Mercy’s Journey is a before/after care program for Pre-K to fifth grade Mercy School students. Parents may enroll their child for the morning session, afternoon session, or both sessions. The program operates on the same schedule as the 2025-2026 Mercy School Academic calendar. A weekly payment chart is shown below. Cash, check, card, or Zelle payments can be made to the Finance Office. If a child is absent for any reason, tuition is due based on the attendance plan in which the child was originally enrolled. 

• There will still be a late charge of $1/minute for children picked up after 5:00 PM. (Teachers have been working for close to ten hours so we want them to be able to go home as close to 5:00 PM as possible.)

• Mercy School’s before/after care program runs in conjunction with the Mercy School Academic calendar. Programs will be closed during all scheduled breaks (i.e. Thanksgiving, Winter Break, Spring Break, snow days, etc.)

• Payments are due at the beginning of each month. Payments can be made with check, cash, credit/debit card, or Zelle. Nonpayment can result in the removal of your child from the before/after care program. Payment records are available upon request.

• Before/after care fees are calculated for the scheduled days and times for which your child is enrolled. Refunds and/or reductions will not be made for illnesses, absences, and other activities.

• FOR PRE-K AND KG Parents: If your child is not picked up by 3:30pm, your child will be automatically sent to the after care program and the charge will be made to your child(ren)’s tuition. 

• FOR 1ST-5TH Parents: If your child is not picked up by 4:00pm, your child will be automatically sent to the after care program and the charge will be made to your child(ren)’s tuition. 

• In the event school is closed due to a holiday, snow day, etc., you will not be charged for that day. For example, if your child is enrolled five days and school is only open four days, you will be charged the four-day rate on the payment scale. Any credit due for a canceled school day (such as a snow day) will be reflected in the following month’s statement.

• Tuition is calculated on a weekly basis running Monday through Friday. The weekly tuition schedule above shows the amounts charged for the three categories: before care only, after care only, and both (before and after care). Your child’s tuition amount is then calculated based on how many days your child is enrolled to attend each week.

• For example:

  • A child enrolled all five days for both before and after care would normally be charged $90 every week. However, if school is only in session Tuesday through Friday of a particular week, the tuition would be the four day rate of $75 since care is only offered four days that week.

• Oftentimes, the school year begins in the middle of the week. Therefore, the number of days of school in the first week will determine the rate charged. If school begins on Wednesday, a child enrolled for all five days (both before and after) would only be charged the three day rate of $60 (instead of the five day rate of $90) since the program is only open Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of that initial week.

• If a child is discontinuing enrollment and a refund for a partial week attended is necessary, the following procedure will be followed. The amount paid for that week will have the attended day rate subtracted from it. For example, if five days were paid ($90) but the child only attended three days ($60), then the family would be refunded $30. ($90—$60 = $30)

• Please visit with the before/after care directors if you have any questions or need further clarification.