YOUTH PROGRAMS

K-12 students are served primarily through:

• the Summer Youth Program, and • the After School Enrichment Program

Summer Youth Program

This program combines academics and recreation for elementary and middle school youth and is operational on four to six Northside campuses during the month of June. The "day camp" setting gives students a chance to build on and go beyond learning from the regular school year in their specific area of interest. Classes include science, music, writing, computers, language, math, drama, and sports.

Afternoon field trips take students off-campus to swimming, skating, bowling, and other activities.

About 250 youth participate in the program each summer; it has been operational since 1985.

After-School Enrichment

The After-School Enrichment program is now operating on 22 elementary school campuses. One-hour classes are offered one or two days a week. They include Spanish, sign language, arts, computers, science, math, and drama. Children are given the opportunity to pursue their own interests by enrolling in the class of their choice.

The program was started in February, 1994, serving over 2500 children yearly in grades K-5.

Funding: Tuition-based and self-supporting.

After school care

• After school care is in place at all Northside elementary schools and is operated by the Northwest YMCA (Prime Time program),the San Antonio Urban Ministries (ASK program), and City of San Antonio Parks & Recreation (Challenge).