Fire Escape After School Program

Fire Escape is an after school program that takes place in the evening, once a week, and is designed to provide at-risk youth with encouragement and support in the following key areas:  character development, academic achievement, and mentoring relationships.  Our after school program also consists of the Fire Escape Mentoring/tutoring program which is conducted on a weekly basis, with the goals of creating quantifiable improvement in the youth we mentor.

Dozens of youth attend Fire Escape weekly.  During their time in the program they participate in various games, field trips, and positive relationship-building activities, and are also provided with a solid meal and various snacks.  One notable facet of this after-school program is the 'Reading Hour', which focuses on improving children's reading skills by utilizing small group dynamics and encouraging personal interaction between teachers and students.  Once a month Fire Escape conducts an outreach event that draws in a much larger group of kids, and considerable efforts are made to follow-up with these new-comers in order that they might be integrated into the regular, weekly program.