• To provide out-of-school care, preschool / daycare and youth related services to the Queen Mary Community;
• to provide opportunities for all people residing or working in the Queen Mary community to work co-operatively in understanding and resolving community problems;
• to serve as a sponsoring body for integrated community and school activities, events, programs and services;
• to develop and deliver community based services needed in the Queen Mary Community, and
• to work co-operatively with other individuals and organizations in the community in pursuit of these objectives.

To meet these objectives your support and participation is required. We hope that the information provided in this pamphlet may encourage you to become part of the family of Queen Mary Community Services Association.

QMCSA works in partnership with Queen Mary Community School, The North Vancouver Recreation Centre, North Vancouver City and the North Shore Neighbourhood House to deliver quality programs to the Queen Mary and Lonsdale community of children and families.

Introducing children to a variety of positive options for recreation and the arts contributes to the social/emotional well being of the community at large. Children learn to make positive choices for themselves, increase their communication and problem solving skills, as well as emotional maturity, and eventually become responsible, contributing adults. Parents, while their children attend programs, can themselves further their education and become contributing members of the work force.

Financial Support:
Province of British Columbia
Ministry for Children and Family Development

QUEEN MARY OUT-OF-SCHOOL CARE

Queen Mary Out-Of-School Care provides a safe and secure child care environment for children from kindergarten to grade seven.

Child Care (before and after school): The child care program is committed to running a program of unequalled quality. Regular outings to pursue recreational and educational activities are an integral part of the program. The facility and its equipment provide for a wide variety of experimental learning and creative play opportunities. The staff to participant ratio is significantly higher than mandated by child care regulations. Furthermore, cultural diversity and a co-operative, non­threatening environment are important characteristics of our program.

Another cornerstone of our childcare programs is affordability. Our fees are among the lowest on the North Shore ensuring that cost is not a barrier to quality care.

QUEEN MARY PRESCHOOL / DAYCARE

           

The Preschool/Daycare plays an important role in the development of young children. It is a place where children learn as they play and share experiences with others. The children are provided with a variety of materials and experiences suited to their individual needs. With guidance and encouragement the preschoolers prepare, in a school setting, for entrance to kindergarten and regular school programs.

Effective September 1, 2007 North Shore Vancouver Coastal Health approved a License change to allow the preschool program to continue and to also provide Group Daycare for children age 30 months to kindergarten. This allows for preschool/daycare children to attend from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and for the preschool component to continue operating from 9:00 am to 11:30 am.

Child Care Fee Schedule

Queen Mary Preschool/Daycare
604-985-1214 Please call anytime !

Queen Mary Out-Of-School Care
604-987-7073

All fees are per month and are payable on the first day of the month. Post-dated cheques are requested to the end of the school year. One month's notice or one month's fee in lieu of notice is required on termination of services. Fees for any of our programs may be subsidized by the Ministry of Children and Families.

Please contact us if you require additional information.

YOUTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

The Youth and Community Services Program provides support to Queen Mary Community School and the Lower Lonsdale Community. A school bus, van, drivers and fuel are provided to facilitate field trips, sports teams, educational and recreational special needs activities and events. The Association also sponsors and delivers Christmas Hampers and provides subsidy for families who cannot afford full program fees.

Program Activities Include:

Sports Education Activities: Baseball, football, basketball, ball hockey and soccer for children whose families, due to social circumstances, cannot afford the expense or time for organized community sports programs. Also, after-school programs including martial arts, skating lessons, swimming lessons, art and drama.

Sponsor Grad Trip: Sponsor annual grade 6 and 7 classes field trip to Victoria (Royal B. C. Museum and visit B. C. Legislature). Also, grad outing to Webb's Ranch.

School Bus: Supports  Queen Mary Community School and other local schools and social services programs in providing school bus and driver for transporting youth.

Sailing Program: April 3, 2006 the Eagle Harbour Yatch Club invited the Queen Mary Community Services Association to participate in their "Underprivileged Children Sailing School Initiative". The Eagle Harbour Yacht Club provide youth sailing lessons for a two-week session from July 1 to August 31. The 2006 summer program permitted "scholarships" for two youth to attend. More youth have participated each year. A private, anonymous, charitable foundation provides funding for this community service. Supervision and transportation is provided by Queen Mary Community Services Association.