After-school activity

I volunteered at W.B Sweeney Elementary School in Willimantic, Connecticut. I was with children in grades kindergarten through fifth for two hours after school every Monday this past semester. I thoroughly enjoyed helping them with homework, doing activities, and just getting to know them individually. I grew as a person from this opportunity, learned more about the field I am planning on entering, and broadened my experience with children overall. The environment of my site for volunteering was

get cut when school budgets are getting tight. Administrators even question why we have a fine arts program if it’s not beneficial to the curriculum. You need fine arts to improve creativity and mindset for whatever you may want to do, and help kids see a way to have a place to belong and get in where they may feel left out or otherwise rejected. Research shows that low poverty areas that have fine arts programs keep kids occupied and out of trouble. Fine arts should be kept in schools because it keeps

struggle with addiction to alcohol and tobacco. The cause of this is a lack of involvement. In America, we need more after school activities because it is a great way to get kids involved in, helps students find their interests, and creates more ways to have fun in schools. To begin with, afterschool activities help kids get involved which teaches them long term commitment. After school is done kids will always have something to do if they are involved, rather than going home and have a lot of time

Children’s theatre is an activity I have positive, first-hand experience in. I have participated in shows and productions in my community and school for as long as I can remember, and I loved every second of it. Since I have a history with the topic, I believed it would be a smart idea to volunteer my time with some sort of children’s theatre organization. I have always known how beneficial children’s theatre has been to me in my own life, however, I will show how everyone’s involvement in community

County Introduction The Boys & Girls Club of Kern County is a non-profit, established in 1996, dedicated to help young individuals in preparing for their futures. The chapter focuses on helping these individuals with character building, doing well in school, and becoming a responsible citizen within the community. This chapter provides services for “over 5,000 children daily at our 3 clubhouses and 49 campus based programs” (Kern County Boys & Girls Club, 2015). The goal of the organization is to make

community of Starke has little to no extracurricular activities for kids. After school, kids are left to do nothing but go home, watch television, and be tiny couch potatoes. Therefore, it is only right that the community offers a program to not only get kids moving but also, teach kids valuable life skills and lessons. The community will offer a martial arts program called Red Dragon Academy to the youth of Starke. Teaching kids martial arts after school will help prevent bullying, teach kids responsibility

Introduction: Our main points are to help younger children in inner cities, help schools put programs together, and help structure kids’ lives. The way we will do this is to have after school sport programs. We also would help raise money and try to teach children the fundamentals of being an adult through sports. Group Problem Statement Background: Many students every year are forced to leave school and have nowhere to go. With many of these children in grades 1st-12th, the reason they

time, children are given the ability to possibly get involved in criminal activity, such as drug use. Because of these risks more investments are needed for these programs. Many new studies have shown that, “For every dollar invested in afterschool programs, $2.50 is saved in crime-related costs” (“After School Supports Students’ Success”). These afterschool programs help avoid children's involvement in criminal activity along with giving numerous benefits to society by avoiding the forming of many

Elementary After School Programs Inner-city elementary age kids face many challenges in and out of the classroom. These challenges range from education day in and day out, as well as, sometimes growing up in an impoverished family and community. Factors also include peers which these kids come into contact with at school, in the streets and at home. Kids today need more than ever an extra push of positive motivation from mentors. I believe that this constructive mentoring begins with after school

Due to after school programs receiving public funding, questions arose as to if after school programs were effective. Effectiveness of after school programs, and funding is now measured by academic improvement of students who attend after school programs. Data on the effectiveness of after school programs have conflicting outcomes. Some studies found a significant increase in student’s academics who attended after school programs (Durlak, Weissberg & Pachan 2010; Durlak &, Weissber, 2007). Others