Welcome to St. Andrew's After School! We are an after-school program of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church that meets every Wednesday school day from 3:30 to 5:30pm. Our mission and policies are described in the page (link) to your right.
My mission as program director is two-fold: first, to improve your child's achievement at school by supporting their homework accomplishment and helping parents continue that support from home; second, to connect your child to the world out-of-doors.
We hope to be a resource for any difficulties your child has in completing homework and learning from it, and in helping to make homework a regular routine. Your child should have all assignments written down, and checked by us or a parent.
As a child, I sometimes practically lived outdoors, having adventures real and imaginary, building forts, and just lying in the grass with a library book in the abandoned field and woods beside my house. That land has long since been converted to house lots; I remember it fondly and mourn its passing. Today I feel that most children spend little time outside. Their lives are bounded by the walls of their homes, their schools, and perhaps a few stores and a mall. Electonics claim a lot of their attention. Kids are often tightly-scheduled, and parents are less willing to allow their children to roam as freely as I did. Of course, most people in New Bedford don't grow up with such a wonderful place to play so close by.
I cannot change where you live, but I can try to give your child an appreciation of the outdoor world, and the adventures that are possible close to home. After all, the "outdoor world" is enormously bigger and more real and varied than the indoor one! Even an ordinary neighborhood has bird life, plants and squirrels, while interesting clouds drift by overhead. And the moon, stars and planets visible on a clear night are a window into an incredibly vast universe. Appreciating all this takes only knowledge and a little experience, and can often be had for free.
My mission as program director is two-fold: first, to improve your child's achievement at school by supporting their homework accomplishment and helping parents continue that support from home; second, to connect your child to the world out-of-doors.
We hope to be a resource for any difficulties your child has in completing homework and learning from it, and in helping to make homework a regular routine. Your child should have all assignments written down, and checked by us or a parent.
As a child, I sometimes practically lived outdoors, having adventures real and imaginary, building forts, and just lying in the grass with a library book in the abandoned field and woods beside my house. That land has long since been converted to house lots; I remember it fondly and mourn its passing. Today I feel that most children spend little time outside. Their lives are bounded by the walls of their homes, their schools, and perhaps a few stores and a mall. Electonics claim a lot of their attention. Kids are often tightly-scheduled, and parents are less willing to allow their children to roam as freely as I did. Of course, most people in New Bedford don't grow up with such a wonderful place to play so close by.
I cannot change where you live, but I can try to give your child an appreciation of the outdoor world, and the adventures that are possible close to home. After all, the "outdoor world" is enormously bigger and more real and varied than the indoor one! Even an ordinary neighborhood has bird life, plants and squirrels, while interesting clouds drift by overhead. And the moon, stars and planets visible on a clear night are a window into an incredibly vast universe. Appreciating all this takes only knowledge and a little experience, and can often be had for free.
