Policies And Procedures

At the elementary school locations:

All students will be escorted to the Amazing Minds classroom or meeting place.

After class, your child is to be picked up by the designated parent or guardian who will be required to sign out the child.

The Amazing Minds instructor will stay at the school until every child is picked up or released.

At park districts and community center locations:

Child is dropped off and picked up at designated times.

The Amazing Minds instructor will stay at the site until every child is picked up or released.

In the event that a child is having trouble adjusting to the class, disruptive to the class or other children, or physically aggressive to their peers, the parent will be immediately notified. A phone conference will be arranged as soon as possible. A solution will be decided upon and implemented. If this solution is ineffective or the child continues to be unhappy or problematic we reserve the right to dismiss your child from the class. Because we are sensitive to each child’s needs, we ask that you provide us with any information concerning behavioral or problematic issues.

At the elementary schools there is no refund after the first class.

Food Allergy Information

The following lessons include a theme related snack:

LESSON:	SNACK:
Australia Day 3	Graham Crackers Vanilla Frosting Food Coloring Mini White Marshmallows
China Day 3	Fortune Cookies Rice Cakes
Health Day 2	Assorted Wrapped Candy
Rocks & Minerals Day 2	Animal Crackers Pretzels Gummy Bears Dry Cereal Popcorn
New York Day 3	Astronaut (Freeze Dried) Ice Cream Chocolate Covered Insects
Native Americans Day 2	Beef Jerky or Slim Jims
Chicago Day 3	White or Colored Mini Marshmallows
Italy Day 3	Lemonade Bread Sticks Pizza Flavored Goldfish Crackers
Sharks, Whales & Dolphins Day 1	“Gummy” Sharks

This list was last revised 2022. Please feel free to contact us with further questions at 847-509-8875.

Allergies

It is the parent/guardian’s responsibility to notify us if your child has a food or environmental allergy that could effect his/her participation in class.

The child should be aware of his/her restrictions.

Food is not served on a regular basis, only as a compliment or enhancement to a lesson.

Parents are always welcome to provide an alternate or substitute.

Amazing Minds will work with parents to try to meet your child’s special needs. We strive to keep our environment as safe as possible for students, while maintaining the hands-on approach of our program.

We can not guarantee an allergy free environment. Our rooms are used by many people other than Amazing Minds, LLC. Because this is an after school program, children are invited to come to class with a snack from home. Should this be a problem for anyone, please contact us at 847-509-8875 or Lisa at lisa@MyAmazingMinds.com

This was [my child’s] favorite enrichment all year-it was always a countdown to Wednesday. Thank you so much-you really feed his interests.

Deerfield parent

My son talked more about what he learned in Amazing Minds than anything that happens in school. He definitely wants to be signed up a second time!

Highland Park parent

A great program! My daughter absolutely loved attending and is constantly impressing us with new facts.

Highland Park parent

[The Amazing Mind’s instructor] kept my son’s interest each and every week! Which is a very big deal after a full day of school.

Northbrook parent

[My child] has enjoyed learning about places near and far-Egypt and Chicago! He was invited to the King Tut exhibit and had a wonderful time. Of course, he now wants to go to Egypt! It was comforting to me to know that he was in a stimulating environment after school and while I’m working-Thank You!

Deerfield parent

[My child] LOVES Amazing Minds. She loves the topics and loves learning about new things. We just wish there was more time!

Northbrook parent

I loved this class. I want to take it again next year!!

Glenview student

I don’t want to go home. I want to stay here!

Northbrook student

All my friends thought my rock collection was awesome!

Buffalo Grove student

Dear Lisa: Carter completed a Memory Book for first grade and had to answer this question “My favorite place at school.” He answered Amazing Minds and drew a picture of what I assume is the two of you. He then had to finish this sentence: “This place is special because…” Carter said: “I learn alot. Mrs. Weiss teaches us about people and places. My favorite topic was Italy because we had a party.” So cute!!! I love what you do!

Glenview student/parent

While working as the Facility Supervisor at Park Center, I have had the opportunity to work with [the Directors and staff of] the popular program, Amazing Minds. The program has been successfully running for three years now with three sessions per year. Enrollment is always full and we always have positive feedback from our patrons.

Gina DiSandro, Facility Supervisor at Glenview Park District

Amazing Minds has been providing classes for our enrichment program for the past two years. From my experience, it is a professionally run organization which provides a fun and educational experience for the children of District 28. We plan to keep Amazing Minds as one of our enrichment classes for years to come.” – Michael Chanan, Enrichment Director

Northbrook School District 28

As organizer of a PTO after-school enrichment program, I’ve had a 100% positive experience with Amazing Minds. The curriculum is stimulating as well as entertaining — our students and their parents love it! The owners and teachers are dedicated, responsive, and a joy to work with. I highly recommend this popular, well-run class.

Terri Foster, Enrichment Commitee Chairperson, Ravinia School, Highland Park

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