Our mission is to help children from low-income families acquire the necessary skills in academics and social interaction to move successfully through grades K-12 and into adulthood. We do this by providing after school and summer programs which emphasize literacy and community involvement and use the talents of teachers, volunteer tutors, adult caregivers and a variety of local support services.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Calling All Goblins & Fairies, Volunteers & Writing Enthusiasts


Halloween Is Sneaking Up!
We sent out a request and many of your have responded! With over 15 costumes gathered over the past weeks we are anxiously looking forward with expectation for more costumes to come our way...

We continue to ask each of you to consider donating a costume (or two) for a student served at GECRC! With 65 students ranging between Kindergarten and 8th grade we are in need of many more costumes to fit all students, both tall and short, boys and girls, pirates and princesses, bugs and batmans! Costumes for student grades 4-5 are in the highest demand at this time.

P.S. We hear that Goodwill & Salvation Army have brand new costumes for sale at a significantly reduced price!

Please help us make this tradition a possibility by donating new or gently used costumes to GECRC. Donations may be dropped off at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School between 2:30-6:15pm, Monday - Friday.


Volunteer Training
Have you ever wondered what more you could do with the students at GECRC? We've all been there. It's 5:00pm and the students you're paired with have completed their homework, read and walked through the book with you, played an Everyday Math game and are asking the big question - "what's next?".

Wonder no longer! On October 29th from 6:10-7:10pm we will be holding a Volunteer Training to go over the various tools utilized at GECRC each and every day. Our hope is that through this training we will empower each of you to utilize the teaching tools we have in place to make the best of your and the student's time each afternoon.

Topics will include:
1. Taking a tour of the teaching manipulatives GECRC uses each day
2. Reviewing our new assessment tool which gives great suggestions of games to play and areas in which each student needs to grow
3. Walking through the GECRC Student Reading and Writing Notebook

We truly hope you will consider joining us this evening as we learn together how to better serve the students at GECRC. Snacks will be provided! Please RSVP by Oct. 27th with Jessica Rozga.


International Night
Come and celebrate the varied and diverse culture represented by the families of our community. Over 15 students from GECRC will be participating in Lincoln School's 4th International Night from 7:00-8:30pm on Friday, October 23rd.

The event will provide an opportunity to share the rich cultural heritage of Lincoln School's children and parents. Plan on viewing cultural artifacts and native costumes as well as sampling traditional foods or doing a craft from the many countries represented by families within Lincoln School.


Just Because I Cannot See It, Doesn’t Mean I Can’t Believe It!
Dates: October 14th, 19th, 21st, and 26th
Details: If you would love to help children get their fantastic imagination out of their mind and into the eyes of others, this may be the workshop for you. Using Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas as inspiration, you will get the chance to help students create thier very own Halloween town. Whether your imagination is scary, terrifying, or bone-chilling, you can help our students through the basics of city creation and construction so that they too can be a King or Queen of Halloween!
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