The Future Stars

General introduction

The Future Stars was set up in 1988 as a non-profit service center for child development devoted to providing quality childcare in a loving and educational environment for children 6 weeks to 6 years of age. Our funds mainly come from public donations.

A healthy curiosity about learning is the most important quality for early childhood development. We aim at offering high quality developmentally age-appropriate activities for early childhood, the most Important time of child development, so that they can do better after they start formal schooling.

Hours of operation

Childcare will be provided for the child from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday through Friday except for holidays. Children may not arrive before 7:00 am or remain after 6:00 pm. Should an emergency arise, the parent should immediately make us know in consideration of our work arrangements. A late charge of $ 1.00 per minute will be assessed if the child is not picked up by 6:05 pm. Charges for these services are to be paid directly to the staff person that has been looking after your child until your arrival, not to the center. Failure to pay late charges may affect continued services with the center.

Tuition (學(xué)費(fèi))

When it has been confirmed that a position is available for your child, you must pay a registration (注冊) fee of $200 per child.

The weekly tuition fee is $ 98.00. You can make payments either by credit card or in cash on Monday every week. If your payment is not made by Tuesday at 9:00 am, you will be charged a $ 25.00 late fee.

For more information, please call 434-293-6110 or visit

www.childdevelopmentcenter.com.

1.The Future Stars is intended for______.

A. would-be parents B. teenagers

C. child experts D. pre-school children

2. What can we know about late pickups from the passage?

A. They may affect continued services with the center.

B. Parents have to pay late charges for them to the center.

C. Parents have to inform the center of them right away.

D. They greatly disturb the work arrangements of the center.

3. If you want your child to receive childcare services from the Future Stars you must ___.

A. pay extra for delayed payment B. pay every Tuesday

C. pay $ 98 for registration D. pay in cash

4.What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To attract public donations.

B. To promote early education.

C. To tell the benefits of childcare.

D. To introduce a child development center.

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