CLUB 21
In partnership with Commercial
Township Schools and Cumberland County Empowerment Zone, Millville
Public Schools was awarded a 21st Century Community Learning Center
Grant to serve over 200, 4th and 5th graders at Haleyville-Mauricetown,
Holly Heights, Mt. Pleasant, Rieck Avenue, RM Bacon and Silver
Run Elementary Schools. The after-school and summer program is known as
CLUB 21.
The goals of the program are:
1. To provide
high-quality educational and enrichment programs that will enable
participants to improve academic achievement, and promote positive
behavior and appropriate social interaction with peers and adults.
2.
To implement activities that promote parental involvement and provides
opportunities for literacy and related educational development to the
families of participating students.
3. To measure participants’ progress and program effectiveness through monitoring and evaluating.
All
schools include academic, social, emotional and physical activities.
All schools will focus on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics). We will continue present partnerships and collaborations.
For more information on a program at a particular school, please click
on the link to the left or contact Nancy Quay, Project Director at nancy.quay@millville.org or call 856-293-2284.
This
project was funded in its entirety with federal Elementary and
Secondary Education Act, as amended by No Child Left Behind, Title IV,
Part B, 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) grant funds
through a grant agreement with the New Jersey Department of Education.