RSP

21st Century Community Learning Center Grant

Hello,

Our last year of this five year grant ended this past school year. I wrote three grants for the 21st Century Community Learning Center to continue our Reach for the Stars Program.

We were awarded two out of the three. Unfortunately, the one we did not receive was to serve McCall, Acworth, and Barber. However, I will be submitting a new grant application in January for the next school year of 2020-2021.

I want to thank you all for your support and dedication to our Reach for the Stars Program over these last ten years. Our staff loved working with the students, families, and staff at Acworth and Barber. I hope to receive a new award so we may continue to bring the Reach for the Stars Program to our students and families.

Wishing you all a healthy and happy school year!
Best,
Karen Scarborough
Program Director & Grant Writer
Reach for the Stars Program: A 21st Century Community Learning Center

Reach for the Stars Innovation Academy

Below is an overview about the Reach for the Stars Innovation Academy.

Reach for the Stars purpose is to provide
• Homework help and academic and culturally enriched activities
• Opportunities for literacy and related educational development for families
• To provide a safe, educational and fun environment for our students

Reach for the Stars-21st Century Community Learning Center Goals

1) To increase academic performance in core subject areas: math, reading/ language arts, science and social studies
2) To improve classroom behavior, homework completion, and to reduce inappropriate behavior by offering a broad array of services such as: youth development and social awareness
3) To provide literacy and related educational development for students and parents/To enhance family involvement

Reach for the Stars serves students who are
• 2nd, 3rd, 4th , or 5th grade student at Baker Elementary

Funding:
This was a competitive grant application through the GADOE’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers. The Reach for the Stars Program was awarded a $ 1,500,371.00 grant over a five year period.
• Year 1-3: $319,228 each year 1 through 3
• Year 4: $287,305
• Year 5: $255,382

21st Century Community Learning Center Reach for the Stars Program is different from the student’s school day: Our program compliments what is taught during the school day. However, we are able to offer a variety of academic and enrichment activities. Our programs offer engaging and interactive projects and experiments. Our classes are set in small groups, usually a minimum of 10 students for academics and 15-18 students for enrichment clubs with one instructor and one assistant.

Program Duration: RSP offers a 12 hour a week program for approximately 26 weeks during the school year.
Baker Elementary operates Monday through Thursday 2:30-5:45 p.m.
Pick up is no later than 6:00 p.m. We do not operate on Early Release Days.

Enrollment Requirements:
1) Completed Student Registration Form
2) Parent/guardian attend Orientation/Registration (note dates and times on the back side of this page)
3) Students must attend a minimum of 2 days per week (Same two days)
4) Parents must attend minimum of two family events throughout the school year.

Important Dates and Reminders:
August 19, 2019: Start of the program, however we are slowly pulling students from ASP to begin our program while we ensure we have adequate supervision and maintain quality of the program.

Our second Parent/Guardian Orientation and Registration will be during ASP pick up time. Please drop by ANY TIME between 4:30-6:00 p.m. on Monday, August 26, 2019 at Baker Elementary.

Our program will not operate on any Early Release Days during the school year. The next early release date is Wednesday, August 28, 2019. We will not operate during Conference Week.

ALL CLUB/ACTIVITIES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Inclement Weather

Due to inclement weather on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, all Cobb County Schools are closed. Therefore, the Reach for the Stars Program will also be closed.

Please check your local news and the Cobb County School District website for additional weather information and closings.

Intent to Submit Grant Applications Notification

The Cobb County School District and the following schools will be submitting an application to the Georgia Department of Education Office of Federal Programs - 21st Century Community Learning Centers in response to the Request for Proposal. (Baker Elementary, McCall Primary, Acworth Elementary, Barber Middle School, Big Shanty Elementary, and Kennesaw Elementary) The applications submitted for this grant award is to provide funds for academic and enrichment activities for students and families during out of school time. If awarded, the program will be called the Reach for the Stars Program and the completed application will be available to view after submission.

2018-2019 Staff Policies and Procedures Handbook

Download 2018-2019 RSP Staff Policies and Procedures

2018-2019 School Year - Welcome Back!

Hope you had a healthy and fun Summer!  I am happy to announce that the Reach for the Stars Program (RSP) will have funding for the 2018-2019 school year from the 21st Century Community Learning Center. If you are interested in participating in the Reach for the Stars Program, please visit us during Meet and Greet at your school. The RSP staff will have a table of information that will include applications and parent/student orientation packets.

 Schedules for each school: 

Baker Elementary: Monday July 30th 
 If your last name starts with A - M, arrive at 8:00 a.m.
 If your last name starts with N - Z, arrive at 9:30 a.m.

 Acworth Elementary: Tuesday, July 31st    8:00 - 10:00 a.m.

 Barber Middle School: Tuesday, July 31st  1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Looking forward to another amazing year!

Karen Scarborough
Program Director, Reach for the Stars Program

 

2017-2018 School Year

Hope you had a healthy and happy Summer!  I am happy to announce that the Reach for the Stars Program will have funding for the 2017-2018 school year from the 21st Century Community Learning Center. If you are interested in participating in the Reach for the Stars Program, please visit us during Meet and Greet at your school on Friday, July 28th. Times of Meet and Greet can be found on your school's website. We will have program information, applications, and parent/student orientation packets.

Looking forward to another great year!

 

Reach for the Stars Program Update

The Mandatory Parent and Student Orientations last week were a great success. Thank you to all who were able to attend.

It was mandatory to attend one of the orientations to be eligible to enroll your student in the Reach for the Stars Program. The RSP staff is currently going through all of the applications and placing the students into clubs. As I mentioned during the orientations, we have more students than spots available right now. However, I am trying to hire and arrange for more staff to teach clubs so that we can take more students. Letters will be sent home on Thursday, August 18th through your child's day time classroom teacher informing you of the program start date and your child's status in RSP. Some students may not be able to start the first two weeks until I have enough staff to provide quality services for all students.

Please be patient as we work through this process. Our goal is to provide the best possible program for all of our students.

I am looking forward to a great year!

Sincerely,

Karen Scarborough
Program Director