Services
Bright Futures offers free after-school and full day summer programming to youth in kindergarten through 5th grade who live or attend school in North Minneapolis.
Summer Program Services
Summer scholars experience a fast-paced, full day learning environment mixed with academic and enrichment activities, including:
- An academic focus on preventing summer slide. (Summer slide is a term that describes loss of achievement gains made in the previous school year.)
- A variety of active hands-on, creative activities like dance, yoga, art, and tennis.
- A field trip every Friday.
- Breakfast and lunch daily.
Here’s an example of our daily summer schedule:
9:15 |
Good Morning Check-in |
9:30 |
Academic enrichment activities in math and reading |
10:00 |
Second Step: Scholars build social-emotional skills like nurturing positive relationships, managing emotions, and setting goals. |
10:30 |
Instructional reading games |
11:00 |
Skills for Life: Scholars learn how to save and manage money, how to start a business, and how to engage in and support their communities. |
11:30 |
Physically fun activities |
12:00 |
Lunch |
1:00 |
Club Time: Art enrichment, STEM, Nature, Gardening/Plant Science, and Lego Robotics |
3:00 |
Program closes for the day. |
Note: |
Morning time learning also includes lessons in the life cycle of butterflies, healthy living, mindfulness, and meditation. |
Special:
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“Fun Field Trip Fridays” include adventures at the Minnesota Zoo, the Science Museum, Como Park Pool, Maple Grove Central Park, The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Skateville, a Monday trip to the farm, and a Friday movie at the Capri. |
School Year Program Services
- Academic enrichment activities including independent reading, literacy and math, led by our experienced youth workers who use a variety of group teaching methods ranging from youth worker-created lessons, to electronic learning through iPads, computers, and SMARTboards.
- Cool club activities. Students choose from a variety of clubs throughout the year that introduce them to STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), arts and crafts, dance, theater, music, and much more.
- Daily “Super Snack” meals.
- Supervised homework and quiet reading time.
Here’s the school-year daily schedule:
- 2:30-3:00—Arrival and Snack Time
- 3:00-3:30—Block #1: Homework and Quiet Reading Time
- 3:30-4:00—Block #2: Academic Enrichment
- 4:00-4:45—Block #3: Clubs
- 4:45-5:00—Departure Time