YES

Youth Enrichment Services of Baldwin County
Serving Baldwin County Students in Grades 3 - 12 at Blandy Hills Elementary School,
Eagle Ridge Elementary School, Midway Elementary School, Oak Hill Middle School,
and Baldwin High School

Youth Enrichment Services is a collaborative project of Georgia College & State University, Baldwin County Schools, Baldwin County Parks and Recreation, and local citizens. Its mission is to raise achievement and educational aspirations for students in grades 3-12 as well as their adult family members. YES seeks to raise graduation rates, to nurture and inspire curiosity, and to realize deeper levels of literacy. YES collaborates with students and adults to increase confidence in their abilities to tackle new learning situations. Finally, YES works together to build a whole community that says “yes” to making promises come true. Programming supports elementary, middle and high school students and their adult family members.

YES Provides weekday academic help with bus transportation home. Program activities include:

· homework assistance

· tutorial support

· credit recovery using computer-assisted technology (at BHS)

· small class sizes with a ratio of 1 certified teacher to 8 - 10 students

Schedule: YES is operated Mondays through Fridays with bus transportation provided home. All youth participate in academic and enrichment programming that includes

Science, technology, engineering, and math studies (STEM studies), including building robotics, chess, gardening, science discovery
Creative self-expression, including digital black and white photography, journalism, print and bookmaking, mural art, scrap booking, ceramics, and violin (at Eagle Ridge)
Lifetime recreational activities, including tennis, golf, canoeing aerobics, dance, disc golf, basketball, volleyball, karate
Job club, officiating lessons
Power group, including leadership programs, ropes courses, public achievement courses
College readiness

Enrichment programming is fun and purposeful, and activities are supported by specialists.

Programming for adult family members of participating students: All family members of participating students who are over age 19 and not in school are included in literacy programming, including financial literacy, computer literacy, nutrition and wellness literacy.

The 3 Rs of Afterschool
Rigor, Relevance and Relationships

For more information about the YES Program contact individual Education Coordinators, Blandy Hills Elementary School - Pamela Longino; Eagle Ridge Elementary School - Kathryn Guepet; Midway Elementary School - Elisa Koehler; Oak Hill Middle School - Jan Tharpe; Baldwin High School - Cordell Walker, YES Afterschool Director - Linda Watson-Kaufman; or YES Adult Program Coordinaor - Richard Hartry.

** To search for open positions with the YES of Baldwin County program, click HERE.

At capacity YES will serving 574 students in five Baldwin County Schools: Blandy Hills Elementary School, Eagle Ridge Elementary School, Midway Elementary School, Oak Hill Middle School and Baldwin High School.

What We're Doing in YES in 2009 - 2010

Homework Help
Tutorial Support
Credit Recovery (at BHS)
Character Education
Health and Wellness Programming
Field Trips
Guest Speakers
Enrichment Classes
Bi-Weekly Newsletters

YES is the Place to Be!

Students say "YES" in Baldwin County!

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called “truth.” -- Dan Rather

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