Safe and Smart: Making After-School Hours Work for Kids - June 1998

A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Communities Meeting the Need for
After-School Activities


Bailey Gatzert Elementary School,
Extended Day and Saturday Academy
Seattle, Washington
Contact: Pat Sander, 206-726-6720

The Extended Day and Saturday Academy at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School, a Title I school, offers voluntary enrichment activities in reading and math to students identified as achieving below age- or grade-appropriate levels based on standardized test scores or classroom teacher observation. The program is primarily for students in grades 2-5, but some kindergartners and first-grade students participate.

Bailey Gatzert offers extended day tutoring activities to about 50 students from 3:20 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., three days a week. A corps of certified teachers and volunteers--college students fulfilling course work requirements, high school students, and stockbrokers who have adopted the school--provide students with one-on-one tutoring daily. On one other afternoon, students participate from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in community-sponsored activities, such as a kids' cooking team, literacy group, and Campfire Boys and Girls.

On Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., about 50-60 children and parents join an enrichment program with activities such as reading, computer lab and library, and science, cooking, and language arts. In addition, the school hosts a schoolwide dinner one night a month, where 150-200 parents, guardians, teachers, students, and community members participate in educational games and learn about proper nutrition.
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