By Shondra Muhammad | Deputy Executive Director
Now that we are completing the last two weeks of our Summer Youth Enrichment Program, we are looking forward to the upcoming school year for our After School Enrichment Program. The summer program yielded exciting results with a higher than expected attendance. We were able to enroll 42 children, and actually had a waiting list. Last semester, we adjusted the age limits from 5-15 to ages 5-13, and expect to re-implement programming for the older children in the fall.
With the help of our supporters, we were able to add 2 full-time, temporary summer staffers, and hope to keep either one or both as permanent staff. The summer program was able to offer new classes such as Swahili, Intro to Cryptocurrency, Journalism and Media, and Literacy through Photography.
As we continue to work on sustainability for our youth programs, the parents have made a phenomenal effort in their contributions. Parents are consistently participating in the mandatory parent meetings every other week. And, the number of parents contributing toward the parent payment of the program tuition has increased from about 20% support to now having 90% of the parents making a full or partial payment.
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