Our Mission

We aim to provide a safe haven after school where youth can increase their ability to make wise choices, can learn about and explore the world of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math), can learn resiliency techniques that will help them with the hard things in life, and can participate in leadership and service opportunities. We strive to develop youth who feel the importance of who they are and what they do.

Build

Purpose: Build self-confidence and resiliency

A glimpse of what we've done: Classes taught by program youth members, mindfulness painting, resiliency classes from the WhyTry curriculum

To fulfill our mission, we have the BEST goals:

Build, Educate, Serve, Thank

Educate

Purpose: Provide education in many areas including, but not limited to: substance abuse, life skills, good health practices, the field of STEAM

A glimpse: Substance abuse prevention classes, sewing classes, anti-tobacco/vaping campaigns, art classes, maze design, linguistic and culture activities, pottery classes, Djembe drumming

Serve

Purpose: Provide opportunities to serve peers, family members and the community

Another glimpse: Paper flowers for the care center, hygiene kits for Ukrainian refugees, happy rocks for the community

Thank

Purpose: Teach youth to have an attitude of gratitude; to help promote awareness for others and what they do for us

One last glimpse: Gratitude journals, thank you cards for guests and sponsors, positive post-its for the DMS janitors, "heart attacks" to teachers