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For more
information contact Harry Drier
email:
drierh@aol.com
or phone 561-601-8211
Club 100 identified that several resources and services would round out
the Cabana Colony Youth Center programs. The club has taken the
responsibility for the educational elements of the centers program. The
following are services currently available for youth in the community:
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HOME WORK ASSISTANCE |
As youth come directly
from school to the center during the week they check electronically into
the center. They are then required to spend at least 15 minutes on
either their required school home work or to select a book out of the
center library for reading and book reports. During this period from 3
until 5 pm volunteers are available to help the individual students
if they need assistance. Once youth demonstrate that they have fit the
educational requirements they then can go into the centers recreation and
video areas.
TUTORING
The Police Athletic
League, PAL, requires of youth who register at the center that they
stay in school, keep their grades ups, and stay out of trouble. In an
effort to help the youth achieve their academic goals the Club provides
free tutoring for a 30 week period, for any child that has an interest or
need. This 30 week, Monday thru Friday one hour service is available for
those who register. Tutoring is available during the school year,
usually from 3 to
6 pm.
The Club and PAL are
working under an agreement for free tutoring services, with the FLEC, Corp
who are one of a few approved tutoring programs in
Florida.
Monies for this program comes from a federal law called No Child Left
Behind Act.
The
tutoring program is quite formal. Parents request that their child get
tutoring and fill out the required the needed paperwork. Once registered
a tutor studies the youth to determine their needs and also what kind of a
group they should place in a schedule is made. Each student is then
tutored one hour five days a week. All tutoring is done at the community
center.
The
second kind of tutoring available, also free, is provided by the club and
their partners. For those not eligible for Title 1 tutoring, the process
is the same. Parents agree to the tutoring, assessments are made, and the
students are put in a group of like needs for daily tutoring.
This FLEC program has impressive evidence from their
work over the past 5 years. If you place your students in the program
the chances are much improved to assure that they will pass the F Cat
tests without difficulty. The program focuses mainly on reading and math
but will also help with other subjects as well. The program has a
curriculum, trained tutors and much experience. If you’re interested for
your child contact Harry Drier,
drierh@aol.com , 561-601-8211, or come to the center
and ask for Chad or Deputy John.
MENTORING
The
Club currently provides a mentoring service on a limited basis and
volunteer’s basis. Mentoring is only provided when parents request it and
youth agree. The club provides volunteers, from a wide range of
backgrounds and interests, waiting for youth and parents to ask for it.
We
are now working with a company, Take Stock in Children, who specializes in
youth mentoring. We are hoping to announce a much more comprehensive
program shortly such as the following:
1.
Students
identified for Mentoring in grades 7 or 9th.
2.
Mentoring is
promised for the youth until they graduate.
3.
Monies are set
aside for each qualifying student, in a bank with the students name on it,
good for a 2-4 year scholarship, to be used in Florida colleges.
4.
Student is
given scholarship if they take advantage of the mentoring until they
graduate.
For more information contact Harry Drier,
drierh@aol.com, or at 561 601 8211.
LIBRARY SERVICES
The club provides
several thousand fiction and non- fiction books, text books at all grades,
teacher manuals for all subjects, for use in our tutoring, mentoring and
homework assistance program. All books and audio visual aids are made
available from the
Palm Beach
County School District, Instructional Materials Laboratory. Our
volunteers, center youth and their parents, tutors, mentors and others can
check them out at no cost. There are leisure books also that students
can use for casual readying. Books can be taken home if desired and
checked back in when finished.
COMPUTER ROOM
The
center has 8 computer work stations in a quiet and private computer room
with up to date equipment and is connected to the internet. In this way
students can check with their schools to obtain information about their
current assignments and other school information, such as test dates,
events, etc. Tutors and Mentors can also use this service for tutoring
or homework assistance. Proper limits are put on the system to protect
the student from unacceptable files.
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