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Fun at Bedford County After School
Do you attend a Bedford County School District and are in kindergarten through fifth grade this year? Or, are you a high school student who wants to get some experience working with younger kids before becoming an educator? If so, you can sign up to be in the FREE after school program!
If you’ve been part of the program in the past, you’ll see lots of the same things, plus more - more recreation, more fun stuff with iPads and Robots, cameras and video, more fun stuff with older kids who will be helping with the programs.
Each Monday through Thursday every week of the school year at five sites in Bedford County, after school begins with an after-school snack, followed by homework and academic tutoring - many of our kids get their homework done during that time, meaning they have more fun time at home with their families
After homework/tutoring, we’ll then move into recreation or enrichment that includes lots of fun, skills-building activities and non-traditional games.
Want to learn how to put together great-tasting snacks? You’ll have fun in our 4-H cooking and nutrition activities.
Dreamed of a career building robots? Learn how to program and run our robots through mazes and obstacle courses!
Pictured yourself as the next Taylor Swift? You may have a chance to test your performance skills in a talent show.
Are you a PIcasso fan? Our working artist will help you build to your potential.
Want to show kindness to others? Learn how you can help others - and show appreciation to your peers and adults around you through our Kindness projects.
The activities will change every evening - and some evenings, there will be more than one!
The program runs until 6 p.m., ending with a bus ride home. So, contact your site coordinator today to learn more or sign up - jump right into the fun!
The verdict is in - After School helps kids!
Year after year rigorous local evaluations of the Bedford County 21st Century After School program show lots of positives.
- The program is providing academic, attendance and emotional and social support to its students.
- Teachers tell us that many students who needed improvement did improve socially, emotionally and academically in some critically important ways during the school year.
- After school students, like the general district populations, maintain high attendance.
- More than 80 percent of students who regularly attend the program maintain an 85 percent average or above in math and reading.
- Parents were engaged in after school activities - sites typically averaged 70% of students having parents attend at least one after school activity during the year - down last year because of Covid-19 protocols.
- Students and parents both reported high satisfaction with the program. Staff reported high satisfaction with the program.
- Rigorously tested annual Program Quality Assessments have annually shown Bedford County programs are performing well above national averages. The assessment, through the Weikert Center for Youth Program Quality, brings to the forefront items that are proven to positively impact student engagement and ultimately academic, social and emotional performance and provides a way to measure and track individual site and program wide goals toward meeting these measures. Bedford County’s programs exceeds national norms in all areas.
E-mail the project director if you'd like more information about recent program evaluations.
