The After School Program operates from 3pm to 6pm each weekday for youth ages 5 to 12.  The Program includes the following educational initiatives:

POWER HOUR This first hour of programming provides Club professionals with strategies, activities, resources and information to create an engaging homework help and tutoring program to encourage members to become self-directed learners.

GOALS FOR GRADUATION is Project Learn’s newest component, which introduces Club members ages 6-15 to the concept of academic goal setting.  The program helps youth make connections between aspirations for the future and concrete actions they can take today.

After School Program

THE ULTIMATE JOURNEY Through participation in games, crafts and discovery-based activities, young people develop an awareness of the environment, acquire a better understanding of how human action affects nature, reinforce math and science skills and learn about conservation of natural resources.

TORCH CLUB is a program that has created a store within the Club called Smart Moves Mini-Mart.  The store provides an entrepreneurial training program and service learning training for the children who work and run the store.  Ranging in ages 9-13 the youth learn the skills of, shipping and receiving, rotating stock, satisfying customer demand, supply and demand, product positioning and profits and losses.

SMART Moves: (Skills Mastery and Resistance Training): This comprehensive prevention program helps young people resist alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, as well as premature sexual activity.

• SMART Girls: SMART Girls is a health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement program for girls ages 8-17. The program focuses on issues specific to female Club members and is designed to encourage healthy attitudes and lifestyles that will enable those members to develop to their full potential.
• Passport to Manhood:  This program promotes and teaches responsibility and reinforces positive behavior in male Club members ages 11-14. Passport to Manhood consists of 14 small-group sessions, each of which concentrates on a specific aspect of manhood through highly interactive activities.