HEARTS After School Program Starts Monday!

Here are the basic facts:
It's free!

We are starting the program FULL, with over 100 students already enrolled.

There is now a waiting list for additional students.

The program runs every day, from 2:40 until 6 p.m.

Attendance is required every day.

Students will have an academic hour, a snack, and finally an enrichment/recreation time.

The Emerson HEARTS Coordinator is Annie Miekosz.

Emerson teachers will teach during the academic hour.

The YMCA will staff and coordinate the enrichment/recreation hour.

There will be a daily homework completion/support time.

At 6 p.m., parents will pick up their child from the cafeteria door on Ottawa Ave.

Extending the learning day will be the greatest benefit for our students.  Other schools who have HEARTS, have found that students are often able to move up one entire performance level (i.e. Basic to Proficient) during a one year period.

After School Program Announced

Today on the California Department of Education website, it was announced that Emerson has been selected to receive the HEARTS after school program.  While this notification is preliminary, it is potentially a huge to boost many of our families who currently pay for after school child care. 

For us as a school, it is an opportunity to extend the learning day by offering one additional hour of instruction every day.  For may students, this will make a huge difference in their academic success. 

We have a lot of unanswered questions at this point, but as soon as we receive official word about the program, we'll start to identify staff and students for the daily, free, after school program.  Stay tuned...there's more to come!