District-Based After-School Providers

[Pages:2]District-Based After-School Providers

The District has engaged nine local providers to develop content and programs that align with and support schools' instructional programs and accelerate learning.

Provider AMIABLE Productions

Corporation for Global Community Development

Global Gateways

Greater Jackson Arts Council Jackson Medical Mall Foundation

Description

AMIABLE Productions will provide Theatre and Film Arts and Culture afterschool enrichment programs and activities for high school students in the Jackson Public School District. Students will learn the basic and intermediate trades of the film and theatre profession from noted film, theatre, and entertainment professionals. Each day students will engage in activities to increase their knowledge of the film, theatre, and entertainment industry and culture awareness.

The Corporation for Global Community Development will provide Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Programming for elementary students. Students will engage in extensive programming to build their skills in computer coding and computer science. Students will not only receive STEAM programming, but homework help to accelerate their learning.

Global Gateways will provide elementary students in Jackson Public School District with Spanish language and culture afterschool enrichment programs and activities. Each day students will participate in engaging activities that help them to learn or improve their Spanish language and cultural competency skills. Experienced Spanish-speaking teachers will guide students in their adventure to learning and/or improving their language acquisition skills.

The Greater Jackson Arts Council will provide targeted academic and enrichment programming focused on improving literacy outcomes by infusing arts for elementary students. The program will provide arts programming through interactive, cultural, and social justice experiences that speak to multiple learning styles.

The Jackson Medical Mall Foundation Young Futurists Project is an inter-generational youth-based innovation hub that builds youth as innovators. Students enrolled in the program will participate in programming focused on addressing the social determinants of health and will be immersed in the following activities: Science,

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Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM): artificial intelligence, coding, and virtual reality; visual and performing arts; culinary arts; drug and violence prevention; trauma-informed care/behavioral health; well-being; strategic foresight/futurism; financial literacy, and career exploration.

Mississippi Children's Museum

The Mississippi Children's Museum Program will serve elementary students in the Jackson Public School District by providing literacy, STEAM, homework assistance, and social-emotional support with lessons curated for COVID-19 related distress.

Parents for Public Schools of Jackson

Parents for Public Schools of Jackson will sponsor a program called Ask for More Arts for elementary students. This program will provide enrichment opportunities for students through the arts. The program will engage local artists and arts organizations to use the arts across the curriculum as a vehicle for improving academic outcomes for students. Students will be placed in an Art Track during the after-school program. The following tracks exist: Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Arts by the Book, Cultural Awareness, and Back to the Basics Arts. Each track will enrich the lives of children through increased exposure to the arts.

Sports Paradise Fitness & Fundamentals

Sports Paradise will provide a wrap-around approach to elementary and middle school student development that includes, mental health, physical activity through athletic programming that will have a long-term physical and mental health and wellness impact on the children in Jackson Public School District. Students will learn the fundamentals of various athletics offerings.

Sylvan Learning Center

Sylvan Learning Center will provide high school students access to their proprietary ACT Prep course to ensure all college-bound students have equal access to quality support as they prepare to embark on their post-high school journey.

Sylvan Learning Center will provide elementary and middle school students with their EDGE STEM program to build a spark and interest in STEM that can lead to future STEM leaders and success in 21st Century careers. Students will learn coding and computer science in collaborative groups with peers of the same age and skill level. Sylvan Edge enhances students' performance in STEM subjects at school and does more than assist in the acquisition of academic competencies. Sylvan Edge gets and keeps students excited about learning through fun and hands-on activities.

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