Ask After School For Kids

ASK offered a broad array of high-quality enrichment activities that are aligned with and complement the regular academic school day while positively affecting student outcomes such as school attendance and academic performance and decreasing behavioral risk factors. Program goals focused on improving the number of regular program attendees who demonstrate improved school attendance. And whose homework completion and class participation improve from fall to spring according to the teacher survey. Increase the number/percentage of regular program attendees who demonstrate improved attitudes toward learning, increased engagement in learning, and increases in other positive educational and behavioral changes as a result of participating in the 21CCLC program.

Addressing Parent Engagement, ASK provided programming to engage the families of 21st CCLC participants to increase parent/family engagement in learning and developing resiliency through positive home/school relationships. ASK worked to increase the number of family members of 21st CCLC participants that demonstrate engagement in the program and in the education of their child. Parent attendance at ASK dinner literacy events and student showcase activities increased to 1 8 0 family participants , including grandparents, siblings and extended family. as measured by attendance.