21st Century Community Learning Center

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21st Century Community Learning Center

• Smalley School Lafayette School
• Bound Brook, NJ

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The Afterschool Hours in America

• More than 15 million school-age children (26
  percent) are on their own after school. Among
  them are more than 1 million are in grades K
  through 5. (Afterschool Alliance, 2009)
• More than 27 million parents of school-age
  children are employed, including 23 million who
  work full time. (U.S. Department of Labor, 2010)
• The hours between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. are the peak
  hours for juvenile crime and experimentation with
  drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and sex. (Fight Crime
  Invest in Kids, 2002)
• Currently, the federal government contributes
  only 11 percent of the cost of afterschool while
  29 percent of the children in afterschool meet
  the federal governments definition of low-income
  and in need of federal assistance. (Afterschool
  Alliance, 2009)

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Afterschool Programs Benefit Youth, Families
Communities

• Teens who do not participate in afterschool
  programs are nearly three times more likely to
  skip classes than teens who do participate. They
  are also three times more likely to use marijuana
  or other drugs, and are more likely to drink,
  smoke and engage in sexual activity. (YMCA of the
  USA, March 2001)
• Early childhood education expert James Heckman
  concludes that a compliment of early education
  and participation in afterschool programs can
  reduce initiating drug use among youth by nearly
  50 percent (45.8) while reducing the likelihood
  of them skipping school by half. (Investing in
  Our Young People, University of Chicago, 2006)
• The Promising Afterschool Programs Study, a study
  of about 3,000 low-income, ethnically-diverse
  elementary and middle school students found that
  regular participation in high-quality afterschool
  programs is linked to significant gains in
  standardized test scores and work habits.
  (University of California at Irvine, 2007)

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Mission Statement

• The mission of the Middle Earth 21st CCLC program
  is to provide a safe and nurturing environment
  for fourth through eighth grade students from
  Bound Brook and South Bound Brook who are in need
  of and can benefit from an after-school program.
  Youth will have opportunities to choose
  activities designed to promote their
  intellectual, physical, mental, social, and
  emotional development in an atmosphere of mutual
  respect and encouragement.

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Program Serves

• Lafayette School
• 60 Slots
• 4th and 5th grades
• Smalley Middle School
• 60 Slots
• 6th, 7th, and 8th grades

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Program Offers

• Academic Enrichment and Remediation
• Positive Youth Development
• Cultural and Artistic Enrichment
• Physical Activity
• Parental Involvement

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Academic Enrichment and Remediation
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Academic Enrichment and Remediation

• 60 minutes per day
• 1 certified teacher for every 15 students
• High school student helpers
• Students receive help with their homework
• Students work on the Study Island Computer
  Programs for math and language arts

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Positive Youth Development

• Character Counts
• Girls Circle
• Boys Council
• F.I.L.M.

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Girls Circle
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Cultural and Artistic Enrichment

• Culinary Arts
• Art
• Screen Printing
• Functional and Found Art
• Video Production
• Educational Field Trips
• Drama
• Photography
• Cartooning

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Culinary Arts
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Screen Printing
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Art
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Trips

• Intrepid Air and Space Museum
• Academy of Natural Sciences Museum
• Camden Aquarium
• Bronx Zoo
• Patriots Stadium
• Raices Cultural Center

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Patriots Stadium
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Physical Activities

• Recreational Sports
• Dance
• Soccer
• Basketball

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Dance
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Soccer
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Other Enrichment Options

• Water Science
• Newsletter
• Technology
• Lego Tech
• Party Event Planning
• Crime Scene Investigations
• Game Show

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Lego Tech
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Technology
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Water Science
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Parental Involvement

• Family Fun Nights
• 4 through out the year
• Student presentations and art work displays
• Guest Speakers
• Dinner provided
• English as a Second Language
• Offered to parents of students in the program
• Provided by The Jointure
• Guiding Good Choices for Spanish Speaking Parents
• Dinner provided
• Helps improve communication between parents and
  children

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Family Fun Night
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Program Layout

• Fall Cycle October December
• Winter Cycle January March
• Spring Cycle April June
• Summer Cycle July

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Daily Smalley Schedule

• 250 330 Snack Game Time
• 330 450 Academic Remediation Homework
  Tutoring
• 450 550 Club/Enrichment Time
• 550 605 Students are picked up or walk home

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Daily Lafayette Schedule

• 240 315 Snack Game Time
• 315 400 Academic Remediation Homework
  Tutoring
• 400 500 Club/Enrichment Time
• 500 530 Quiet Recreation
• 530 545 Students are picked up or walk home

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Staff

• 1 Full Time Project Director
• 1 Part Time and 1 Full Time Site Coordinator
• 1 Part Time Administrative Staff
• 12 Certified Teachers
• 15 High School Youth Workers
• 10 Non-teacher Club Leaders

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Collaborators

• Family Community Services
• 2 days/week
• Offer individual and group counseling
• Bound Brook Police Department
• 1 day/week
• Allow kids to have positive interaction with
  police officers

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Collaborators

• 4-H
• Character counts staff training
• Science Workshops for students
• EmPower Somerset
• Guiding Good Choices for Spanish Speaking Parents
• Guest speakers for students
• Girl Scouts
• Club activities

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Guest Speakers

• Robert Wood Johnson
• EmPower Somerset
• Vo-Tech Tap-n-Toe Dance Group

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Partners

• Bound Brook Board of Education
• South Bound Brook School District
• A Special Thanks to the Bound Brook Board of
  Education

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Summer Program

• 120 students
• 800 am to 100 pm Monday Thursday
• Friday is Trip Day
• 3 hours academic time
• 1 hour rec time
• ½ hour breakfast, ½ hour lunch

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Facts about the last 4 years

• Middle Earth has brought in 1.5 Million to Bound
  Brook District
• We have served 421 youth
• We have hired 27 Bound Brook High School Students
• We have hired 39 teachers from Bound Brook

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Hispanic Population

• After School Care Arrangements
• Hispanic children are more likely to be in
  afterschool programs than other children. 21
  (2,365,860) of Hispanic children are enrolled in
  afterschool programs at schools, community
  centers, churches or elsewhere. By comparison,
  15 of all children participate in afterschool
  programs.
• Economic Impact
• Hispanic parents are feeling the impact of the
  economic downturn more severely than parents in
  general. More Hispanic parents agree that the
  current economic conditions have impacted their
  after school care arrangements, with 55
  reporting that the economy has impacted how they
  care for their children after school (compared to
  41 overall) and 60 stating that it has affected
  their ability to pay for care (compared to 46
  overall).
• Need or Demand for Afterschool
• Demand for afterschool programs is great in the
  Hispanic community. Parents of Hispanic children
  not currently in afterschool programs are much
  more likely than other parents to say that they
  would enroll their children in quality
  afterschool programs, if programs were available.
  47 of Hispanic parents (4,218,666) say they
  would enroll their children if programs were
  available compared to 38 of parents in general.
• Hispanic parents are also more likely than the
  general population to say that there should be
  some type of organized activity or place for
  children and teens to go after school every day
  that provides opportunities for them to learn.
  96 of Hispanic parents agree compared to just
  91 agreement in general.

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The Coming Year

• 115 students currently enrolled
• Waiting lists for 4th and 5th grades
• Introducing new theme of civic engagement
• Hosting Lights On After School Event October 20th

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• Funding was provided by the New Jersey State
  Department of Education.
• We would also like to acknowledge the Bound Brook
  and South Bound Brook Municipal Alliance for
  their contribution.