Welcome to KUMON of Park Slope! Kumon Math and Reading Centers develop the untapped potential of each and every child through building confidence and developing skills in the fundamental building blocks of math and reading. At Kumon, we believe that every child has the potential to learn far beyond our expectations. It is the job of our Kumon Center to encourage each individual child to want to learn, to enjoy learning, and to be capable of studying successfully in the future.

Admissions and Enrollment

Admissions at Kumon Park Slope is on a rolling basis; students enroll throughout the year. Kumon Park Slope enrolls students for a minimum of twelve months. This contract will automatically renew, with no new registration fees and no increase in tuition.

Withdrawal Policy

If you wish to stop enrollment at Kumon Park Slope, parents must declare their wish in writing via e-mail to parkslope_ny@ikumon.com . Kumon Park Slope requires a minimum of 60 days (or two calendar months) advanced notice of your intent to withdrawal from the program. If you decide not to re‐enroll for another year at Kumon Park Slope, you must provide written notice of intent to withdraw enrollment via e-mail by the end of Month 10. Should you desire re-admission at a later date, you must re-apply and will be bound by enrollment and tuition rates and policies that govern at that time.

Tuition

Kumon is a year‐round program, based on an annual tuition per subject, per child. Kumon Park Slope offers a monthly payment option, payable via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). To enroll in this payment option, you must complete and sign the Electronic Funds Transfer Authorization Form and provide us with a voided check from the account you wish to have debited. Monthly tuition will automatically be debited on the 1^st of each month (January tuition debited January 1), or the first banking day of the month. 

Tuition is $150 per month per subject. There is a one -time $50 registration fee and a one- time $30 materials fee per student, debited the first month of enrollment. Therefore, your first tuition debit is $80 more than your monthly tuition amount. (If you are enrolling for one subject, your first debit will be $230 per child; if you are enrolling for two subjects, your first debit will be $380 per child.) A $25 late fee will be assessed after the 1st. Bounced checks or insufficient funds via EFT will be assessed a $25 fee. Since we supply materials during vacation, monthly payments are made during your vacation, even if your child does not use the materials. There is no “tuition interruption” or “hold” during a vacation.

Transfer Students

In the event that you decide to transfer to another Kumon center, we require 30-day (or one calendar month) written notice via e-mail to parkslope_ny@ikumon.com. During this period, you should contact your future instructor, as s/he will likely ask you to attend an orientation at the new center. The registration fee will be waived, provided your child’s attendance at the new center begins promptly. Students who return/re-enroll after being reported as absent for more than one monthly period in a given calendar year will be assessed a registration fee.

Class Attendance

One‐subject students attend for approximately 20‐30 minutes; both‐subjects students attend for approximately 40‐60 minutes. Times will vary depending on the student’s level, age, worksheets assigned, and the presence of new concepts. We close promptly at 7:00 PM. One‐subject students should arrive no later than 6:30 PM, and both‐subjects students should arrive no later than 6:00 PM.

Center work is a vital part of your child’s Kumon program. Observing and listening to your child greatly informs the instructor’s lesson-planning. We also prefer to introduce new concepts during center days so that we may assist your child in reaching his or her goals. Consistently picking up work without staying for center sessions is discouraged.

We understand that all children become ill from time to time. Please let your child get some rest at home. If your child is feeling well enough to complete Kumon work, please come to the Center to pick up his or her new worksheets and to drop off the completed worksheets.

If you know your child is unable to attend the center for the first visit of the week, please call or e-mail us so we can prepare the work for you to collect. If work is not picked up, your child will be marked absent until his/her next regularly scheduled session. There are no “make-up” days. We do not grant a “leave of absence” to students.

KUMON Student Schedule

Non-Jr. Kumon students attend the center for 20-30 minutes per subject. In order to maintain an ideal Student:Assistant ratio, we will ask you to commit to a window of time. There is flexibility, but we ask that your child attend during a specific timeframe so that we can use our resources to the benefit of all children and avoid over-crowding.

Jr. KUMON student sessions are scheduled in 30-minute blocks to allow ample time for students to complete the day’s activities. Dual-subject students sign up for two consecutive 30-minute timeslots. Please arrive on time for your child’s session. Since seating in the Jr. KUMON program is limited, if you are more than 10 minutes late for your child’s session, we may ask that the work be completed at home.

