A Community Inquiry Of

Garden Hills Elementary

Jackie AlexanderLydia Allen

Katelin BarkerAllen Govea

Laura PastuovicAdrienne Woolbright

Garden Hills Demographics

72% of the students are low income

White 25.8%

Black 47.6%

Hispanic 8.2%Asian 17.6%

Native Amer-ican 0.5%

Multi 0.3%

Our Community

Safety in the Community

Stranger Danger – Letter home to students and guardians Police Seeking Two Su

spects in Attempted Child Abductions

Police Comments

Shootings around the school Champaign Police On

Scene of Shots Fired Near Prospect Avenue

Inappropriate items found on the school playground

Our Thought Process…Critical Thinking Questions

What are the issues surrounding our community? How can we help solve these issues? What do our students do after school? How can we make their afterschool activities better? (More

physical and more educational?) What do our students want to do afterschool? How can our community be enhanced by an afterschool

program (such as the Boys and Girls Club)?

Plan of Action Our plan to increase student safety is to

create a program that allows students to attend an after school program at the Boys and Girls Club of Champaign.

Allows for… Physical Action Socialization Homework Time

Student Thoughts…

Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club Only $5 for an annual membership,

and financial assistance available

Club Hours are 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm during the school year

Breakdown of club income: 43% Grants, 23% Fundraising, 17% United Way

After School Programming starts in September and continues until May

“The Primary focus is to create opportunities to guide youth as they mature into independent, successful citizens.”

Looking to the future… Get parent interest

Letter home to parents Parent teacher

conferences Explain benefits to parents

Bus Drivers Who will drive Unit Four Busses

Look into transportation home Boys and Girls Club

transportation Parent cooperation

University Volunteers Collaboration between U

of I and Boys and Girls Club

Tutoring Program

References Illinois Interactive Report Card

http://iirc.niu.edu/School.aspx?schoolid=090100040262011

The News Gazette http

://www.news-gazette.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2011-09-28/police-seeking-two-suspects-attempted-child-abductions.html

Illinois Homepage http://illinoishomepage.net/fulltext?nxd_id=291797

Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club http://www.dmbgc-cu.org/index.php?option=com_content&v

iew=article&id=3&Itemid=4