Middle School
After School
This is a fairly young program at Shepherd Community Center; the 2006-2007 school year is its third year running. It consists of 14 seventh and eighth graders from various IPS schools. The program has a long waiting list that unfortunately will only grow longer unless Shepherd Community Center can acquire an additional passenger van or small bus.
Mimi Wacker, the Director of the Program, has made it possible for these 14 bright-eyed students to be part of our Shepherd family by picking most of them up everyday after school and then returning them home safely in the evening once the program as concluded, without this option the students would not have a way to come to the program.
Once all the kids have come together they have dinner, homework time, and an educational/spiritual club such as:
- Step/Dance
- Electronics
- Sports
- Crafts
- Bible Study
They also use a computer based tutoring program, PLATO, to assess where the student is academically in a particular subject and then customizes a tutoring program for the individual child. The middle school students have two college prep days to get them thinking about higher education as an achievable goal.
Summer Day Camp
The summer is full of fun activities for our Middle School Students. A nine week program jammed pack with trips, bible study, educational workshops, and job experience offers a wide variety to make any summer fun. Lunch and an afternoon snack is always provided.
- Kids Across America –an overnight sports camp in Missouri for 8 days
- Educational Overnighter -one week trip with the high school group to a city or state where they can learn about a point of interest hands on, in 2006 they went to Washington DC, Philadelphia, and Gettysburg where they learned about the government, its history, and how it works today.
- Camptown –Wilderness Adventure Group that takes the kids on an overnight camping trip, a day hike and a canoeing trip while teaching them team building and positive character traits.
- Basketball Camp -Ray Tolbert, Past IU basketball star runs this camp for our junior high and high school students. This program is sponsored by East 91st Church.
- 2 college prep workshops with Curtis Adkins as well as 2 college visits
- 4 career exploration visits to local business groups/offices
- 2-3 hours of work each week with a dedicated amount of money being put into a savings account with Kemba Credit Union who than host a budgeting workshop
- 1st Tee offers our students a chance to improve their Golf game
- Swimming once a week
- An Academic Class once a week
- Community Service Activity
For more information on our Middle School Programs, please contact:
Mimi Wacker
Director of Middle School Programs
mimiw@shepherdcommunity.org
