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School Age Child Care
Fun & Friends School Age Care
Fun & Friends Mission
We strive to provide age-appropriate care and meaningful learning experiences through enrichment and recreational activities led by caring, supportive staff. We are committed to providing quality year-round programming for our youth, building nurturing relationships, and a connection to the community.
About Us
Fun & Friends is a school-age care program for students in Kindergarten through 6th grade. We have served the students of Brainerd Public Schools for over 30 years, providing age-appropriate fun, and recreational activities. Care is provided before school, after school, on non-school days, and over the summer.
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School year rates are updated for the 25–26 school year and vary depending on the days scheduled per week.
Program Number of days a week Rate per week After school 1
$17 After school 2 $ 34 ($17/day) After school 3 $42 ($14/day) After school 4 $48 ($12/day) After school 5 $60 ($12/day) Non-school day Any $45/day Registration Fee: Fun & Friends has a $30/year registration fee per child. If your child attends summer Fun & Friends, this registration was included with the summer contract and will not be added to the school year. If your child did not attend summer, there will be a $30 registration fee applied when your application is approved.
Drop-In Days: If you are requesting child care with less than 7 days' notice, the daily rate will be $17/day for after school or $50/day for a non-school day. Please keep in mind that we are staffing and preparing our activities based on the number of kids scheduled, so we do ask for drop-in days to be limited. Please contact your Site Supervisor beforehand to make sure there is room for your child to attend as a drop-in.
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School year registration will open in two different phases starting at the end of June. See the table below.
Fun & Friends School Year 25–26 Registration
Registration Windows Phases Who’s Included July 2–July 8 Priority Registration All families who have students currently attending Fun & Friends summer programming.
All families who had students attend the 24-25 school year.
Families currently on the summer 2025 waitlist prior to today’s date, 6/26/25. (These families will receive notification.)
July 9–July 16 Public Registration Open to everyone to complete enrollment. All public enrollments will be placed in a lottery. The number of spaces will be based on staffing availability.
Families will be notified of their status by July 25.
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Schedules are due every other Wednesday by 4:00 p.m. for the upcoming two weeks. Invoices will be sent on Thursdays and are due by the following Monday. Email reminders will be sent out every other week by the Fun & Friends secretary, with schedule-due reminders.
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After School Locations* (School Year):
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Riverside Elementary
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Baxter Elementary
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Harrison Elementary (also servicing Lowell & Garfield students)
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Nisswa Elementary
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Forestview students may attend Baxter, Harrison, or Nisswa Elementary
Before School Locations (School Year):
- Plans for Before-School programming are being finalized for the 25-26 school year—stay tuned!
* Students must attend programming at the school where they attend. Forestview students may attend at the Baxter, Harrison, or Nisswa locations.
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Fun & Friends Handbook
Find more detailed information about the Fun & Friends program in our handbook!