Extended Student Services (ESS)
ESS Enrollment Information:
Thank you so much for your interest in the Garden Road ESS program!
Effective the 2024-2025 school year, new applications to the ESS program are centrally managed by the District Offices' Before/After School Department through a single application and interest list.
Submitting an application does not guarantee enrollment in ESS. It is anticipated that the demand for ESS services may exceed the program capacity at most schools.
Applicants are accepted into the program based on a state implemented priority criteria system outlined on ESS webpage, up to the capacity for each school's program.
Families that need alternate resources can visit: https://childcaresandiego.com/
CLICK HERE TO FIND INFORMATION REGARDING ESS ENROLLMENT FOR 2025/2026 SY!
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS
For additional information regarding ESS enrollment, you can email [email protected].
Friendly Reminders:
• Please label your child’s belongings, especially jackets/sweaters, lunch boxes and water bottles.
• Remind your child to clean out his/her cubby daily.
• Please inform us of any enrichment or scouting activities that your child will attend during ESS hours.
• Please let us know when your child is not attending.
ESS Overview
Mission Statement - "E.S.S. is a bridge between school and home where children are encouraged to learn, create, and explore within their school, community, and world."
Program Overview - This extended-day program expands the excellence of each child's school experience into before and after school. E.S.S. is staffed by highly qualified professionals and trained program assistants. The staff provides for the academic and social needs of children in safe and nurturing environments. There is time, space, encouragement, and support for learning good study habits.
Voluntary Use Program - ESS is a voluntary use program. All PUSD elementary schools have an Extended Student Services program on their campus. Our organization works diligently to accommodate and serve working families in need of before and after school care. A student's enrollment at an elementary school does not guarantee them ESS enrollment. As a growing organization, each ESS site may experience limitations that factor into the enrollment capacity and may prohibit the acceptance of additional students at any given time.
Program History - The E.S.S. program began in 1980 and is now offered in every elementary school in the Poway Unified School District.
Program Activities - Our program is geared toward expanding each child's world through arts & crafts projects, science activities, reading and language arts reinforcement, and math concept development. Our program reinforces the social, motor, and academic skills children learn in the classroom.
PUSD-ESS
P.O. Box 500527
San Diego, CA 92150
Contact Information
(858) 774-6668 ESS Cell (call or text)
14614 Garden Road, Poway, CA 92064
2024-2025 district calendar