Keeping It Real Ministry operates Monday through Friday, 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The program begins on the first day of school and follows the Polk County School Board Schedule. Students are provided with devotion, homework support, and an afternoon snack. Summer camp is 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. – ask about the beginning date.
Participants are expected to attend each day of the program. If a participant is absent without prior parental notification, parents will be contacted as soon as possible.
If a child is absent, please notify KIRM staff as soon as possible. (doctor’s appointments, quarantined, etc)
Students are expected to follow the rules of the program at all times.
Discipline Steps
If your child is a car rider, you must sign them out.
A student will only be released to those people designated on your emergency contacts list. Anyone picking up a student from KIRM will be expected to show his or her identification. Please do not call and ask us to deviate from DCF policy.
If there are changes in the way. your child is to return home, the parent must come to the site and change the information on the application. Phone calls with changes will not be accepted, this is a DCF mandate.
Parent Involvement – volunteers
KIRM is not responsible for administering medication; but if your child is taking medication, please notify KIRM staff. Provide documentation (background, on-set, etc.) that your child is capable of handling and self-administering his or her medication(s).
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