NAES Site Coordinator Laura Reedy & Enrichment Instructor Dawn Stroupe conduct science experiments for 21st CCLC participants during a recent afterschool session.
The New Albany School District has been awarded continued funding through the Title IV, Part B, 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) grant from the Mississippi Department of Education. This is a five-year grant that will support expanded before-school and after-school activities, parent engagement opportunities, and summer enrichment programming at New Albany Elementary School, New Albany Middle School, and New Albany High School. This is the third year the school district has provided programming through the 21st CCLC grant.
Elizabeth Day helps a group of students prepare props for Readers’ Theater during a before school session.
The school’s 21st CCLC program offers academic, artistic, and cultural enrichment opportunities to students when school is not in session. The purpose of the program is to provide opportunities for academic enrichment and tutorial services, as well as offer students an array of programs such as youth development, art/music programs, recreation, technology education, and character education.
Lights on Afterschool Week was held during the week of October 19 in an effort to bring awareness about after-school programs and the importance of programming through the 21st CCLC grant program. The New Albany School District participated in the week’s activities by planning special enrichment activities for the program’s participants.
A group of elementary students work on a bat craft during before school enrichment time. These students have been studying bat facts during the month of October.
A group of NAMS students participate in an afterschool book club.
