Teen Tuesday Program

Service Description

Our Spring 2027 Teen Tuesday program meets from 9AM- 1:30PM (in the church classrooms), providing students age 12+ with both academic enrichment and social development opportunities. This program begins on January 19th and ends April 27th. We will NOT have class 2/9 and 3/23 Daily Schedule 9:00-9:10- drop off 9:10-9:20- morning meeting 9:20-10:30- Micro-classes 10:30-11:40- Whole group lesson 11:40-12:00- Open Gym 12:00-12:30- Lunch (nut free, brought from home) 12:30-1:30- activity time 1:30- pickup MICRO-CLASS TOPICS Class topics will last for 4 weeks. Students will self-select a topic of interest and work independently and in small groups to research, report, create mini projects, and present to their peers.      Program instructors will facilitate independent learning, establish group goals for each class session, provide access to research and project-based materials, and encourage collaborative work while supporting individual strengths.  Although it is not required, it will be requested that students work on their topics at home between class sessions.  WHOLE GROUP LESSON Whole group lessons are designed to be teacher led and focus on topics in length (whether it be a few weeks or an entire semester), while learning and mastering skills specific to middle and high school age students. This includes, but isn't limited to critical thinking and analysis, note taking, research and information literacy, digital and financial literacy, test preparation, etc. ACTIVITY TIME Activity time is meant to provide opportunity for extended learning, connection, and conversation while incorporating both self-selected and teacher directed activities. Each week students will have multiple options to choose from such as playing games, art projects, team building activities, STEM based experiments. A few times each semester we will use activity time to take walking field trips to the library and park.