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The mission of Child First is to develop youth and strengthen families by providing high-quality community schools, after-school and summer learning programs that promote academic achievement, social and emotional well-being, and parent leadership.
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Child First collaborates with principals, school staff, parents, and students to meet their interests and needs. Child First hires school-based staff to manage and support the program, bringing in outside professionals, such as artists and coaches, whose strengths and interests align with the school community.
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Child First employs certified teachers to help coordinate between school-day instruction and after-school supports, with a part-time program coordinator, typically a certified teacher, managing the program. Child First also employs a certified teacher as a part-time academic coordinator to assess student data and coordinate instruction to better meet the needs of students.
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Saturday School
Furman L. Templeton Preparatory Academy runs a 18 week Saturday school program that offers opportunities for both enrichment/ MCAP preparation in grades 3rd-5th and remediation/ bootcamp in grades K-5th. The program runs from late October through late April and offers 3 hours of academic instruction as well as 45 of enrichments including art, dance, cooking, DJ class, exercise class and clay/ sculpture class. Additionally, the children receive monthly incentives for attendance and participation and also get a hot breakfast and hot lunch to take home weekly. This year we were able to higher 8 teaching staff and 2 support staff and increase our enrollment 75 students.
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Children are invited to participate in this program based on their recommendation and the academic or enrichment needs.