About Us
Hours of operation at 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Center follows the twelve-month calendar and is closed with weather concerns following the Holly Springs School District, and federal holidays.
Administrators are responsible for the day-to-day interactions with the children, their parents, and staff. Full-time teachers, part-time teaching , the cook, and student employees report to the Executive and Co-Directors. All employees (including the teacher, child care assistants, and student employees) in each room are required to complete all background checks required by the Mississippi Department of Health and obtain Child CPR/First Aid Certification.
Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) – Opulent Life Kidz Kare is licensed by the Mississippi State Department of Health. In each parent handbook there is a copy of Regulations Governing Licensure of Childcare Facilities anyone who wishes to review the document can be review the document at msdh.ms.gov. Employees of Opulent Life Kidz Kare and Interns are required to meet and follow all guidelines set by the MSDH Regulations Governing Licensure of Child Care Facilities
Parents are always encouraged to contribute suggestions to improve the quality of their child’s experience at Opulent Life Kidz Kare. We believe that parents possess special talents, skills, and knowledge, which will make early education a stronger program.
- Parents know their child best, and this knowledge is a primary resource for Opulent Life Kidz Kare staff.
- Parents know the way in which they want their child to grow and learn.
- Parents know the community they live in and their cultural values and can address issues directly related to their child(ren).
Opulent Life Kidz Kare wants to partner with parents, together we will work to meet the needs of your children.
How can parents Participate?
- Parents should volunteer in the classroom, on field trips, and visit in the classroom and observe.
- Parents should share skills and knowledge with teachers and children.
- Parents should enhance the child’s development by reinforcing concepts and skills being taught at your center.
- Parents should attend workshops, training, and gatherings offered at the Center.
- Parents should attend parent orientation and are encouraged to attend parent meetings. A parent handbook is provided at the beginning of the year to help familiarize parents with all policies and regulations.
For more information about Tuition and Fees, please contact Opulent Life Kidz Kare by visiting us at the center, or by calling and requesting to speak with our administrative staff or director.
Tuition is due Monday (or the beginning of the week) regardless of the child’s attendance. Tuition paid after Wednesday morning will include a $20 late fee. Tuition may be paid online via brightwheel, or in person with cash or check.
Opulent Life Kidz Kare serves children between the ages of 6 to 8 weeks with first required immunizations to 12 years of age. Children with disabilities are encouraged and welcomed for enrollment.
To apply parents must:
- Complete a enrollment application. Email to opulentkidzkare@gmail.com
- Complete an Emergency Consent Form
- Provide a copy of your child’s up-to-date immunization form from your child’s physician or local health department.
A list of children who are waiting to be enrolled at Opulent Life Kidz Kare is maintained. When a vacancy occurs, parents are contacted by telephone to determine their interests. Priority is given to groups in the following order:
Children 6 to 8 weeks with first required immunization through 12 years old:
- Siblings of children currently enrolled at the Center. A child remains as a priority sibling only as long as the “sibling” remains enrolled at Opulent Life Kidz Kare
- Children of previous graduated students (students that graduated from Opulent Kidz Kare prior to attending public or private school for kindergarten)
A child’s position on the waiting list would change only due to other children’s removal from the list.
More about us
Together, we have a chance to mutually form the best organization possible; to create the best environment for the children in our care; to create the best environment for their parents and to create the best working environment for ourselves. An environment where we all flourish is key to this overall goal. The word “flourish” brings up associations of vibrancy, aliveness, and positive growth. The dictionary defines flourish “to grow luxuriantly” or to “reach a height of development or influence”. “Flourish” seems to capture the essence of a healthy organization.
Cues that tell us we are flourishing as an organization:
• Every teacher working in Opulent Life Kidz Kare genuinely loves the children in their care.
• Every teacher working in Opulent Life Kidz Kare has a passion for teaching young children.
• Every teacher working in Opulent Life Kidz Kare is a close observer of the children in their care such that they guide, in an intentional way, all learning experiences.
• Every teacher working in Opulent Life Kidz Kare, with intentionality, promotes, supports and encourages each child’s unique development in all areas including physical development, intellectual development, social development, spiritual development and emotional development.
• Every staff member understands the importance of and contributes to working as a team.
• Every staff member is friendly and warm to all.
• The center is warm, inviting, comfortable, nurturing, and safe.
• The center feels like “home”.
• The center provides top tier early learning experiences.
What we want to do is care for and nurture the young children of parents so that they can pursue their careers or studies knowing their children are safe and in a learning environment that, at its best, will promote life-long learning. We want to capture and extend the in-borne eagerness to learn that all children possess so that it is not lost or dampened by drill, rote or other mind-numbing practices.
We believe that children are by nature curious and eager learners. We believe that young children learn best when they experience their environment first hand in play. It is their direct experience in the world with the people, places and objects at hand that spark their innate desire to “find out”, “figure out”, or otherwise solve problems that present themselves through the course of everyday events. It is how they construct understanding or “make meaning”. Emphasis is placed on educating the whole child, the physical, the cognitive, the social and the emotional aspects of the individual. The teachers provide the expert guidance and support for “knowing” how things work and how to successfully live in the world with self and others.
The Vision and Mission statements provide us guidance toward the end to which we strive. Our values provide guidance for the “how” of implementing our vision and mission. They are cooperation, collaboration, communication, humility, humanity and humor.
Cooperation— We think we can accomplish more and have a much more satisfying work environment when we find ways to help each other and build on each other’s strengths.
Collaboration— When there is collaboration, everyone’s ideas and thoughts are respected and all are blended/integrated/synthesized into a whole that is greater than the sum of the parts. In other words, when everyone contributes and works together, the outcome is usually better than working alone.
Communication—Communicating frequently, openly and honestly is the key ingredient in cooperating and collaborating with others. It helps build trust and solid relationships so important to our mission.
Humility—We are all learning, all the time. The best teachers are those that keenly pursue learning and understand that everyone has something to teach us. We all stand on someone’s shoulders. To quote David Brooks of the NY Times (9/14/2009) “Humility, the sense that nobody is that different from anybody else…”. In other words, we are all more simply human than otherwise.
Humanity—Treating yourself and others with compassion and consideration is the basis from which we work. The children in our care will learn from us not just by the words we use but, more importantly, the manner in which we treat others. We cannot be indifferent and still be good teachers.
Humor—We expect to not take ourselves too seriously and will be able to see the lighter side of our human condition. The broad view is most often the best view if you take the time to look.
• To help the children in our care develop a positive view of themselves and others.
• To help the children in our care develop a genuine love of learning.
• To help the children in our care develop an appreciation for the differences among people and how to celebrate those differences.
• To help the children in our care to learn how to cooperate and be a positive member of a community.
• To help the children in our care to develop the basic skills in key content areas of literacy, mathematics, science, technology, creative expression and the arts, health and safety and social studies that prepares them for the next level of learning.
Are you interested in enrolling?
Visit our center in person to complete an application.
Join the waitlist and be notified as soon as a spot is available.