“Teaching Helping Inspiring and Nurturing Kids Together” or as it is more commonly known “THINK Together” is an after-school program, that provides students with meaningful experiences and a safe environment where students utilized those skills throughout the rest of their lives to become productive adults and positive members of society. At Lakeside Middle School in the Little Lake City School District (LLCSD), the THINK Together program follows the “Middle School Expanded Learning” curriculum that highlights five “spotlights” or areas of focus: math, language arts, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), arts, and youth development. In addition, it has also served as a great alternative for parents and guardians to utilize as a safe source for after-school care, academic support, and alternative experiences such as cooking, sports, art, sign language, etc. The THINK Together program at Lakeside and all other 200 plus sites in Orange, Los …show more content…
Students receive instruction in language arts revolving around reading comprehension strategies, and math instruction that reinforces basic facts and themes covered in their core math class. Students also receive an additional three variations of spotlights or elective type classes. In the arts spotlight, student have the opportunity to learn, create, and experience visual, theater, and culinary art forms. In STEM, students take a project-based approach in exploring science, mathematics, and technology through hand-on activities and access to the school site computer lab. Lastly, youth development, allows students to learn and explore topics related to adolescents, sports, and team building skills. Aside from these five spotlights, students also receive a daily allotted homework time where they have access to peer and program leader
According to the Afterschool Alliance, research reveals that after school programs should employ resources that implement strategies and activities designed to enhance academic achievement, actively engage participants, and expose participants to enrichment activities. Therefore, the YouthWorks ML2 Program provides strategies, resources, and activities via coordination, physical resources (community center, materials, supplies, etc.), technological resources (computers, internet, printers, etc.), mentoring services, partnerships, pre-and posttest assessments (SC PASS, SC-Alt., county exams, etc.), tutoring, summer camps (ML2 Computer Exploration, ML2 Coding & Game Design, ML2 Robotics, etc.),
Kickstart Kids is an amazing program that has impacted my life and others around me in many different ways. Kickstart has helped me become the leader I am today, it has helped my shyness and make new friends, build my confidence and finding a passion that I love to do. I can start by saying how this program has impacted my life. Kickstart has helped me become a better leader because I can help out in classes and teach students everyday. I can also help out at my school and get involved to be the difference in the school. I can make new friends by going out and getting involved in things and meeting new people. I can meet people in this program that share the same love for the sport as I do. The Kickstart Kids program has helped me build my
Identifies skills, theories of change, program designs, partnerships, and ways of building schools where students achieve.
“The city was hidden by that awful cloud . . . boiling up, mushrooming, terrible and incredibly tall," said Colonel Paul Tibbets, pilot of the modified B-29 bomber that dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over Hiroshima. The bombings resulted in the death of thousands, including not only Japanese citizens, forces, and military but also American captive soldiers. In the midst of World War II the United States forced Japan to surrender by dropping bombs in the major cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They released the second atomic bomb shortly after, in Nagasaki, Japan.
Ordinary People written by Judith Guest is a story about a typical American family. The book examines how a family reacts to the adversity of losing a member. The book begins just over a year since the Jarrett family lost Buck, their teenage son.
The Boys and Girls Club of America is a non-profit organization that provides youth with after-school resources. The club's membership fees are only five dollars per a year to insure that every child has a right to join the club. The organization's goals are to make sure every child graduates high school and has life skills to become successful. The five programs (Education & Career; Character & Leadership; Health & Life Skills; The Arts; and Sports, Fitness, and Recreation) aim to give the child a core development to become prosperous.
fitness. Every duty that I performed at The Boys and Girls Club of America I
The Boys and Girls Club (BGC) is a national non-profit organization that provides youth with the tools and skills they need to become healthy adults, responsible citizens, and effective leaders. The BGC was founded in 1860 by three women, Elizabeth Hamersley and sisters Mary and Alice Goodwin in Hartford, Connecticut. The BGC was initially named the Boys’ Clubs until 1990 they became the Boys and Girls Club. Their headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia. This organization was originally created to provide boys with a positive alternative to roaming the streets.
Kid zone, the most family attracted location that provides fun for all ages. Setting up kid zone is really easy and we do it 2 hours before the game starts because gates open an hour and half before the first pitch. The bouncy house needs to be inflated, each game has to be set up, and also our main table where we sell tickets for a dollar each has to be brought in from the press box. Kid zone, the most enjoyable experience for kids of any age. Kid zone is located by right field and is filled with games and a bouncy house. Games such as fast pitch, bean bag toss, and corn hole. If you knock all the cans down, get over 60 in fast pitch and get one bag in, then you win a free ticket to a Jackal’s game. Kid zone can become a little bit crazy
conflicts emerge amongst the group members, both on a personal level and organization of the task functions, and the boundaries that were established in the forming stage are tested by the members of the group and their individual desires, feelings, attitudes and ideas (Manktelow et al., 2016). In order to avoid failure, the group must mold their desires and needs to suit the needs of the group, and work on what the group norms are in order to allow for the progression to the next stage of the group development (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). The pediatric fair group experienced this stage of the group development in a very task oriented, group beneficial, and void of personality clashes manner. The members actively and enthusiastically participated
Should parents take responsibility for their Kids Dylan and Eric? The parents should not be responsible because, they didn’t know that they were doing, and planning all of that bad stuff to Columbine. They didn’t know that their kids were bad kids and were being hated at their school, the kids must of not talk to their parents about school stuff or really anything. The Kids Dylan and Eric, must have not had a close relationship with their parents. And if the parents knew anything about what they were doing they would of called the police or talk to them about what was going on. But they didn’t so they must have not saw any signs of them being bad or very cruel.
I observed two different adolescents, on the same day, at different locations. The first was an adolescent female, who looked to be between fourteen and fifteen years of age, the second was a male, perhaps only a year or two older than her.
In 2008, 30.2% of youth ages 6 to 12 were active to a healthy level through sports(“Facts”). This shows that some kids are getting the minimum amount of physical activity. To raise this level, all kids should include sports in their daily life. All kids should be engaged in sports. Regular activity is required for good health and high school athletes are more likely to attend college.
I have also worked closely with our before and after school program to offer more programs related to science and math. For example, our afterschool program now offers a coding class, a chess club, and two robotics team. This allow us to cover more topics that cannot be always be covered in the classroom.
Everyone wants what is best for their children, right? If that is true, then schools need to start preparing their students for the challenges they will meet in college and the skills to overcome them. This is best done through the presence of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) in middle and high schools. Through Wisconsin schools furthering their focus on STEM with extracurriculars, students will gain vital skills that are necessary for human progression, problem-solving and time management skills that can be used in real life, and the students learn how they can apply what is being taught in the classroom to real obstacles and challenges.