Our Goals

• Provide low-income, at-risk children with the opportunity to enhance academic and life skills through high-quality out-of-school programming.
• Give priority in enrollment (75%) to children determined to be academically at-risk or whose families qualify for free and reduced lunches.
• Bring together educational institutions, businesses, agencies, and community members to aid in the governance, implementation, and evaluation of the Kids on Campus programs.
• Provide transportation for all students who need it.
• Create and implement a multidisciplinary and multicultural curriculum.
• Maintain or increase students’ mastery of concepts taught in reading and mathematics.
• Serve as a model program that will encourage and challenge other communities to develop partnerships to provide services for economically disadvantaged children.
• Continue expanding educational experiences to families, schools, and communities.
• Provide nutritious meals and snacks to all participants.
• Demonstrate healthy approaches to resolving conflicts, solving problems and making decisions.
• Ensure a safe environment for the program.
• Secure the necessary funding to make Kids on Campus programming available to all at-risk children and families.