Are there any make-up days? If your child is out sick, you can utilize up to 3 make-up
days per year if there is availability in your child's classroom on their alternate days. 
If the class is a full class and at capacity, no makeups will be permitted. They must be utilized within 30 days of your child’s absence and may not be made up prior to the absence. Children who attend 5 days a week have no make-up days available to them.

What calendar do we follow? We try to follow the local districts, especially Hauppauge, as we are within the Hauppauge School District, however, B.E.S.T. Learning Center has a calendar that is given to each family and specific to B.E.S.T. Learning Center. We always end our school year slightly earlier in June. We also have 3 snow days built into our calendar, so we do not give back any days until we have had more than 3 snow days.

What is the policy on Illness? All children must be fever free, vomit free, diarrhea free or rash free for 24 hours before returning to school. Therefore, if your child is sent home from school sick with any of these illnesses, they are not permitted to return to school the following day. Please see our illness policy form listing all symptoms that would make your child’s attendance unacceptable. Please be considerate of all other children and make every attempt not to spread germs.

What is the policy on Medication? Never is a medication to be left in a child’s bag or put in a child’s bottle or sippy cup. All medications must be given to the office for the office staff to administer. New York State has strict rules on who is allowed to administer medication to the children. The staff has to be specifically trained to do this. All medications must be accompanied by a form that must be filled out by your child’s doctor and the medication must be in the original container. Any other questions should be directed to the office.

What is the Discipline policy? B.E.S.T. Learning Center uses positive reinforcement to encourage and promote positive behavior within the classroom. Each teacher will outline positive and acceptable behavior to the children at the beginning of the school year and will use praise and reinforcements such as stickers, incentive charts, prize boxes, etc.


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