacation programs located and/or based in the City of Newton, Massachusetts. Profiles were gathered from programs that meet the criteria below.

What is a School Vacation Program?

To be eligible, a program/organization must:

• accept children between 5 and 17 years old. Note that some programs enroll children older than 17 years of age;
• operate during the school year during public and/or independent school vacation weeks;
• operate during standard workday hours (7 am-6 pm). Note that some programs offer extended hours;
• operate regularly, most often Monday through Friday;
• be licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, under the auspices of a school department or officially exempt.

Note that many other options are available to families during out-of-school-time hours, such as classes and recreational activities. Using the criteria above to define a school vacation program, these programs are not included in the school vacation section of the POST database.

What Information is included in the School Vacation Full Profile?

Contact information

Phone, e-mail, Web site, and location/mailing address.

Classes/instruction

Type of activities offered by the recreational program running the school vacation camp. Contact the program directly to learn more about activities offered during school vacation week.

Summer camp focus

Type of activities offered during the summer by the recreational program running the school vacation camp. Contact the program directly to learn more about activities offered during school vacation week.