Parent Teacher Magazine Gaston County School November 2013

Time Well Spent Time Well Spent During extremely bad weather, it sometimes becomes necessary for a decision to be made concerning the closing of schools. When a decision is made in the early morning that schools will be closed for the day, it must be relayed quickly to all students and parents. YMCA After School Enrichment YMCA After School Enrichment Teens are often the most that children under served age group. At the Gaston County Research shows overlooked and who participate in afterschool Family YMCA we are creating achildren who participate in afterschool our help to end that. Research shows that movement in academics,We want to build up programs are more successful healthier and, future generation, invest in their leadership,in academics, and character. The YMCA moral well-being healthier programs are more successful behaviors. Afterschool and, more to strategically offer and promote a number of programs for all kinds of often, maintain positive has begun more often, maintain positive behaviors. Afterschool Programming at the Y We offer Leaders Club, to achieve United different teens in our community. is specially-geared Middle Schoolthese Nations, Programming at the Y is specially-geared to achieve these results. At the Gaston County Family YMCA, Teen Pick diligently Teens Changing Gaston County, Middle School Madness andwe work Up Basketball. results. Atprograms to child is the teens in nurturing work diligently to ensure the Gaston County a safe, our community engaged, involved We want to offersthat every help keep in Family YMCA, we and welcoming and to ensure thatAt YMCA after school programs, our children are spending their time productively. environment. every child is in a safe, nurturing and welcoming In order to accomplish this task efficiently and with maximum coverage, school officials are asking students and parents to cooperate by following the suggestions listed below: environment. At YMCA after school programs, our how to play happy, healthy and make new friends by learning children are Leaders Club healthy and make new friends by learning club offered to both happy, is a YMCA volunteer leadership development service how to play together, appreciate the uniqueness of each other and just middle and high school ages inthe Gaston county community. In thisand just try to together, appreciate the uniqueness of each other program we have a FUN time! teach teensa FUN time! uplifting others is one of most important lessons in life they have that helping and can learn. The teens in this clubs attend weekly meetings and trainings, volunteer 100 The Y’s curriculum GPA, and work created in physically healthy. Through hours a year, maintain a 2.5 framework - towards being partnership with the The Y’s Institute framework - the Time - details 5k, Christmastown Nationalcurriculumin events such as created in partnership to offer out the year they volunteer on Out-of-School Spencer Mountain how with the 5k National Institute on with Meals on Wheels. The programs how to is for and comprehensive, age-appropriate, engagingdetailsAfterschool a teen this year are volunteering Out-of-School Time - care. purpose offer comprehensive, age-appropriate, engaging care. 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