Student-Age Programs

Since 1971, the After School and Summer Enrichment Program has provided after school activities to community youth. Since 2001 we have collaborated with the Isla Vista After School Education & Safety Program (ASES) funded through the CA Department of Education. Subsequently we have doubled the number of children served after school and increased the quality and quantity of services to children. The program is used primarily by working and/or student parents who depend on this affordable program as a daily after school arrangement.

The After School and Summer Enrichment Program offers a variety of activities and enrichment clubs, supervised recreation, sports, arts and crafts, field trips, cooking projects and nutritional snacks for a $45 monthly fee per child. A wide variety of interest clubs were offered: the environment, drama, music, art, marble shooting, sports, literacy, science, knitting, sign language, airplanes, math games, painting, jewelry making and anti-tobacco.

The program is held on site at Isla Vista Elementary School and is open during the school year from 2:30 to 6:00pm, and during the summer months from 1:00pm to 5:30pm. Daily homework assistance and reading time are mandatory activities for all children attending the program. Tutoring is provided to those children who need extra assistance completing their schoolwork. 83% of the children enrolled in the program received a satisfactory grade or higher in homework on their report card.

The Extended Summer Program was created in 1985 in response to community need for full-day summer programming for working and/or student parents. Open from 7:30 - 1:00, it is designed to link with the year-round afternoon Enrichment Program, thereby extending programming during the summer months from 7:30 - 5:30. The longer day allows for more field trips out into the community as well as weekly swim times at UCSB.