Pacelli Catholic Schools is proud to offer licensed child care to serve those in the Austin, Minnesota and greater Mower County community.
What Shamrock Zone Offers:
Licensed childcare with structured curriculum based on guided exploration, discovery, creativity, and play within a Catholic Christian environment.
Flexible times with affordable contracted rates so you can extend their school day to flex with your work schedule.
Open regular hours on snow days, late starts, early releases, and most no-school days.
Open to those who are enrolled at Pacelli (and to the general public during the summer).
Community building where children can learn from older student role models.
Caring, professional, and dedicated staff.
Breakfast, lunch, and snack offered daily.
Shamrock Zone Summer Programming:
Trips to the Austin Public Pool:
School aged children go Monday, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays
Preschool aged children go Tuesdays and Thursdays
Must purchase a year pass from the city. Passes can be purchased here.
Students must bring swimsuit, towel, sunscreen, and sandals or shoes with backs on them.
Special Field Trips
Wednesdays are special field trip days where Shamrock Zone will visit a fun, new place in the area.
Please contact earlychildhood@pacellischools.org to sign a permission slip
Shamrock Zone Hours:
Summer Hours: 7am-5:30pm School Year Hours: Monday-Friday 6:30-8:30am & 3:00-6:00pm
Shamrock Zone Rates: $4.00/hour per child
Effective January 2nd, 2024 families who do not give at least a 24 hour notice of their use of Shamrock Zone will be charged $5/hour
Who Can Attend Shamrock Zone?
During the school year Shamrock Zone is open to students who attend Pacelli Catholic Schools. During the summer months Shamrock Zone is also open to family members of enrolled students and new students enrolled for the following school year.
A child must be 33 months and toilet trained-5th grade to attend Shamrock Zone.
Nonschool Days:
Shamrock Zone will still be open during school hours on non-school days (M-F), snow days, or holidays for our families unless otherwise posted.
Shamrock Zone will still be open Monday-Friday: 6:30am-6:00pm during the summer.
Days Shamrock Zone is Closed During the 24/25 School Year:
Monday, August 19th - Teacher Training for Early Childhood