Official Program Start Date:
September 16, 2024 For families that have registered from August 23 – September 4, 2024
Early Registration Start Date:
September 9, 2024 Free Bonus Week of Serious Fun for families that register on or before August 22, 2024
Late Registration:
Register between September 5-17, 2024 to start September 23, 2024
Register between September 18-24, 2024 to start September 30, 2024
Friday, June 20, 2025
Once you’ve chosen your classes and made a deposit, Serious Fun will create your Registration Packet and email it to you.
A complete Packet includes:
– Signed Registration Form
– Signed Payment Agreement & Statement of Understanding
– Signed Payment Authorization Form.
You will need to review, sign, and return the Registration Packet along with your child’s Current Medical Form.
Sliding Scale Tuition as low as $2400 for qualifying families enrolled in 3+ days.*
Enroll in 2+ more days for a multi-day discount and save!
($350 Premium partner fee for Alvin Ailey.)
No. The $100 Registration Fee is per family. (Non-Refundable)
Yes. Families receive $100 off total tuition for each additional sibling.
Each childcare day is billed at $1485 for the full year, however, if families enroll after the start of the 2024-25 program year, tuition is prorated at a reduced rate according to your child’s start date.
Tuition may be paid in full or by installment. You must provide bank account or credit card information for program fees and any additional charges, including but not limited to Registration Fee, Failed Transaction Fee, Chargeback Fee, Administrative Fee, Late Payment Fee, Late Pick Up Fee, Drop-in Fee, Change Fee, or Cancellation Fee.
Installments are the total tuition due prorated over a period of time. Each installment is an equal amount and does not reflect the number of program days in a given month. The first installment is due at the time of registration and each subsequent installment payment will be automatically due on the 1st. The final installment will be due on May 1, 2025. Installment payments for financial aid run through June 1.
Installments are the total tuition plus the registration fee due, prorated and divided evenly as a monthly payment over the timeframe of the program. Each installment is an equal amount and does not reflect the number of program days month. The first installment is due at the time of registration and each installment payment will be automatically processed.
Yes. To set up a recurring charge to your credit card or Electronic Check (ACH), please store your payment information under your secure online profile at our Online Registration Page. In addition, please notify us by emailing your site to let us know of the change and ensure your account is updated properly to avoid interruption of your child’s after school arts enrichment.
Yes. Please email your site directly for any changes to your payment method. Please allow your Multi-Site Director up to reach out to you with an update on your account.
You may add days at any time. Ask your Site Supervisor for the cost of the additional day(s). Each childcare day is billed per day for the 2024-2025 year, and is prorated if starting after the start of the program year (See chart above). You may add Serious Fun program days without incurring a Change Fee.
Yes. If you would like to enroll your child before the next registration period, please create your online profile, then email your Multi-Site Director so they can help you register your child. NOTE: All registration packet materials must be and payment received before your child can be enrolled.
*Restrictions apply. Bonus week: Families that register on/before 8/8/25 and have submitted your registration packet qualify to begin the program a week earlier from Sept. 8-12, 2025. **Estimated pricing based qualifications and enrollment of 5+ days per week, not including registration fees.
Early registrants begin: September 9, 2024 (Families that register before Aug. 22, 2024 qualify for early FREE bonus week of your child/children’s enrolled classes. Restrictions apply.
Official opening day: September 16, 2024 (For families that register before/on Sept. 4, 2024.)
Registration is ongoing, for openings, classes and details click here.
NOTE: When classes are marked as “read only” enrollment is paused to complete registrations for the next start date, it will reopen within 48 hours, check back soon. Enrollment for the 2024-2025 Serious Fun Program is currently open. In order to begin Serious Fun, you’ll need to complete your online registration packet and attend your Family Orientation Meeting.
Friday, June 20, 2025
Serious Fun is open on all days public schools are open, following the DOE calendar, except for school-scheduled ½ days, parent-teacher conferences (including Family Nights), and District holidays.
Each day Serious Fun provides children with an engaging enrichment class taught by professional artists and instructors, a snack, child-choice time, homework help and active play. Check the class listings according to your location.
class size varies from class to class, the largest class size for grades K-5 is 20 students. If enrollment in any grade K-5 class is less than 10 students, Serious Fun reserves the right to merge or cancel the class. All children in a cancelled class will be offered a place in an alternative class meeting on the same day as the original class.
