Fountain YMCA Teen Center V ol u me
Inside This Issue
Short Story By Sierra Barrow
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Thank You Chieko
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Drawing by Brittany Murray
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Because of the YMCA...
1,
I s su e
We will be open!
Summer Activities:
Date:
pools, City Rock,
Days:
Space Foundation)
Monday—Thursday 10:00a.m.—3:00p.m.
Teressa Johnson
fees for field trips
21st Century Program Director
Welte Education Center 330 Lyckman Dr Fountain, CO 80817
were worth
Educational and
“It was a fun filled
fun clubs (music,
adventure. Filled with laughs and acceptance.”
Outdoor games
- Dani Osborne
Career building
“Positive influences,
day or $110 a month
*There may be extra
Plus the activities
- Jacob Hiser
engineering, etc.)
Non-Member: $10 a
during the summer.
opportunities
Students!
Questions, Comments, Ideas?
the positive influence
attending.”
writing,
day or $80 a month
ppymca.org
“It was nice to have
Volunteer
FREE to Welte YMCA Member: $7 a
719.382.1562
Field trips (Local
June 2nd—July 24th
Price:
Teressa.johnson@ppymca.org
SUMMER
WE ARE OPEN THIS SUMMER
Time:
3
3
opportunities
had fun and a lot of
Positive role
- Melissa Hiser
laughs.”
models
Why is it important for my child to attend summer programming? Studies show that most students lose about two months of grade level equivalency in math computation skills over the summer months. Low -income students also lose more than two months of reading achievement (Cooper, 1996).
More than half of the
Parents consistently cite
achievement gap between
summer as the most
lower- and higher-income
difficult time to ensure
youth can be explained by
that their children have
unequal access to summer
productive things to do
learning opportunities. As
(Duffett et al, 2004).
a result, low-income youth are less likely to graduate from high school or enter college (Alexander et al, 2007).
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Camp Shady Brook Volunteer Experience 2014
Short Story By Sierra Barrow I walk tiredly into the kitchen of my new house, I yawn and stretch my arms then look around. I grab a bowl, poor cereal and milk in it. As I eat my sister comes in the room cheery as always. I often wonder how she’s always happy even in the mornings when I can barely open my eyes. “Hey good morning” she says cheery . “Hi Rachel it is too early,” I say about ready to fall asleep on the table. “Oh you don’t mean that,” she says “anyways I am going to the mall today, think you can handle staying here alone?” I look at her about ready to be sarcastic but decided against it, “I am sure I can, being 15 and
all”. “Ok great, mom and dad aren’t here, you should know that,” she said. “Actually I did not know, tell me again where they are.” “They went on vacation! Silly.” She says grabbing her keys and her purse the she headed out the door. Before she leaves she looks at me and smiles. “Oh and you can’t stay in your pajamas all day we have somewhere to be today” she says closing the door. “ugh,” I think and headed up to my room to get dressed. “Why do I have to go somewhere today it’s meh lazy day,” I think aloud. I put on a lime green tank top and black skinny jeans. I brush my hair, jump on my bed, grab my iPod and listen to music. It was very peaceful until I heard a loud crashing sound downstairs. I jump out
of bed and pull out my headphones. I try to stay calm, although I am silently freaking out. “Ok calm down, maybe it was just your mind playing tricks on you.” Then another loud crash came from downstairs. “Ok maybe less imaginary than I thought.” I slowly make my way downstairs taking deep breaths. I reach the end, I look around the wall and I see someone. A boy, “crap” I think, “what do I do now!” I take another look at the boy. He had brown hair and was wearing a blue shirt and jeans. I try to calm down, my breathing deepened, I was terrified. I had no clue what to do, call 911 but my phone was upstairs. I take the first step up the stairs but it made a loud squeak. I slowly turn around and I am facing the boy who is staring right at me.
A Special Thank You Yoga with Chieko
Fo unt ain
At the Fountain YMCA
February of this year.
after a long day, and
Teen Center, every
Each and every class
learn healthy ways to
other week we are able
has proven to be a
cope with daily stress or
to offer yoga
positive aspect to
anger. Yoga will
for our teen
everyone's day. It is
continue through
participants.
empowering and
summer and next school
This would not
inspiring to have an
year. Take a look at our
be possible
instructor with such
Teen Center calendars
without our
passion and knowledge
for scheduled yoga
dedicated
of the practice. Each
sessions.
volunteer,
class holds the ability for
Chieko. She
the teens to feel
began yoga
liberated, have the
with us in
opportunity to relax
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If you are interested in volunteering at the YMCA Teen Center, please contact Teressa Johnson @ 719.382.1562
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Drawing by Brittany Murray
Grossology Club Johnathon Harbaugh
Congratulations To Our 2014 Graduates! Because of the YMCA Teen Center… “I have become more responsible and now I have life long goals.” - Melissa Hiser, Welte Education Center Graduate
Art Club Nicholas Williams
“I have a place to go after school, keeps me out of trouble and keeps me busy, so I don’t get into the stuff I was in before I had something to do.” - Brittany Murray, Welte Education Center “The Teen Center has made an impact on my life by helping me make a resume and get a job.” - Jacob Hiser, Welte Education Center “It has given me a place to go when I really need it. Not to mention giving me a head start on my future with college and such! I’ve had so much fun! - Faith Bourbeau, Welte Education Center
Welte Education Center Update, 2014-2015 All returning Welte Education Center students will need to complete an online registration for the 2014-2015 school year. For your convenience, the Welte Education Center will hold open registration days (in our computer lab) on Tuesday, July 29th and Wednesday, July 30th for those who are unable to register online. You will need an Infinite Campus Parent Portal account in order to register. We will be available to assist you in setting up a portal account until June 3rd or you may do it during registration. Fo unt ain
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