AFTER SCHOOL
About
The best kinds of afterschool programs offer a balance of academics, recreation, enrichment, and character building activities. Those are the kinds of things we include at Growing Years! Besides focusing on homework assignments and tutoring, we also provide opportunities for unstructured play, activity clubs, snack, and outside time. Obviously, there needs to be a balance in what we do and this balance is based on the ages of the children and the needs of participating families.
Because children who come to our after school program have already been through six hours of schooling, we feel children need to differentiate their afterschool learning time. The tutoring and homework help we provide is more effective because the children work in very small groups, or ideally, one-on-one with the afterschool teachers. Some children might feel lost in the large groups of the school day, and so a single afterschool teacher who will help them with math, reading, or other problem areas can produce some successful outcomes!
Currently we provide transportation and care for children ages 5-12 years old who attend Saginaw Township Public and Parochial Schools and some Saginaw City Schools. Our licensed Growing Years child care bus picks children up from school and brings them back to Growing Years where they may stay until 6:00 if needed. We do not provide transportation to school in the mornings.
If school is dismissed early for some reason, we are able to pick children up on those days as well. One advantage of enrolling in our after-school program is the ability to bring your child whenever there is a snow day, teacher in-service day, vacation days, etc.