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You Need to Know | How to Register | Session Panel & Course Descriptions
Summer Club
You Need to Know
Class Size & Instructors
Classes are limited to 20 children. Staff ratios are 6:1 for 5 year-olds, 8:1 for 6–7 year-olds, and 10:1 for children 8 and older. Instructors hold degrees or diplomas and have professional and teaching experience. Instructor assistants are senior secondary school or university students who have extensive experience in educational programs. Each group also has two or more volunteers to provide additional support. To request a volunteer application, please e-mail studio@rom.on.ca or call 416.586.8043. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old.
ENTRANCE TO THE MUSEUM: is via the President's Choice School Entrance at the south side of the building. Go down the small set of stairs between the Museum and the Planetarium and through the first set of glass doors on the right. You will be greeted inside these doors.
DROP OFF AND PICK-UP: There is no parking available at the Museum. There is a school bus loading zone along Queen's Park on the east side of the ROM where you may drop-off and pick-up your children briefly. Parking your car in this area and/or blocking the TTC stop are considered by the police to be parking violations and you may be ticketed. The Museum assumes no responsibility for such violations nor can we assist you with parking tickets.
The TTC also stops at our door on both subway and surface routes. Call 416.393.INFO for details.
SUPERVISED MORNING DROP-OFF: Summer Club Staff are available from 8:30 – 9 am at the school bus drop-off zone on the east side of the ROM on Queen’s Park, and at the turnstiles in the Museum TTC Station to escort campers to their morning groups. Staff can be identified by staff shirts and badges.
Early Bird Films
Drop your child off between 8 and 9 am for our free early bird films that are offered before official programming begins.
AFTERNOON AND FULL-DAY PARTICIPANTS HAVE A SUPERVISED LUNCH in Philosopher’s Walk (weather permitting) behind the Museum. Children should bring their own bag lunches, drinks and snacks (NO NUTS PLEASE).
Daily Schedule
- Programs are two weeks in length (one week during session 5), daily Monday to Friday.
- MORNING PROGRAMS run from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.
- AFTERNOON PROGRAMS run from 1:00 to 4:00 pm (following a supervised lunch from 12 to 1 pm).
- MORNING combined with AFTERNOON PROGRAMS or FULL-DAY PROGRAMS run from 9 am to 4 pm (including a supervised lunch in the park behind the museum, weather permitting, from 12 to 1 pm).
- Supervised mid-morning and mid-afternoon BREAKS take place outdoors in the park behind the Museum, weather permitting.
- Children bring their own lunch and snacks. No nuts please.
- Typical daily programs begin with a visit to a Museum gallery that sets the context for a creative project or experiment in the Museum’s studio, classrooms or labs.
- Busing is not available.
Extended Care
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm: Extended care, consisting of relaxed, supervised activities, will be available for a limited number of children enrolled in afternoon or full-day options. It will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please consult the fee schedule and be sure to check off the appropriate section on the registration form.
Your Child’s Safety / Pick-Up
Children MUST be picked up promptly after programs or extended care ends. Late fees apply.
We do not permit children to leave unattended. If your child is 11 to 16 years of age he/she can leave on his/her own if he/she has a signed note from home noting permission for relevant dates. Please provide a note if you know in advance if your child is going to be absent. Please telephone 416.586.8043 if your child is ill and will not be attending.
Children are released only to people whose photo ID matches the name(s) submitted as authorized pick-up people. Names can be added to this list throughout the session.
Holidays
Programs do not run August 6, 2012.
ROM Membership
You must hold a valid family membership at the time of registration to receive the members’ discount. Exclusive members’ sign-up period runs until January 29, 2012.
SUMMER CLUB HOTLINE:
416.586.8043 or studio@rom.on.ca
Administrative queries only: 416.586.5797
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Naturequest participant displaying an impressive fossil find.
Dungeons & Dragons participant playing the game.
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