TOTS
Virginia F. Wood Early Learning Center
19500 Tomlinson Road, Suite A
Westfield, Indiana 46074
Registered families can download the new EZ ChildTrack Parent Portal app!
Click the EZ ChildTrack link to the left to go to our Parent Portal website, then scroll down to the bottom of the Login page to press your app store button. After the app has downloaded, and you have opened it, there is no longer any need to scan a QR Code. Just return to our Parent Portal website and press the app store button a second time. Done!
Virtual Information Session
TOTS Child Care
Infants ages 12 weeks old to Preschool
The Virginia F Wood Early Learning Center located at 19500 Tomlinson Road, Suite A, Westfield opened in August of 2022. Our beautiful facility provides childcare and learning experiences for children between the ages of 12 weeks old through 4 years old. The building is also the location for Westfield Washington Schools Developmental Preschool Program.
2023-24 Virginia F Wood Early Learning Center Open House
Please plan to attend the 2023-24 open house on Thursday, August 3, 2023 from 5:30 to 7:00 PM at Virginia F Wood Early Learning Center. You will have the opportunity to tour the facility, meet staff, and visit your child's classroom.
Open enrollment for 2023-24 TOTS and All Aboard is now closed. Please contact our enrollment office at 317-896-4803 to be added to the waitlist.
IMPORTANT DATES for the 2023-24 TOTS and All Aboard Program
The virtual meeting posted above will provide information about the 2023-24 TOTS and All Aboard program including instructions to submit enrollment and the placement process. Also on January 5, we will offer an open house tour at 6:00 pm and again at 6:30 pm where you will get a chance to tour a few of our rooms.
2023-24 online enrollment will begin Monday, January 9, 2023 at 6:00 am through Monday, February 6, 2023 at 11:59 pm. This is not a first come / first serve enrollment, but is an open enrollment period that is a two part process (listed below) that must be completed between January 9 and February 6. 2023.
- Complete and submit your child's online enrollment through the EZ ChildTrack link on the district website.
- Submit all required paperwork and forms that will be posted on this webpage during the open enrollment period.
2023-24 TOTS and All Aboard enrollment will be filled first by returning families and remaining spots are filled by lottery selection. We will hold the lottery on Friday, February 10 (closed to public), and parents will received enrollment status notification by email on Wednesday, February 15, 2023.
Families who receive confirmed 2023-24 enrollment will be provided an information packet with forms and documents that must be completed and returned by Friday, April 28, 2023. Failure to return completed forms by April 28 could forfeit enrollment.
2023-24 TOTS
A link to the virtual parent meeting will be posted at the top of this webpage.
Complete your EZ Child Track online enrollment. The link is found on the left hand side.
- Completed hard copy of the Child Information Forms. Click here to download form.
- Proof of residency (example: a copy of your utility bill showing your name and home address).
- If you are a WWS employee, a copy of your WWS ID.
- A copy of the child's birth certificate.
- Check made payable to Westfield Washington Schools for $175. This check will be held until after the lottery placement is complete in early February.
TOTS Program Information
- Enrollment for child care is offered as a School Year Plan providing care from August 7, 2023 through May 31, 2024
- Families who have children enrolled in the preschool and pre-k classrooms have the option to enroll in break care plans: Fall Break, Winter Break, and Spring Break
- TOTS Summer Camp is available for the preschool and pre-k child. The full summer plan has limited enrollment beginning March 1, 2023
- TOTS hours of operation are 6:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- State guidelines for care will be followed and ratios will be honored
- Program design will combine preschool activities with a “home like” atmosphere
- Staffed by Westfield Washington Schools employees with Early Childhood training and experience
- Lunch is purchased through the school cafeteria through the child's lunch account
- Enrollment is limited
- Direct all inquiries to our Student Support Programs Enrollment Office at (317) 896-4803 or mychild@wws.k12.in.us
TOTS Enrollment Eligibility
In order to comply with the Indiana statute for child care guidelines, TOTS will be following these guidelines:
- Infant and Toddler (ages 12 weeks to 36 months) child care for WWS employees only
- Preschool (3 years old by August 1 and toilet trained) child care for WWS employees and families living in the Westfield school boundaries who have an older child enrolled in the Westfield Washington Schools.
Enrollment in the TOTS program is limited.
- Priority placement is given to returning families and full time school year plans.
- Infant and Toddler enrollment is only open to children of WWS employees.
- Pre-School enrollment is open to children of WWS employees and to families with older children enrolled at WWS.
- Questions, contact our Enrollment Office at 317-896-4803.
School Cancellation and Delays
Click here for TOTS and All Aboard weather delays and closure instructions. Parents will receive a text message and/or an email from the district when this occurs.
Staff Development Days and Parent/Teacher Conference Days
The TOTS classrooms will meet as regularly scheduled on staff development days and parent/teacher conference days. These days must coincide with your child's service days according to when your child normally attends.
Break Plans for Preschool
Preschool Break Care Plans are available to any child enrolled in the 2023-2024 TOTS Preschool and Pre-k classrooms. There is no break care for Infants and Toddlers. Break care plans (Fall, Winter, and Spring Break) are open to online enrollment through your EZ ChildTrack account up until 14 days prior to the start of each break. Withdraw requests must be emailed to mychild@wws.k12.in.us a minimum of 14 days prior to the start of the break to avoid charges.
Break care will be at Virginia F Wood Early Learning Center. Student Support Programs reserve the right to change the location due to circumstances beyond our control and/or cancel any of the Break Care Plans if enrollment does not support the requirements to open. In this case, parents will be notified as soon as possible.
Online enrollment for each break is open until 14 days prior to the start of each break, and you have the flexibility to select specific days to attend during the breaks for child care. Each break is open for online enrollment until 14 days prior to the start of the break. Families may cancel break enrollment by the same deadline date, 14 days prior to the start of each break.
- Fall Break (enroll or withdraw by 10-2-23)
- October 16-20, 2023
- Winter Break (enroll or withdraw by 12-4-23)
- December 18-22 and December 26-29 (closed 12-25)
- Spring Break (enroll or withdraw by 3-15-24)
- March 29 and April 1-5, 2024
TOTS Program Food Policy Information
The 2023-2024 TOTS and All Aboard Food Policy with specific information regarding the food policy can be found below in addition to any required forms that will need to be completed and turned in.
TOTS Monthly Menus will be posted here soon
August Menus 1 &_2_Year_Old Children
August Menus 3 & 4 Year Old Children
September Menus for 1 & 2 Year Old Children
September Menus for 3 & 4 Year Old Children
Meal Plan Assistance
Contact Information:
Marci Derado
Director of Early Childhood Learning
deradom@wws.k12.in.us
Director of Early Childhood Learning
deradom@wws.k12.in.us
Office: (317) 896-4810
Cell: (317) 619-0474
Caylie Dicken
Assistant Director of Student Support Programs
Office: (317) 896-4812
Kathy Petty
Administrative Coordinator
Office: (317) 896-4808
Donna Benedict
Enrollment and Billing Office
Office: (317) 896-4803