Program Overview

• Afterschool program that addresses life-skill needs for at-risk students in grades 3-8.
• Goal: To increase students' abilities to meet or exceed state and local academic standards and gain needed skills for entering into post-secondary education and the career world as responsible and productive citizens
• Evening activities provided.

Collaborating Partners

• Project for Neighborhood Aftercare, Illia Moore, Director
• YMCA of Middle Tennessee, Lisa Beck, Vice President of School Age Services
• Metro Nashville Public Schools Department of Community Education,
  Lynn Morelock, Coordinator

Club MCM Staff

• Corine Jackson, Project Director
• Jeanita Hicks, Project Manager
• Mary Ellen Phillips, Secretary/Bookkeeper

Students and Schools Served

This Program is available for the following schools:

• Bailey Middle School
• Cameron Middle School
• Glenview Elementary
• Jere Baxter Middle School
• Napier Enhanced Option School
• W.A. Bass Middle School
• Whitsitt Elementary School
• Wright Middle School

•  Student Activity Components

Snacks	Healthy, nutritious snacks
Homework Help and Tutoring	Monitored and guided homework help Coaching students in areas of need
Academics: Reading, Writing, Math	Strong academics (using designed curriculum), working on each student's non-mastered skills with innovative hands-on, related-to-life, activities.
Enrichment and Other Activities	Activities which encourage growth and improvement mentally, physically, and/or socially

Component

Examples of enrichment include:

• Chess
• Healthy lifestyle, including drug and alcohol abuse prevention
• Cooking
• Conflict Resolution
• Drama/CommunicationArts and crafts
• Teen issues
• Music
• Educational field trips
• Business/Careers
• Black History and Women in History projects
• Model airplanes
• Dance
• Gardening
• News Letters
• Creative Writing
• Computer training