We will continue to accept registrations and maintain a waitlist as we continue processing registrations. We will reach out to families on our waitlist as space is identified or becomes available throughout the remainder of the school year.

The Express Summer Program offers full-day licensed childcare with fun and enriching activities for incoming 1st through 6th graders (ages served 5-12) who are enrolled in Spokane Public Schools. Children must be potty-trained and able to participate in a group setting, follow directions independently and adhere to program expectations to attend the Express Program. Each program offers age-appropriate activities, including academic enrichment opportunities, arts and crafts, cooking, field trips and more!

Breakfast and lunch are served at Summer Express.

The following items must be completed for each child and turned into the billing office downtown to complete the registration process. You may email documents to ExpressBilling@SpokaneSchools.org. We require a minimum of two full business days after receiving all required paperwork before your first day of childcare to ensure proper student safety/staffing ratios and licensing requirements. During peak volume, processing time may take longer.

• Online Registration - Select link to the right for your desired site

• Certificate of Immunization (see below for additional

  information)

  • Immunizations are not required if currently enrolled in Express for the 24-25 School Year

• Express Online Signature Form

• Medication Request Form (if applicable)

• DSHS Authorization (if applicable) (Note: All school year authorizations need to be updated with DSHS for the Summer Program

FOR ALL REGISTRATIONS: The State Board of Health requires medically verified immunization records for all childcare facilities. In order to complete the registration process, an updated "Certificate of Immunization Status for Childcare" report will be required and must be medically verified by the Immunization Information System or a healthcare provider. For auditing purposes, we are only able to accept the forms provided from one of the two options listed below. We cannot accept shot records/summaries from your healthcare records.

Option 1: Create an account with MyIR and provide a copy of your child's immunization records from their system. These records are medically verified by the system and do not require a healthcare provider signature.

Once you have access to these records it will list the Immunization History. For auditing purposes, you will need to select "Go To Documents" and print the WA Certificate of Immunization Status (CIS) form for school and child care (WA)

Option 2: Complete the Certificate of Immunization template form above and obtain the signature of your healthcare provider on the certification statement at the bottom of the form.

It is important for the health of all students, staff, and families that your child does not attend school when they are sick. The following guidelines are appropriate reasons to keep your child home from school:

• A fever of 100.4 degrees F or higher in the last 24 hours. Your child should be fever free (without the use of fever-reducing medicines) for 24 hours before returning to school.

• A consistently goopy, runny nose.

• Drainage from the eye and/or redness of the eyelid or skin around the eye.

• A bad cough – one that you wouldn’t want your well child to be around.

• A sore throat, especially with fever or swollen glands in the neck.

• Shortness of breath or other problems with normal breathing.

• A child that seems ill – unusually tired, pale, or difficult to awaken, headache or body aches; seems confused or irritable, and/or lacks normal appetite.

• A rash that is associated with fever or severe itching.

• Vomiting with/without diarrhea within the last 24 hours. Your child should be free of vomiting or diarrhea for 24 hours before returning to school. 

  • NOTE: A child who has one episode of bloody diarrhea or two episodes of diarrhea at school must be sent home and cannot return until the diarrhea has resolved. Some diarrheas may be associated with bacteria or viruses. If your child has severe diarrhea, you should contact your health care provider.

• Your child needs to remain at home for 24 hours after starting an antibiotic.

• Any contagious condition such as chicken pox, influenza, COVID-19, whooping cough, or gastroenteritis.

• Breakfast

• Lunch

• Afternoon Snack (3:30 p.m.)

• Everything needed for field trips (admission, etc.) 

• Transportation provided to/from each field trip

What to bring:

• Swimming suit

• Towel

• Waterproof sunscreen (Express staff are not allowed to apply sunscreen without a district medication form.) Spray sunscreen is not allowed as per DCYF licensing

• Hat and/or sunglasses

• Sturdy walking shoes (every day) No flip flops!

• Socks

• Weather appropriate jacket or coat

• Backpack

• Labeled water bottle

Please make sure that all items are clearly labeled with the child’s name or initials for identification.

What NOT to bring:

• Money

• Personal toys and games

• Any technology (including cell phones)

• Anything of value that has the possibility to get damaged, lost or stolen

The Express Program is not responsible for any items that are brought from home that may get damaged.

A $50 registration fee per child for families not currently registered in Express for the 2024-25 school year.

Rate is $54 per day, per child. Priority will be given to five day per week schedules, with a minimum of six weeks. If additional space is available, families with other schedule needs will be registered if they meet the minimum registration requirement of three sessions per week with a three-week minimum. Full-day rates apply with no hourly rate or sibling discount.

Summer Express is billed monthly with payment due on the first of the month and must be received in full by the fifth of that same month. Payments received after the fifth of the month will be charged a 10% late payment fee on the unpaid balance up to $50. Payments will not be taken at summer site locations.

Four ways to make payments:

• Pay online through your Parent Portal.

• Use the after-hours drop box at the front of the Administration Building, north of the main entrance.

• Mail payments to Spokane Public Schools Express, 200 N. Bernard, Spokane, WA 99201.

• Deliver to the district cashier, available during the summer from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

No illness or vacation credit will be given during Summer Express

Schedule changes must be received in writing (email preferred) at the Express Billing office by May 23. No schedule changes will be accepted after this date.

The last day to withdraw from early registration for the Summer Express program and receive a refund of any tuition you paid is May 23. All withdrawals must be in writing (email preferred) to the Express Billing office.

Families receiving tuition assistance through DCYF cannot request authorizations until late-May. Express will email families when requests can be submitted. To request authorization prior to the authorization date could create billing issues on your account.

Monday, June 23, 2025, until Friday, August 15, 2025
6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Express will be closed July 4, 2025
No services after August 15, 2025
(Available to incoming 1st graders through 6th graders)

Finch Summer Express P#143302 (North)

• 3717 N. Milton St. • 354-2560 • Ages served 5-12

• Located in cafeteria/multi-purpose room, the art room and library.

• Ages 5-12 years (Supervisor approval for incoming Kindergarten)

Hutton Summer Express P#143679 (South)

• 908 E. 24th Ave. • 354-3028 • Ages served 5-12

• Located in cafeteria/multi-purpose room and gym.

• Ages 5-12 years (Supervisor approval for incoming Kindergarten)

Field trips are subject to change. Please confirm plans with the Express site.

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Fax: 509-353-5464

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