Blue Kumon Homework Pouch

The Kumon pouch travels between home and center. At your child’s first session of the week, s/he will receive work for the entire week. If your child attends a second session on Thursday, s/he should come to the center with the Kumon Pouch in hand. The completed homework will be collected for evaluation. Work dated for that day should not be done at home; it is classwork and will be completed at the center. Work for the remainder of the week should also be kept in the pouch so that we can make adjustments to future work, if needed. Pencils, erasers and a sharpener should also be kept in the pouch as a way for your child to learn about responsibility and the value of being prepared. 

Weekly Worksheet Assignments

Kumon Park Slope students are responsible for completing Kumon worksheets six days a week. Most students attend the center twice a week, while others may only attend once a week. On your child’s primary day (first class visit of the week), s/he will take home worksheet packets for the entire week. Monday students will complete Monday’s packet at the center and take home Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday packets. Tuesday students will take home Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday packets. Your child has one day off during the weekend as a break or a “make-up” day, if you skipped a day’s assignment.

On center days, there is no homework assigned. If your child attends the center for a second session on Thursday, s/he must return to the center with the blue Kumon homework pouch containing: 1) the packet dated for Thursday to be completed in class , 2) all previously completed/graded/corrected homework, and 3) the incomplete packets for the remainder of the week, which allows us to make any necessary adjustments to future work.

Worksheets should be organized at home before returning to the center. Please help your child arrange homework by subject (blue spine = Math, red spine = Reading) and date order . This will go a long way in helping your child take ownership of his/her own Kumon experience.

Students complete one assignment per day in the order in which they are assigned , to maintain the integrity of the lesson plan. On center days, work is completed at the center; there is no additional Kumon homework assigned. (If your child is a Jr. Kumon Reading student, this is a good day to review flashcards at home in order to maintain a daily Kumon routine.)

Please remind/assist your child to write name, start time, and end time on the first page of each homework packet. (There is no need to time each page; we look for the total time taken to complete the packet.) Students earn one Kumon dollar for each homework packet that meets these criteria. 

Incomplete Homework

We expect our students to come to class with all of their homework 100% complete, and with all mistakes corrected. Students who come to class with homework that is incomplete or not corrected may be assigned a “corrections-only day” for homework.  Your child’s Kumon plan is to complete work six days a week, which allows for one day off or a make-up day. Please help your child keep up with the lesson plan by encouraging him/her to complete work daily. For those times when your child is unable to complete his/her work at home, the work will be reassigned for a new date and the lesson plan will be adjusted to account for the change.

Timing Homework

Your child’s Math and Reading homework assignments must include name, start time and end time. This helps us plan appropriate work and an appropriate workload for your child. (If your child is too young to write name and times on his/her own, please note it for him/her.) Only homework packets with name and times are rewarded with Kumon dollars. All worksheets (Math 3A & Reading 2A and above) have a “standard completion time” (SCT) goal. Work can only be assessed if times and percentages are recorded properly. (Refer to the Homegrading Brochure for how to accurately mark your child’s work.) Without completion times, student work will not be evaluative and may therefore need to be reassigned.

Homegrading/Corrections

Since KUMON is a home-based supplemental education program, our center firmly believes in the benefits of homegrading and thus requires that parents participate daily in grading their child’s work. The purpose of grading worksheets at home is to allow students to receive prompt feedback so they can make corrections on a daily basis. Homegrading allows you to monitor your child’s work more closely, giving you insight into his/her daily academic enrichment process. Please refer to the Homegrading Brochure, available at the center, on how to accurately mark your child’s work.

Parents should check the accuracy of Kumon homework daily. We prefer you do this as soon as your child completes the assigned worksheets. Use a red pen to mark and score your child’s work. The center will loan you an answer book for the level your child is currently working in. By correcting mistakes while they are fresh in his or her mind, your child learns immediately from mistakes. You should also check to see that your child has written his/her name, beginning and ending times on the first page of each packet.

Children should correct their homework mistakes before bedtime. Never let your child go to bed with an error in his or her head! When that is not possible, your child should correct the old packet before beginning the next day’s packet.

