Gainesville School To Host Pro After-School Programs Event

Oct. 12, 2010 - PRLog -- GAINESVILLE, Va. -- The Rainbow Station at Haymarket school will host a "Lights on Aftershool" event October 21, from 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.on its campus located at 6800 Piedmont Center Plaza. The free event is designed to demonstrate the importance of after-school programs in the community.  Currently 34% of Virginia children not currently enrolled in afterschool would be likely to participate if an after-school program were available in their community, according to the Afterschool Alliance http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/policyStateFacts.cfm?state_abbr=VA

The event hosted by the private school that offers before- and after-school care to students from 10 different schools located throughout Prince William County will feature science experiments, baked good creations, an Art Gallery presentation, gym games and relays and much more. The award-winning school has four buses it sends to pick-up and drop-off children from their school.

Parents wishing to learn more details should contact Linsey Wyne, Village Program Director, at (571)261-2020, or by viewing their Web site at http://www.rainbowstation.org/loc-northernva/index.php .


About Rainbow Station
Rainbow Station is headquartered in Richmond with nine schools located in throughout Virginia, North Carolina and Texas.  Each Rainbow Station school offers private nursery schools and pre-schools with extended day programming for children ages 0-14 with before- and after-school care for students in the nearby school districts.  The multi-acre campuses include the highly unique feature of providing "The Get Well Place," an infirmary attended full-time by a pediatric nurse.  The infirmary is located in an architecturally separate building on the campus and is equipped with a reverse ventilation system for children with infectious conditions such as Chicken Pox or the flu.  After a quick diagnosis by the attending pediatric nurse and a medical records check, children are sent to one of four rooms based on their symptoms: The Whoozy Station for gastrointestinal illness, the Sniffle Stop for respiratory illness, the Spot Stop for chickenpox (or other contagious respiratory illnesses), and the Rest Stop for convalescent care. Academically, each campus offers a specially constructed "Village," a recreation program based on freedom and choice for the school aged child where they attend curriculum-driven activities in the Apothecary, Arcade, Art Gallery, Café Rainbow, Club 5, Gymnasium, Theater, Toy Shoppe and the Village Green. Additional information on the campus is available on its website, www.rainbowstation.org