Our NYS mandated ratio is 1:10 for any class with children in grades K through 5.
If a class is full, you may add your child to the waitlist for that class, and enroll your child in the alternative class option offered on the same day. If a space opens in the desired class, a Serious Fun representative will reach out to you to see if your child would like to change his/her class. There will be a $25 Change Fee for any change.
Yes. Serious Fun understands that occasionally a family might need childcare in addition to a child’s regularly scheduled days. We offer a drop-in day for registered families only at a rate of $45 per day. You must email your site directly to notify your Site Supervisor with 2 school days’ notice before the date of service. No more than 5 drop-in days may be used in a calendar month.
We will not release your child to anyone who is not indicated on your Authorized for Pick Up list that’s included in your child’s Registration Packet. If you need to make changes to your list, you may do so by logging into your secure online profile at our Online Registration Page, and adding the new person to your Authorized for Pick Up list. Please email your site to let them know that you’ve made a change and need to update your Authorized for Pick Up list, and always remind the non-parent/guardian to bring ID in order to ensure a smooth pick up.
5:45pm – As a reminder, if your child is picked up after 6pm, you will be charged a late pick up in the amount of $25, with an additional $25 for every additional 15 minutes (or part therein) after 6:15pm (ex: 6pm-6:14pm = $25, 6:15pm-6:29pm = $50, etc.)
Our program is for children enrolled in PreK-Grade 5 at PS 17 and K-5 at our other locations.
Serious Fun offers a PreK program at PS 17. Students from neighboring schools may enroll in the Serious Fun After School PreK program at PS 17. Transportation is not provided but if your child is in need of bus transportation, feel free to contact Astoria Express directly for information regarding this one-way service and pricing.
Our NEW Club Day on Fridays is an extra enrichment activity offered as a FREE BONUS activity to children that are enrolled in Friday classes. The activities are themed according to your child’s location and are offered for those who would like to participate. The students are encouraged to explore, learn and have fun!
Most Serious Fun students are enrolled at the school where the Serious Fun program is located and are dismissed directly into our program. For those who are not enrolled in a Serious Fun host school, our program at PS 17/Q300 accepts students from other Astoria private and public schools. PS 17 has a walking pick up from PS 234, students from other local schools would need to arrange transportation to PS 17.
For students attending schools other than PS 17, Q300 and PS 234, local private bus transportation is a convenient option. Serious Fun collaborates with our long-time partner Astoria Express to offer discounts to families coming from other schools to the Serious Fun program at PS 17. Current rates as of Aug. 2024 are $15 per day, up to $55 for 5 days for one way transportation to PS 17.
All walking and bus transportation students need to complete a School Authorization letter to give to their host schools giving permission for the students to be transported to the Serious Fun program. For walking pick up, the School Authorization Letter is given to the school and a copy is given to Serious Fun. For bus transportation, the School Authorization is managed by the bus company, and a copy of the letter should be forwarded to Serious Fun. Although we have a long relationship with Astoria Express, we will happily accept children from any transportation company families choose.
Astoria Express Transit
If your child is in need of bus transportation to Serious Fun at PS 17, please contact Astoria Express directly for information regarding this one-way service and pricing on bus transportation.
Contact
(718) 626-3369
Visit their website
Astoria Express Permission Form
DOE School Busses
For students who currently use DOE school buses through the Office of Pupil Transportation, families may be able to designate PS 17 as their bus for after school activities. For more information, contact the NYC DOE Office of Pupil Transportation’s Transportation Support Hub.
School Authorization Letter
A School Authorization Letter is required for busing or walking. Fill out the applicable form below and return to your Serious Fun Multi-Site Director, and provide notification and copies to the day school transportation coordinator and the child’s teacher. Please note that the transportation company cannot pick up your child without the School Authorization Letter.
Any changes to the participant’s Serious Fun schedule must be updated in writing and provided to the three main parties (Serious Fun, day school, and transportation company) to ensure safety of the child at school dismissal and transport to the after school program.
Please note we don’t offer transportation service at the end of the Serious Fun program. It is the family’s responsibility to arrange pick up from PS 17.
All children must be picked up and signed out at the conclusion of programming.
Transport Walking LetterEvery effort is made to ensure the most current and complete information is on our website, however, any and all information is subject to change at any time–so please be sure to check back or call directly with any inquiries.
