Goal: Engage students through expanded learning opportunities that focus on strengthening student esteem, empowerment and expression.
Key Outcome: Students are motivated and engaged.
Recent Success: During the 2010-2011 school year, 100% of parents reported that their children learned new things when the attended Powerful Schools’ afterschool programs, while 80% of parents reported that their children gained confidence in themselves after attending Powerful Schools’ afterschool programs.
Through Powerful Schools’ Out-of-Class Program, we work to align each after school and summer class to individual school goals, which extend the learning day and develop skills, self-esteem and confidence of participating children. Last year we offered over 100 different classes, serving more than 1,600 students across the school year and summer.
We envision schools as vibrant community schools, rather than closing at 3 p.m. and going dark.
Our after-school classes are high quality and aligned to each school’s goals. The classes are offered on-site at the school and helps keep kids off the streets. We offer enrichment classes like circus skills, photography, chess, computer blogging, gymnastics and choir. In addition, we offer classes that are more academic in nature, such as Homework Center, Wacky Science, I’m Going to College, and Explorations in Math. Our goal is to help children to stay engaged in learning, be motivated to succeed in school, and have the confidence to achieve. In addition, we offer summer classes that are aimed at reducing “summer lost” that many students experience during the summer months. The summer classes also provide students with the opportunity to learn new and exciting things.
Classes are held in the afternoon directly following school at the schools listed below. Classes are open to all students grades K-5, regardless of which school the student attends.
Download the Spring 2012 Class Catalogs below to learn about the current offerings at each school:
Beacon Hill International School BHIS spring 2012
Graham Hill Elementary GH spring 2012
Hawthorne Elementary Hawthorne spring 2012
John Muir Elementary JM spring 2012
Maple Elementary Maple spring 2012
Orca K-8 Orca spring 2012
Interested in attending Powerful Schools’ 2012 Summer Camp?
Download our 2012 Summer Catalog here.
