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At both sites this winter, the students have been experiencing college from the eyes of the adults they see every day. Tuesdays and Thursdays a staff member presents information, memories, and other exciting information about the universities they attended! The hope is that the kids will see what it really looks like to go away to college and get them excited about working towards furthering education!
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This past fall, all of our students participated in a story contest. For the national event, Lights on AfterSchool, we had a local story teller, Joe Ricci, a previous mentor for Operation Exodus, come and tell a story. For the next month, students worked on their own creative stories after homework time and we had a contest. The winners of the writing contest had their stories read and acted out at the Christmas Party and a panel of judges picked a Top Winner! The kids were extremely creative and everyone had so much fun!
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The park has been something of the past this January, but the past week has been warming up a little and the kids have gotten to experience the outdoors once again!
The Heights:
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Creative classes are also going well at the Heights site! Kids can pick between original classes like pantomime, praise dance, magic tricks, and Around the World! Around the World is a mix between geography and art, the other classes are primarily art. Right now the students in Around the World are learning about China!
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The Heights site is beginning their Homework Bucks program on Thursday. Students have already been accumulating bucks, but the store opens up this Thursday.
Inwood:
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With a new site, everything at Exodus Inwood is exciting! One thing the tutors have really taken ownership of is the creative class time on Fridays. The students can pick from a variety of arts including: jewelry making, interior design, baking, and drawing. In interior design we have a student designing a WWE themed miniature wrestling ring! And the baking class filled the site with the sweet aroma of brownies this past Friday. It made the staff very hungry!
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Early homework is now an official part of the Exodus Inwood site for kids struggling in different subjects or just struggling to focus during class time. It is giving the students extra time to get work done and it is also helping the distracted kids get done more quickly so they have time to read steps during homework time!
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The Inwood site is beginning Academic Olympics on February 12th and it will close on February 19th with a day of physical events! The classes will each have a color and the color will represent a country. The classes will learn about countries and they will also have trivia games every day at the level that the students are at. The medals will be awarded based on scores from those in class games.
‘Ah-Ha!’ Educational Moments at OE
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At the Heights site, four more students reached the 100 step mark for the 100 Book Challenge last week!
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Tutors had a training on math strategies and learned fun games that help kids work on place value, multiplication, and other math concepts. The kids are really enjoying them!
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A Kindergartener at the Inwood site is beginning to read on his own outloud!
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One fifth grader at the Inwood site, has made giant strides in his academic success. He was a student on the verge of failing and is now striving for straight A’s. It is so evident that his teacher noticed and sent a letter to Operation Exodus.
Seeds of Change at OE
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The three older boys in Brenda’s class have also matured greatly. It is small steps, but they are taking responsibility in class work and being more responsive to authority.
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At Inwood, community students have adapted well to the structure of Exodus and students we expected to see have behavior issues have had no issues and are doing better in their academics.
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