After School Tutoring & Mentoring
ZONA SECA, Inc.
Working to Make Our Community a Safer Place for Everyone
Developed in accordance with Santa Barbara County Health Care Services and the Healthy Start Programs, and serving a target population of high risk, 5th and 6th grade, Latino youth living within South Santa Barbara County, the After School Tutoring & Mentoring Program is an after-school prevention initiative at four elementary schools operating five days per week from 2:30 to 5:00 P.M. This program is designed to provide prevention education to high risk 5th and 6th grade students. The program includes
Parenting Seminars
as a part of the total prevention effort. As a subsidiary of the SANTA BARBARA COMMUNITY PREVENTION COALITION, the After School Tutoring & Mentoring Program reflects the goals of the Coalition:
To bring together various prevention efforts
To strengthen the whole family through a variety of regular, direct services
To support student development
To get parents involved.
The above goals are truly what the Coalition does best for our community. As a cooperative partner in the Coalition, the After School Program is unique in providing a successful and COMPREHENSIVE program delivered at four neighborhood schools that:
Provides students with a safe place after school
Promotes academic achievement
Develops a child's creativity and sense of identity
Promotes social responsibility
Helps children deal with feelings
Helps children learn how to constructively handle conflict
Brings parents together with others for mutual support
Provides linkage with existing community resources and educational opportunities
Provides individualized case management for families
Promotes school-parent connection
Develops parenting skills, and
Promotes parent leadership
Demonstrates its own cost effectiveness
Enriches the community!
After School Program
Parenting Seminars
Smart Racquets
Spanish Language Radio
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