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Apalina After-School Program
Overall Goals
• To provide support to the local school
• To provide support to the children of Apalina in completing homework and in areas of weakness
• To build better relationships with the community
• To help create responsible, productive citizens
• To prepare our students for entrance to the local high school
Homework
Study Time
Overall Structure of our program
• We meet each day from 2:00-4:00
• Each day we serve a meal.
• We serve students from the 5th year until the 8th
year
• In the first hour, we study in groups based on school years: 5th year, 6th year, and 7th-8th year
• In the second hour, we study in groups based on need: ability to read and write, one group to challenge students with higher abilities
Hot lunches!
Lunch Time
Lunch Time
Our Kitchen- and help!
5th year students
6th year students
7th and 8th year students
Learning to read and write
Cristina working with a mixed group
Fridays
• 1st Friday- Cleaning Day
• 2nd Friday- Craft Day/Hygiene Day
• 3rd Friday- Parent Meeting
• 4th or 5th Friday- Attendance Reward Outing
Clean-up day!
Kids and Crafts
Craft Day
Specific Goals for 2013-2014
• Improve attendance- especially faithful attendance to the local school
• Improve parent/school relationship
• Teach important life skills to prepare these students for life in the community
Improving attendance
• We track attendance by the month in two ways: with a chart in each classroom and a chart for the director.
Attendance
Improving attendance
• For those students who do not have more than two absences in a month, we have a special attendance party on the last Friday of the month.
Library visit
Playing in the park
Mici for our outing lunch
Mici for lunch!
Improving attendance
• Each day, the students have an opportunity to earn tickets for coming to our after-school program. With these tickets they can buy things in a store that we have each Friday. This also helps us motivate the kids in the area of behavior.
Friday store
Friday Store
Students shopping
Getting ready for winter in the Friday
store
Friday store with winter items
Improve parent/school relationship
• Once a month, we have a parent meeting at the school. During these meetings we talk about our goals for the kids, share what the kids are studying, and even have the parents study along side their children.
Parent meeting
Parent meeting
Improve parent/school relationship
• We make visits to the families to share about how the kids are doing and encourage them to continue supporting their kids in their studies. We also use these visits to share concerns and praises of the kids.
Teach important life-skills
• Each week we teach a different life skill on Monday. Throughout the week, we spend time talking about that skill, practicing the skill, and finding ways to have the kids participate in using those skills in the community.
Students acting out lifeskills
Visitors to talk about lifeskills
Helping in the community
Life Skills