Frequently Asked Questions
A completed online registration form, current health assessment, and your payment information.
- Health Assessment- You will need to upload your child's health assessment. Please be aware that you can only upload one PDF. We have strict guidelines that must be followed for child health assessments. Please read the "What are the Health Assessment Requirements" questions for more clarification on what is needed.
- School Age Registration Requirements: The health assessment must be completed after your child's 5th birthday.
- A credit card or bank account information must be entered to complete your registration. Automatic payments will be withdrawn from your account on the first of each month. We accept Visa and Mastercard. There is a 3% fee applied to credit card payments.
It takes approximately 5-7 business days to process registration paperwork.
*Health assessments need to be signed and dated by a licensed physician.
*Patient summaries or after-visit summaries cannot replace a health assessment.
*Only one PDF can be uploaded to the portal. Please make sure all pages of the health assessment are included in one document.
*Health assessment forms can be found here.
School Age Requirements:
Each child is required to have a health assessment that was completed AFTER their 5th birthday. The PDE and DHS health assessment forms are the only accepted health assessments.
A health assessment that was completed after a child's 5th birthday is required for Stepping Stones School Age records. If your child has a summer birthday, submit the most current health assessment and send an updated record after their birthday.
Tuition is billed monthly. The prices that are listed are monthly rates unless otherwise indicated.
School Age Summer Camp prices are listed at a weekly rate.
Tuition rates can be found on our website under the "Rates" tab.
A two day weekly minimum is required for enrollment. Days are required to stay consistent throughout the month.
School Age Programs: An "as needed" option is available .
"AS NEEDED" care is provided on a daily need; if space is available. Prior notification and approval is needed before attending. This option is only available for the School Age programs.
Change in days of care can be accommodated if space is available. A two week notice is required for change in billing.
Register using the program that you requested for the district. We will make accommodations for any changes to your child's placement. Please make sure to let us know as soon as the change is made.
The Main Center location is open from 7:00am until 6:00pm.
Tuition includes breakfast and snack for children over a year of age. Parents provide a lunch.
There are no restrictions due to allergies at this time.
The Infant, Toddler, and Preschool programs operate year-round. Registration for each program is also year-round but based on availability.
Stepping Stones follows the current CDC, ECE, and Allegheny County Health Department guidelines to ensure the safety of the children and staff.
We offer three different programs at our school age sites. A before school program that provides care from 7:00 am to the start of the school day, a kindergarten program that offers care for the other half of the kindergarten day and an after school program from the end of the school day to 6:00 pm.
All Pine Richland School Age sites are open from 7:00am-6:00pm.
No. Pine-Richland Kindergarteners are able to ride the bus one way that coordinates with their Pine-Richland Kindergarten classroom placement.
Children enrolled in the before school and kindergarten program can purchase breakfast/lunch from the school cafeteria. Snacks are provided for the after school program.
Stepping Stones follows the current CDC, ECE, and Allegheny County Health Department guidelines to ensure the safety of the children and staff.
We offer three different programs at our school age sites. A before school program that provides care from 7:00 am to the start of the school day, a kindergarten program that offers care for the other half of the kindergarten day and an after school program from the end of the school day to 6:00 pm.
All Seneca Valley School Age sites are open from 7:00am-6:00pm.
Yes. Seneca Valley Kindergarteners are able to ride the bus both to and from school.
Children enrolled in the before school and kindergarten program can purchase breakfast/lunch from the school cafeteria. Snacks are provided for the after school program.
Stepping Stones follows the current CDC, ECE, and Butler County Health Department guidelines to ensure the safety of the children and staff.
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