Rocky
Mountain Academy of Evergreen inspires each student to pursue personal
and academic excellence through an intellectually challenging Core
Knowledge™ curriculum within a nurturing environment.
As most parents know, here and throughout the country many of our children
are under performing academically when compared to most other industrialized
nations. Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen has identified a partner
organization, Springboard After School (Springboard). Springboard
is a Core Knowledge after school program that provides students with professional
academic, physical, and creative challenges after school. In partner
schools to date, Springboard has successfully improved academic performance
among its students and has provided a safe environment for kid-friendly
creative, physical, academic and recreational opportunities that enable
students to reach their fullest potential.
SPRINGBOARD
- WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT AFTER SCHOOL TIME
Your children leave school charged with a significant academic workload
and high expectations for using their time productively. Learning does
not stop when the school day ends. This time represents an opportunity
and a risk for students who seek further challenge and for those who
need extra help. It is during this time that kids are expected to complete
homework, prepare for exams, and develop good study habits. Too often,
however, this time is not used efficiently or is lost altogether Ineffective
homework time and disconnected tutoring are no match for the
busy working schedules of parents and distractions such as TV, the Internet,
cell
phones, and video games. Often students simply do not get enough done
after school, or they have questions about the work they've been assigned.
Many kids are frustrated and parents are often stressed as they struggle
to figure out the best way to help.
HOW
SPRINGBOARD WORKS
Each day after school from 3:05 -6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, your
child may participate in a structured academic experience. Springboard’s
professional teachers work directly with your child's teacher to insure
your child's academic success. Our teachers assess how
well prepared your child is to do homework, check homework for accuracy,
and work with your child to ensure homework is understood and completed
on time. Parents receive frequent reports on academic progress and teachers
follow-up with students who need reminders and direction. Students rotate
through blocks for social/emotional development, academics, and recreational
electives. They can attend anywhere from one day a week up to and including
five days a week depending upon your schedule.
Why
do kids want to attend? Because we provide families with what they
need and kids with what they want. The program includes a place for kids to have fun and additional instruction in creative and physical
challenges such as karate, dance, music, and robotics.
You can avoid the long car pool line while your child receives the
individualized academic support that they need and deserve in an
environment that you
can trust and that you know is safe. A Springboard/RMAE partnership
ensures your child is productive after school, and that they
enjoy a unique
opportunity for physical and creative development. Your child will
be ready for school tomorrow and getting ready for life after school.
SPRINGBOARDSCHOOL.COM “Our kids will lead our country and
neither can afford to fall behind the world.”™
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