The YMCA of Central Florida and the Boys & Girls Club of Lake & Sumter Counties (BGCLSC) will provide after school enrichment programs to students from five Lake County middle schools for the next five years in partnership with Lake County Schools through grant awards from the Florida Department of Education for 21st Century Community Learning Centers. The centers will open this school year at each of the schools.
The YMCA will offer free services Mondays through Fridays to students from Umatilla, Mount Dora, Tavares and Cecil Gray middle schools on the school campuses. Lake County Schools will provide the transportation and facilities. Students will also receive after-school snacks. The YMCA programs will include summer camps at Mount Dora, Cecil Gray and Umatilla.
Students from Clermont Middle School will be served at the Boys & Girls Club site in Clermont. The BGCLSC will provide transportation to their site daily and also offer after school-snacks.
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative is a key component of the No Child Left Behind Act. Authorized under federal law, the specific purposes of the centers are to:
• Provide opportunities for academic enrichment, including providing tutorial services to help students meet state and local achievement standards in core academic subjects.
• Offer students a broad array of additional services, programs and activities that are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students.
• Offer families of students served by community learning centers opportunities for literacy and related educational development.
For more information about the programs, please contact the school principal.
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