Our programs are offered at no cost to families and provides a positive environment for their children from the time school ends until 6:00pm every day school is in session.

Based on a Pathway approach that begins in kindergarten and continues through high school, the activities we offer are age-appropriate, project-based, and forward-looking. They are designed to expand our students’ awareness of possibilities, provide them with hands-on/minds on learning experiences that engage them in projects of relevance beyond what they may be experiencing in classrooms during the school day, and help them see themselves as capable, confident learners who can excel in a variety of fields. Pathways are vertically aligned across primary and secondary education Common Core State Standards and 21st Century Learning Skills.

Our vision is for all our students to be healthy and fit. We promote healthy behaviors in nutrition and physical activity that encourage students to adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles by embedding healthy practices throughout our program rather than offering them independently. Our Pathway approach promotes nutrition education and physical activity by integrating healthy practices into our Project-Based Learning experiences.

We reinforce what our students are learning during the day school by aligning our approaches with our schools’ goals and priorities. ProYouth supports students’ growth as 21st Century Leaders. Our programs challenge students to become collaborators, critical thinkers, and leaders in their communities. Our focus is on helping our students develop and master these skills through cross-disciplinary experiences that build on their prior knowledge and make learning real, relevant and exciting. Our Project-based Learning approach offers a variety of ways for children to work collaboratively to address and solve real-world problems and create new knowledge on their own. Students have ongoing opportunities to develop and strengthen their communication skills. Our approach to collaboration reinforces this; we structure activities in a way that encourages students to work together and think together. Our Project-based Learning approach builds their capacity to review their assumptions through research and experimentation, link, decisions with consequences, and recognize how things fit together in ways that are either logical and defensible or not. 

• Literacy - The ProYouth Literacy Development Program is a targeted eight-week intervention that supports students in grades one through three who are reading below grade level. Our Literacy Aides administer pre-assessments to determine the child’s strengths and needs. Students are supported through small group intervention where they practice reading out loud, receive coaching, and engage in activities to help build comprehension.