Important notice: Please contact the Rec Office at 775.353.2376 for current Kid Konnection before and after school program locations.
All programs are subject to minimum enrollment requirements.
Program Goals & Activities
The Kid Konnection program provides a safe and healthy environment for elementary-age children to experience peer socialization and recreation. Children participate in organized group games, free play, homework time, and art projects. Monthly activity schedules are posted at the Kid Konnection sites. In order to meet the physical, social, emotional, and recreational needs of children, the program will:
- Provide children a secure environment staffed by warm, friendly leaders.
- Offer activities that will promote self-esteem, confidence, and responsibility.
- Encourage creativity and develop decision-making skills by providing choices within set limits.
- Provide recreation, social, and academically-oriented activities.
Admission Procedure & Enrollments
City of Sparks Parks and Recreation has implemented ePACT in lieu of paper emergency information forms. ePACT is a secure online system that allows parents to easily monitor and update their contact information, emergency contacts, and pick-up list.
All Youth Watch participants are required to have an ePACT emergency information form completed prior to registering for programs (Kid Konnection, Fall Break, Spring Vacation Fun, Summer Outburst, and Christmas Capers).
New Youth Watch customers are required to come, in person, to the office at 98 Richards Way and establish a household to become eligible to register for ePACT.
Steps to Complete Your ePACT Account Setup
- Contact or visit the Parks & Recreation Department Office at 98 Richards Way, 353-2376, and request an ePACT email invitation.
- ePACT requires families to have an active household with Parks & Recreation and an email address.
- Click the ePACT link within the email invitation and follow the steps to establish your account.
- You will receive an invitation email for each individual child. Please be sure to set up accounts for each individual child through the corresponding invitation.
- Click the orange “Share with the City of Sparks Parks & Recreation” button at the completion of your ePACT account set up to submit the completed form.
- Notify the Parks & Recreation office that your ePACT emergency form is complete.
- Upon verification of a completed ePACT emergency information form, you will be allowed to register for programs online (sparksrec.com), over the phone, 353-2376, or in-person through the Sparks Parks and Recreation Department Office at 98 Richards Way.
Changes and updates to the ePACT account can be made at any time online by the parent or legal guardian who created the account. Only those names listed on the child’s ePACT under parent, legal guardian, emergency contact, or pick up list will be permitted to pick up the child(ren). A parent cannot give permission over the phone to allow his or her child to leave the program with someone who is not listed on the ePACT account. Picture ID is required of everyone picking up a child from the program (unless a high-resolution photo of the person’s face is uploaded to the child(ren)’s ePACT account).
Details
Kid Konnection is held in the multi-purpose room at the school site on school days, Monday-Friday. The program runs from 7:00 am until 15 minutes before school begins, and from the time schools are dismissed to 6:00 pm after school. Kid Konnection and Kidz Kamp programs are not licensed childcare programs.
Registration/Payment Policy
In order to become eligible to register for Youth Watch programs (Kid Konnection, Fall Break, Winter Break Kidz Kamp, Spring Break Kidz Kamp, Summer Outburst), a recreation household account must be established, in person, at the main recreation office. See Admission Procedures & Enrollments above. Once the household has been established and the ePACT emergency information is submitted, registration for programs may begin. Payment options are available via telephone or in-person at the office, or online. Under no circumstances are payments accepted at the program sites. Children may not attend any program before payment is received. Program space is limited, early registration is encouraged. Staff will not accept unpaid children into programs. Phone registrations can be made by calling the Recreation Office at 353-2376 Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In person registrations are taken at the Recreation Office during office hours, Monday- Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
All registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served, and space available basis only. Enrollment maximums are set for programs so early registration is encouraged. Registration will not be accepted if there is a balance due on the account.
Program Closures/Cancellations
The School District has developed a policy that on bad weather days they will either close school for the day or delay the start of the day. A delayed start will result in the cancellation of the before-school program. School closure will cancel both the before and after school programs. Household credits will be given for delayed starts or canceled program days that are a result of bad weather or a Washoe County School District decision.
Break Programs
Break programs are offered during fall, winter, spring, and summer breaks at the Recreation Gym and the LDJ Community Center. See the Parks & Recreation Activity Guide for more information. There will be no Kid Konnection after-school program during WCSD Fall Conference Week.
Please note: Parks & Recreation reserves the right to adapt and change policies on an as-needed basis. Program comments, concerns, and requests for special accommodations can be directed to Tanja Ramociotti, Recreation Supervisor, or Brittany Martinez, Recreation Supervisor at KidKonnection@sparksnv.gov.
Know anyone looking for a part-time job? We continue to actively recruit new hires throughout the year to staff our youth watch programs. Please share this information with anyone you know who may be interested in joining our team! Apply online
Questions? Please call (775) 353-2376 or email recinfo@sparksnv.gov. Thank you!
The Parks and Recreation Department reserves the right to adjust fees for programs, services, and facility usage at any time without prior notice.