Avoid explaining errors or correcting them yourself. To achieve Kumon’s goal of independent learning, your child should figure out corrections on his or her own. If your child has difficulty self-correcting, please note that on the packet to inform the center of this. Children should practice proper correction habits early on and analyze each error before erasing any work.

Study Room Area

In order to maintain an atmosphere conducive to study, we request that only students enter the study room. Brothers, sisters and parents are asked to stay in the waiting area. Students should leave their iPods or electronic games in the waiting room or in their backpacks.

Food and Snacks

Due to airborne food allergies, we can no longer allow food of any kind in our study room or waiting area – no exceptions. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. 
 

Center Waiting Area

In an effort to guarantee each child’s safety, we ask that Jr. KUMON parents/guardians remain onsite to assure their children’s arrivals and departures. Parents and guardians are encouraged to wait in the waiting area downstairs, as seating in the first floor lobby area is limited and reserved for those who cannot negotiate the stairs.

Kumon Recommended Reading Library (RRL) Books

Reading students in Junior Kumon levels 7A~3A are assigned books at each center visit. Some of the books are meant to be read aloud by an adult to model fluency and instill a love for reading, while others are for children to “read” on their own. For levels 2A and above, students have the opportunity at each center visit to check out a book from their reading level. We are limited to checking out one book per student.

Answer Books

Math students receive an Answer Book for levels 3A and above; Reading students receive an Answer Book for levels 2A and above. When your child completes a level, please return the Answer Book to the center.

Flashcard CDs

Reading students in Junior Kumon levels 7A~3A receive a CD with virtual “flashcards” to be used each day as follow-up to the worksheets. Your child should view the flashcards that correspond to that day’s set of words, but can also review words from previous sets or preview words from future sets. When your child completes a level, please return the flashcard CD.

Supplemental Activities for Homework

We may occasionally assign supplemental activities to be completed at home, which may include the use of a numbers chart, math fact flashcards, and letter/number writing practice sheets. Please monitor your child’s work, as s/he will look to you for guidance and support.

Kumon Incentive Program

Since Kumon is “extra work,” we reward students with Kumon Dollars. Students earn one Kumon Dollar for each completed homework assignment returned with name, start time and end time (must be homegraded and corrected, when applicable).  Students “purchase” items from our Kumon Store for 50 or 100 Kumon Dollars. P rizes include Kumon gear and gift certificates to local businesses.

Your Role as a Kumon Parent

Since KUMON is a home-based program, families are expected to provide daily encouragement and a study environment conducive to learning, as well as monitor and homegrade their child’s work. Homegrading each day is one of the most important and beneficial thing you can do to help ensure your child’s progress in Kumon. For those of you with students in the general curriculum, this means using the provided answer books to accurately grade your child’s work daily, and making sure all corrections are made. For those of you with students in Jr. Kumon, this means working with your child to complete each assignment.  

Set up the routine: Establish a predictable Kumon time & place, and create a quiet study environment. This will help support your child in developing good study habits, discipline, independence, and work completion. If you need clarification on how to homegrade or work with your child at home, please ask -- we will be happy to answer your questions.

Holiday/Vacation Schedules

Vacations or “days away” from the Center should be pre‐planned with Kumon Park Slope by using the Vacation Form, available at check-in and online. Please leave a completed form at the front desk at least one week in advance, so that we have time to prepare your child’s packet(s) carefully. Please plan ahead. Kumon students continue their studies when on holidays, vacations, or long trips. There is no tuition refund during vacations. Unfortunately, same-day requests for vacation worksheet adjustments may not be honored.

Center Closures

Kumon Park Slope follows the New York City Public School calendar for vacation closings. The center is also closed on major holidays. Students will have homework instead of Center work on these days. Snow Procedures: Kumon Park Slope will follow the school closings of the NYC Public Schools system. We will put an outgoing message on the Center’s voicemail and update our website with emergency closure information. If schools are operating on a delayed opening, we will be open at our regular hours.

Communication

Class time is reserved for instruction and observation. Please alert an assistant at Check-in about any notes with your feedback on homework so that we can address it during your child’s visit. Alternatively, you may e-mail or call with questions and concerns. To schedule a conference with the instructor, please visit our website for the appointment calendar. Parental feedback regarding student work is always welcome.