Time to go back to school!

It's hard to believe, but our students go back to school on Monday! This year we will begin our afterschool program, now called THRIVE, on Tuesday, August 12th!

Big changes this year include:

• The addition of three full time AmeriCorps members! One member will be our Middle School Coordinator, one our High School Coordinator, and one our Parent Coordinator. They will spend their mornings in the schools and the community and their afternoons here at the center during THRIVE time! Click on the link to learn more about what AmeriCorps does.
  
• The addition of a Literacy Coordinator! We will have a Literacy Coordinator who will oversee all of our reading groups this year. All 60 of our students will receive reading tutoring this school year! Our LC will be responsible for overseeing our tutors, testing students, and making lessons.
• As you've seen already, the name of our afterschool program is now THRIVE! This name encompasses the youth program at our location and the youth program at the Martha O'Bryan Center. One program, two locations.

So as we hire these individuals, we'll make sure to introduce them to you on our blog! Next week we'll have some volunteer information posted!