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Schedule Preferences

The summer program is offered five days a week.

Parent/Guardian Information

Emergency Contact #1

Emergency Contact #2

Ok! We are almost at the end. This section is about our policies at the Hope Center and your student's health forms:

Out of School Time Family & Youth Handbook

Please review our Out of School Time (OST) Family & Youth Handbook which can be found in the PDF below. Please note that HOPE Center for the Arts is an extension of Hope for Youth & Families.

Download the Out of School Time Family & Youth Handbook.

SEZP Universal Consent

If you student attends a SEZP school, please review the following document and choose the response that applies to you and your student. Please note, this consent form is part of our grant funding from SEZP.

Download the 2026 Universal Consent Form here.

Program Release Expectations

Please review student release options and choose all that apply to your student.

Media Release and Photo/Video Consent

As part of the Hope Center for the Arts program, students will participate in photography, videography, and media production activities that are integral to their arts education curriculum. By enrolling in this program, parents/guardians grant permission for their student to be photographed and recorded during regular program activities, including but not limited to classes, rehearsals, performances, Community Spotlight presentations, and collaborative projects. These images and videos may be used by Hope For Youth & Families for educational purposes, program documentation, promotional materials, social media, website content, grant applications, and community outreach to showcase student achievements and program impact. Students will also create their own photo and video content as part of their coursework in visual arts and media production. We are committed to representing students respectfully and in contexts that celebrate their creativity and growth.

If you would like your student to be opt-ed out of having them be photographed, videoed, or in other media such as podcast, vlogs, and marketing materials, please email Tatiana at Tatiana@hyff.org. 

Student Health Form

Hope for Youth & Families, Inc. will not handle, store, or provide medication of any kind to the students in our care. With several hundred registrants and no clear daily attendance pattern it is not possible for us to catalog, store, and maintain medication for all those who need it. Students who take medication on site must be capable of storing it and taking it on their own without the assistance of a staff member. Students with inhalers and epi-pens are encouraged to keep them with their personal belongings in case they are needed.

Release of Liability

I understand the nature of the program and that participation is voluntary. I understand that the provider of the program that I have chosen in this registration process, will not be held responsible for loss, damage, illness, or injury to person or property as a result of participation in the program. I hereby release and discharge the Hope for Youth and Families, Inc. and their officers employees, agents, and volunteers from any and all claims for injury, illness, death, loss or damage as a result of participation in the program.

This is the last part! You are almost there. Thank you for all of this.

By signing below, I affirm the information provided in this form is true and accurate to the best of my ability.

Schedule Preferences

The after school program is offered five days a week.

Parent/Guardian Information

Emergency Contact #1

Emergency Contact #2

Thank you for all of this! We have just a bit more information for you.

The first is Transportation:

Our HOPE Van will pick up students at the schools listed below. All times are estimated – our van may encounter normal delays:

• TAG Middle School (at 2:20pm)
• Springfield Conservatory of the Arts (around 2:50pm)
• South End Middle School (around 3;00pm)
• Impact Middle School (around 3:15pm)
• Legacy Academy (around 3:15pm)
• Veritas Middle School (around 3:40pm, around 1:20 on Wednesdays)

We recommend students from the following schools use the free PVTA to get from school to the Center or family provided transportation:

• Duggan Academy
• Sci-Tech High School
• Putnam Vocational
• Central High School
• Renaissance School
• Aspire Academy

All other schools need to coordinate their own transportation with their student to the Center:

• Aspire Academy
• Baystate Academy
• Commerce High School
• Discovery High School
• Forest Park Middle School
• Hampden Charter Middle School
• Hampden Charter High School
• Homeschool
• John F Kennedy Middle School
• Kiley Middle School
• Libertas
• Phoenix Charter Academy
• Rise Academy / Rise Prep High School at Van Sickle
• Sci-Tech High School
• Springfield Conservatory High School
• Springfield Honors Academy
• Springfield International Charter
• Springfield Lyceum College Prep
• Springfield Prep Charter
• Springfield Virtual School
• STEM Middle School
• Van Sickle Academy
• Van Sickle Prep
• Veritas Prep High School
• Zanetti Middle School

Please call our office at 413-285-8886 with any questions or concerns.

Ok! We are almost at the end. This section is about our policies at the Hope Center and your student's health forms:

Out of School Time Family & Youth Handbook

Please review our Out of School Time (OST) Family & Youth Handbook which can be found in the PDF below. Please note that HOPE Center for the Arts is an extension of Hope for Youth & Families.

Download the Out of School Time Family & Youth Handbook.

SEZP Universal Consent

If you student attends a SEZP school, please review the following document and choose the response that applies to you and your student. Please note, this consent form is part of our grant funding from SEZP.

Download the 2026 Universal Consent Form here.

Program Release Expectations

Please review student release options and choose all that apply to your student.

Media Release and Photo/Video Consent

As part of the Hope Center for the Arts program, students will participate in photography, videography, and media production activities that are integral to their arts education curriculum. By enrolling in this program, parents/guardians grant permission for their student to be photographed and recorded during regular program activities, including but not limited to classes, rehearsals, performances, Community Spotlight presentations, and collaborative projects. These images and videos may be used by Hope For Youth & Families for educational purposes, program documentation, promotional materials, social media, website content, grant applications, and community outreach to showcase student achievements and program impact. Students will also create their own photo and video content as part of their coursework in visual arts and media production. We are committed to representing students respectfully and in contexts that celebrate their creativity and growth.

Student Health Form

Hope for Youth & Families, Inc. will not handle, store, or provide medication of any kind to the students in our care. With several hundred registrants and no clear daily attendance pattern it is not possible for us to catalog, store, and maintain medication for all those who need it. Students who take medication on site must be capable of storing it and taking it on their own without the assistance of a staff member. Students with inhalers and epi-pens are encouraged to keep them with their personal belongings in case they are needed.

Release of Liability

I understand the nature of the program and that participation is voluntary. I understand that the provider of the program that I have chosen in this registration process, will not be held responsible for loss, damage, illness, or injury to person or property as a result of participation in the program. I hereby release and discharge the Hope for Youth and Families, Inc. and their officers employees, agents, and volunteers from any and all claims for injury, illness, death, loss or damage as a result of participation in the program.

This is the last part! You are almost there. Thank you for all of this.

By signing below, I affirm the information provided in this form is true and accurate to the best of my ability.