First and foremost, they are happy
here. Staying for Afterschool allows
them to return to a classroom,
teachers and a peer group that is
comfortable. They won’t need to
spend the first few weeks of the
school year getting to know their
new environment.
Our lead teachers are well-versed in
the academic path 5- and 6-year-olds
follow, and, having known your Youth
for two foundational years, they
have a keen sense of the trajectory
of his or her academic and personal
growth.
As the Afterschool year unfolds,
parents and teachers alike witness
the growth toward what we referred
to as the second plane of
development. Youth's focus moves
away from the structure and order of
their safe, individualized and
well-prepared classroom environment
toward a broader perspective about
their place in the school community
and society at large. They have
internalized what it means to work,
begun to recognize their own
achievements, and developed enough
empathy to guide their younger
classmates in the same manner that
they were once guided.