After-school Program at PS/MS 279

More Good News!!

- On April 6. 2006 Helena Yordan, Site Coordinator of the CHCF After-school Program at PS/MS 279, was awarded the PASEsetter Award from the Partnership for After School Education (PASE). She was one of 5 after-school educators in New York City honored for their dedication and years of service as role models, innovators, and tireless advocates for the city’s most underserved youth.

Good News!!

- CHCF's after-school program at PS/MS 279 was one of the top 10 in New York City where participants in the program improved more significantly on Math and English/Language Arts standardized tests than students at the same school who did not particpate in our after-school program.

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CHCF's After-school Program at PS/MS 279 provides safe, enriching, educational and free after school care.

Activities include:

· Tutoring / Homework assistance
· Arts in Education (Choral Group, Percussion, Afro- Caribbean Dance, Performing Arts)
· Visual Arts
· Theatrical Play
· Physical Education
· Family Literacy
· Technology instruction

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Family Literacy Project

Academic underachievement, stemming from socioeconomic and other factors, prevents many Latino children from realizing the American dream. Parent involvement in a child’s education is crucial for positive outcomes but recent data show that Latino parents are the least involved of all ethnic groups.(5) Family literacy programs are effective in bringing parents and children together to improve basic skills and instill positive attitudes toward reading and learning.

By incorporating the tradition of oral storytelling into literacy development, parent-student teams in our program work together to write and illustrate their own original storybooks and present them at a public reading.

A study of family literacy programs in several states found that parents who participated took their children to the library twice as often (compared to their pre-program habits). They also purchased or borrowed books for their children 40% more often. In the same study, children in the program asked their parents to read to them 20% more often as well as read books and magazines 40% more often.(6)

Studies have also shown that family literacy programs improve parent-child communication and parent involvement in their children’s education (i.e., talking to teachers, asking children about school, helping with homework, volunteering at school, attending school events).(7)

PS/MS 279 Family Literacy Program Storybooks

Our Summer Trip to Mexico by Victoria Saldana

Remembering Grandfather by Mercedes Garcia, William and Wilmer Perez

Why I Love My Dad by Crystal Martinez

Christmas with the Montalvo Family by Kelly and Monika Montalvo

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