5 Key Content Areas
New Jersey After 3 has developed five Key Content Areas that serve as the building blocks for quality programming at New Jersey After 3 programs. The implementation of each Key Content Area should be grounded in the core principles of youth development and whenever possible include the use of technology to enhance content.
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Academics & Homework Assistance
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Activities that engage youth in expanding their knowledge and build competency in math, science, language arts, social studies, literacy & other
academic fields.
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Arts & Culture |
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Activities that explore and elicit youth creativity. These programs will allow youth to view and examine the world around them and provide opportunities to explore different cultures and local traditions.
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Civic Engagement & Leadership
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Activities that encourage and solicit youth engagement in their community both locally and nationally. These programs will engage student s in meaningful service and offer leadership opportunities.
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Life & Career Skills
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Activities that invite students to acquire skills and explore options for their futures. These program will offer valuable skills for youth on their path to adulthood.
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Sports, Health & Fitness
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Activities that support increased physical activity, knowledge of healthy lifestyle practices and attainment of new skills in sports.
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PROMISING PRACTICES SHOWCASE: 2008
Celebrating Through Quilting
Boys & Girls Clubs of Newark
First Avenue Elementary School
Newark, New Jersey
Practice Description:
Students at the First Avenue Elementary School afterschool program engage in quilting as a story-telling activity in celebration of various holidays and events. Quilting invites young people to develop and appreciate the visual arts in a unique way and offers an avenue for the larger community to take part in a youth project. Staff members created a sample quilt to introduce and promote the partnership between The Boys & Girls Clubs of Newark and New Jersey After 3 to program parents, Club members, school and program staff, and the overall community. Since the project’s inception, students have completed quilts around themes such as: Many Hands Coming Together to Make a Quilt, Class Family Tree, Celebrating Our First Year, and One Hundred Day. All of these quilts are proudly displayed in the school building. |
