2026 Summer Registration Packets will be available beginning March of 2026!
Registration is in packet form. Packets streamline registration and provide families with everything they need to register from one source. One packet per family. Each packet includes:
1) Summer Registration Form
2) Family Handbook
3) Tuition Express Electronic Funds Transfer Form + Withdrawal Schedule
4) USDA Food Program Form
5) DHHS Licensing Brochure Acknowledgement
6) Family Handbook Acknowledgement Form
7) Program Calendar
8) Attendance Schedule
The State of Nebraska requires you to submit a current copy of immunization records. When ALL necessary paperwork is complete and returned in totality, your student(s) will be registered for Summer Care! If something is missing, your spot is not guaranteed until the missing information is turned in. Only take a packet if you intend to register your family for Summer Care. Not sure? Please take the time to review the Summer Care information by reading this website page. If you still have additional questions, our Program Director, Mrs. Jen Shakespeare, welcomes your phone call! Reach her directly at 402-484-1122.
Summer Care 2025 Weekly Themes
VDP Summer Care operates during the weeks of the school-year break. Each of those weeks has a theme that dictates visiting experts, literature, and overall focus in planning. We are solely focused on programming for school-aged children, so all will have fun and stay engaged all summer long. Watch for the 2026 Summer Care themes to come in March of 2026!
Summer Care 2025 Off-site Field Trips
Summer Care 2026 list of Field Trips to come in March of 2026.
Fun Facts about Summer Care ...
- Each week has a theme! Students who attend our Program throughout the entire summer will enjoy a wide variety of visiting experts and curriculum.
- Two nutritional, USDA-approved snacks and a complete lunch is served daily. Viking Discovery Program has contracted with local business, Guppies, to cater in fresh, homemade lunches for the students. Snack and lunch cost is included in tuition fees.
- We DO walk students to and from specific swimming lesson sessions and district-provided summer school!
- We are dependable, affordable and convenient—The RIGHT CHOICE! Fully licensed by the State of Nebraska, the Viking Discovery Program is operated by the School District 145 Foundation for Education. The Foundation works with School District 145 teachers and administration to provide educational opportunities that cannot be funded within the annual district budget. The Foundation returns 100% of net profits from this Program back to the school district. Tuition rates of the Program are set by the Foundation to be competitive with similar programs, yet affordable to the families that we serve.
- Registration is simple and quick for parents. Pick up a packet today!
Please Note: Students must have already attended the 2025-26 School year, in order to attend Summer Care 2026. 2026-27 kindergarteners will not be able to attend the Viking Discovery Program Summer Care 2026.
