Ballston Area Community Center

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Thank you Brightside Up for working with our Executive Director on this. We are thankful for all Child Care Providers out there, and we will continue to be here for the children and families in our communities, no matter what!

Thank you Mandie, and to all the parents struggling along with us during these crazy Remote Learning times! We love you and your kiddos!

Our friends had to make some tough, but yummy decisions yesterday when we got a visit from the Ice Cream Man

We are hiring! The Ballston Area Community Center is looking for an individual who will work collaboratively with our dynamic UPK team as a Teaching Assistant. We offer an exciting and innovative work environment with an organizational culture that is committed to the children and families in our community. The Teaching Assistant is responsible for ensuring a variety of stimulating and developmentally appropriate activities and to foster each child's overall development while providing a caring, safe and healthy environment and overall positive experience. Must have experience. For more information and to apply, please email Kathi Leigh at [email protected].

Like campfires and marshmallows, we’re better together Week 5 in the books! Disclaimer: The children in our Summer Care stay in stable, consistent groups, with the same children and staff each day. Children, as per the CDC are not required to wear masks when they are outside, or in our building, with their group. If they do enter any public areas, we ensure they wear a mask and sanitize properly before and after!

This week’s art creations

Our Room 3 kiddos took a trip down to the town library today for their reading hour! Summer time and these minds are fine

No pool, no problem! SUPER excited that our Mr. Jason and Graham, built us a water run through to keep these kiddos cool and wet all summer long Now just time to decorate, we’re thinking definitely pool noodles, shout out ideas below!

Hanging up some of our Summer master pieces, we love art class with Ms. Illona!

Thank you so much to the Ballston Spa Library for donating Hand Sanitizer to us, we have been searching high and low for more! We truly appreciate it as we are gearing up to reopen for Summer Care.

We want to thank Stewart's Shops and The Dake Family - a fund of The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region, who have donated to us $5,000 for support of needs created by Covid-19. We greatly appreciate this donation!

Thank you so much for the Donation from Stewart’s Holiday Match - with this donation we will be able to buy supplies for our Before and After School Programs! We are truly grateful, thank you! Stewart's Shops

The BACC facility will be closed in an effort to stop the spread of the COVID19 virus until further notice. We sincerely apologize for the impact this decision will have on all of our families. We will continue to monitor the situation closely and update you on a regular basis. Before and After-School Care program-We will respond to emails and phone messages as soon as possible.... UPK-Teachers will be in contact via email. GYM-Open gym activities and sports practices are cancelled until further notice. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)-All appointments are cancelled until further notice. You can visit: myfreetaxes.com

Due to the risk of COVID19, the BACC’s 22nd Annual Gala on March 21st will be postponed. While we all love the event, your personal safety and health are our number one concern. If you have any questions or concerns please call 885-3261.

Are you or anyone you know looking for a fun job?! Pass it on - we are hiring NOW for our Before/After School programs as well as Summer Camp! See flyers below for more details.

Thank you so much to our girls @linnaeadinallo Two Birds Marketplace and Charlee for the special delivery this morning! What a SWEET way to start the weekend

Our Friday mood! We had some fun in the sun this past Monday, during our Adventure Day!

The Ballston Area Community Center (BACC) will be having a Universal Prekindergarten open house on January 15th from 6:30-7:30pm. This is for parents only to me...et the teachers and tour the facility at 20 Malta Avenue. The New York State Universal Prekindergarten Program (UPK) provides an early learning experience to children the year before a child attends kindergarten. The primary purpose is to provide four year old students with an opportunity to access high quality prekindergarten programs that will provide the foundation to help prepare them for future school success. Eligible families are those who live in our District and have children who will be four years old on or before December 1st, 2020.