Beginning in June, Project Discover offers a 6-week summer program. Mornings are spent building academic skills through fun, hands-on activities. In the afternoons, we offer cultural enrichment activities, as well as sports and recreation. A school bus picks up students at their local Boys & Girls Club in the morning and drops them off in the afternoon.
Curriculum
Each summer we focus on one overall Theme - Journeys, Patterns, Transformations, or Systems - to help students develop skills in:
• Language arts
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies
• Computers
Project Discover's curriculum uses a creative, hands-on, experiential approach. Classroom activities include:
• making maps
• analyzing novels
• constructing timelines
• designing and building model inventions
• drawing self-portraits
• debating community issues
• reading and writing poetry
• learning to use computers
Applications for Children's Enrollment
Members are selected to participate in the program based on income, a teacher's recommendation and good grade level standing. Each Project Discover classroom of approximately 20 students has a team of three teachers, including two Co-Teachers and an apprentice teacher.
Once your child is invited to participate in Project Discover, she/he may return without reapplying until she/he has completed 6th grade.
Please contact the Project Discover office at 415.445.5490 or email ofernandez@kidsclub.org to receive an application for the summer program. Here is what parents have to say about Project Discover:
"Project Discover has opened up some wonderful doors for our son. His enthusiasm from the Project Discover summer program has carried over into the school year. I appreciate the year-round support our family receives from this program."
"Project Discover gave my daughter a chance to find her creative outlets and desire to learn."
"My son could not stop talking about the staff and the fun he had during the summer. The staff is enjoyable, responsible, and knowledgeable. Everyone has fun and learns at Project Discover. Even I enjoy the outings and learn from them."
"My child got a chance to express her own ideas. She got to use her own imagination. My child was excited by learning."
"My son benefited from being in a truly multicultural environment."
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