ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING
​EARLY BIRD CARE
Chickpeas offers Early Bird care before the scheduled DOE day begins. Early Bird care is offered from 8:00-8:45am, Monday through Friday. The 2024-2025 rate is $12/day. Families can sign up for three, four, or five days per week. There are three registration periods each year. More registration information will be provided upon enrollment to Chickpeas.
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AFTER-SCHOOL
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Chickpeas also offers After School care after the DOE scheduled day ends at 3:20. After School is offered from 3:30-6:00pm, Monday through Friday. The 2024-2025 rate is $30/day. Like Early Bird care, families can sign up for three, four, or five days per week and there are three registration periods each year. More registration information will be provided upon enrollment to Chickpeas.
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NON-DOE DAYS
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Chickpeas remains open 8:00am-6:00pm for an addition 10-12 days between September to June. We refer to these days as our non-DOE Days, and families may choose to send their child to as few or as many of them as they wish for an additional fee. The rate for the 2024-2025 school year is $150/day, not including Early Bird and/or After School care.
For the 2024-2025 school year, Chickpeas non-DOE Days (fee based) are listed below:
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Thursday October 3rd, Friday October 4th - Rosh Hashanah
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Monday, October 14th - Indigenous People's Day
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Wednesday, January 29th - Lunar New Year
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Tuesday, February 18th through Friday, February 21st - Mid-Winter Break
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Wednesday, June 5th - Eid al-Adha
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Monday, June 30th through Wednesday, July 2nd -Days following the last day of school on the DOE calendar
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CAMP IN JULY
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Join us for summer fun in July! In 2025, Chickpeas will offer summer camp for four weeks, from July 7th - August 1st.
Camp includes daily sprinkler play in our backyard, trips to Prospect Park, and all day field trips to places like the Transit Museum, Coney Island, Puppetworks/JJ Byrne Playground, and more! Currently enrolled students will receive first priority in our camp admissions - though alumni (up to 5 years old), incoming 3K students, and any other interested families are encouraged to register.
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Please email admin@chickpeas.org for more information.
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