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ABC Care Center – Mechanicsville Elementary School

The first ABC Care program site to open, Mechanicsville Center is a MD EXCELS Level 3 and three-time nationally accredited program focusing on small group interactions with both teacher-led and self-selected activities. Creative arts, STEM and drama keep children involved before and after school. Students enjoy supervised free play time in the large school gymnasium, two large outdoor playgrounds and blacktop area and have the option to choose quiet areas to complete their homework before heading home.

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The NAA Standards for School-Age Quality specifically address the indicators of quality programs reflected in current research. Examples include meeting the developmentally different needs of youth, 5-14 years, involving children and youth in program planning, providing positive interactions between children and youth and adults, and ensuring a safe and challenging environment for children and youth in and out of school time.

This Location Meets COA Standards<br />
COA's After School Standards represent a merging of NAA's standards and COA's 8th Edition Standards, and include three different sections of standards: After School Program Administration (ASP-AM), After School Human Resources (ASP-HR), and After School Programming and Services (ASP-PS). The set of standards are based on generally-accepted elements of best practice, outcomes-oriented, effective in advancing quality, and responsive to the unique needs and diversity of after school programs. COA's standards are grounded in a long-standing, widely held belief that children, youth, and families benefit when a program enhances its capacity to achieve its mission and validate its impact. “Children and youth who participate in After School and Youth Development programs gain the personal, social, emotional, and educational assets needed to support healthy development, increase well-being, and facilitate a successful transition through childhood, adolescence, and into adulthood.” Council of Accreditation Core Purpose

Use main entrance of school. Use door #1A and walkie talkie to alert staff you have arrived.

Casey Pack

Casey Pack is our Site Director at Mechanicsville Elementary School. Casey started with ABC Care in 2021 as an assistant. Casey is currently attending classes at Carroll Community College to receive her associate in early childhood education. When Casey is not working or attending school, she enjoys spending time with her family. Casey also enjoys spending time hiking in the mountains and getting lost in reading a good book.

ABC Care Center – Friendship Valley Elementary School

A MD EXCELS Level 3 center and three-time nationally accredited program, ABC Care Center at Friendship Valley offers self-selected and organized team activities in language arts, creative arts and STEM, allowing children to pursue projects and topics of interest to them. Our program also provides planned activities to assist children with social and emotional development. Students enjoy supervised free play and team games in the large school gymnasium, outdoor playground and blacktop areas. Our extended afternoon hours give children more time to experience all that ABC Care has to offer including more complex art and science projects and extra time outdoors for more active time.

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Please ring the doorbell labeled ABC Daycare Doorbell and we will open the Door labeled 1. When you leave, please exit through any other door at the front of the building.

Ashley Appler

Mrs. Ashley currently has her Bachelors of Science of Elementary Education degree from Stevenson University. She has 6 years of experience with ABC Care and 5 years of experience in the elementary classroom, teaching 3^rd and 4^th grades. In her free time, she likes to read books even ones in the process of being published, hike or enjoy nature on a nice day, and go to the park or on playdates with her daughter, Skyler.
Katelyn Clark

ABC Care Center – Eldersburg Elementary School

The ABC Care Center at Eldersburg Elementary is a MD EXCELS Level 3 and three-time nationally accredited program providing enriching learning activities, team building exercises and group games for students. The daily routine provides quiet homework time, STEM, social studies, language arts and creative expression activities as well as supervised free play in the school’s large gymnasium, outdoor playground and blacktop areas. Our extended afternoon hours give children more time to experience all that ABC Care has to offer including more complex art and science projects and extra time outdoors for more active time.

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Park near the rear of the school or playground. Come through the fence and use door #16A. Use walkie talkie at glass door for admission.

Casey Pack

Casey Pack is our Site Director at Mechanicsville Elementary School. Casey started with ABC Care in 2021 as an assistant. Casey is currently attending classes at Carroll Community College to receive her associate in early childhood education. When Casey is not working or attending school, she enjoys spending time with her family. Casey also enjoys spending time hiking in the mountains and getting lost in reading a good book.
Caitlin Murphy

ABC Care Center – Ebb Valley Elementary School

At the ABC Care Center at Ebb Valley, a MD EXCELS Level 1 Program, children benefit from a structured daily schedule mixed with teacher-led and student-led activities. Our program provides homework assistance, supervised free play and team games in the school’s large gymnasium and two outdoor playgrounds. Children enjoy the varied expressive drama box options, from doll houses to super hero figures, and take part in a variety of themed messy arts and crafts and STEM experiments during morning and afternoon sessions.

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Park in the parking lot to the left of the school and use the cafeteria door #2 to the left of main entrance. Use walkie talkie for admission.

Ashley Appler

Mrs. Ashley currently has her Bachelors of Science of Elementary Education degree from Stevenson University. She has 6 years of experience with ABC Care and 5 years of experience in the elementary classroom, teaching 3^rd and 4^th grades. In her free time, she likes to read books even ones in the process of being published, hike or enjoy nature on a nice day, and go to the park or on playdates with her daughter, Skyler.

ABC Care Center – Parr’s Ridge & Mt. Airy Elementary School

The ABC Care Center program at Parr’s Ridge, is a MD EXCELS Level 1 Center with three national accreditations, serving students in kindergarten through second grade. We provide a daily structured routine, with a balance between enrichment activities and social engagement. Weekly programming is centered around a theme and planned activities assist children with social and emotional development. Each month the center focuses on a character trait to reinforce values such as respect and kindness. Children enjoy supervised free play time on the school’s large playground and blacktop areas as well as in its large gymnasium.

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Use the side cafeteria entrance to the left of main covered walkway/entrance. Use door #4 to walkie talkie to alert staff you have arrived.