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March– Enrichment classes offered in 14 schools and centers with 1,100 participants
October– Enrichment classes offered in 13 schools with more than 70 activities and more than 7,000 participants
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September– Pam Sarrett is hired as Community Education director
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August– Karen Schmalzbauer becomes the new director of Community Education.
Fall– 86 Enrichment classes are offered throughout the city and county
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Fall– Volunteer program initiated
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Enrichment classes offered at 24 sites
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Enrichment classes offered at 31 sites
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Summer– A summer program for children initiated
Fall– After-school program began at McNeill Elementary
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Winter– After-school program began at Potter Gray Elementary
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Fall– Youth Volunteerism program initiated
Winter– Rape Crisis Center started; ACTION grant funded latch-key program
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Fall– After-school care expands to four more sites; Youth program serves 565 youth who performed more than 10,000 service hours
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January– Magic Me tutoring program begun at Girls’ Club
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Mayor’s Youth Service Awards
Summer– Super Summer Club offered at two elementary schools
Fall– After-school care expands to a total of seven sites
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Community Education loses its home due to fire and water damage at High Street Community Center
November– Frank Brown is hired as Community Education director
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Summer– Full day, all summer programming offered
Nancy Firkins is hired as the new Community Education director.
Fall– After-school care offered in nine schools serving 350 children
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Summer– Full day, all summer programming served 200 students at two elementary schools
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Service-learning initiated at the Alternative School; after-school care offered in 12 elementary schools
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Youth Activities Program began to serve middle school youth during summer; kindergarten wraparound (K-Care) program served half-day kindergarten students at McNeill Elementary
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K-Care expands to four sites; AmeriCorps VISTA Service Learning program in middle and high schools; after-school care grew to 14 sites with 530 students
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Along with co-sponsor Western Kentucky University Resource and Referral Department of Childcare Services, the first-ever Stand for Children Day is held in Bowling Green-Warren County.
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June– Debi Wade Jordan selected as executive director of Community Education
September– Collaborated with Bowling Green Independent School District to offer two 21st Century Learning Center after-school programs; the total number of after-school programs increased to 15 and one before-school program; 838 children served in all mentioned programs
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Spring– Offered on-line enrichment classes for the first time
August– Offered after-school programs at 16 elementary schools; offered before-school programs at three elementary schools; received state Department of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention grant to offer after-school programming at Bowling Green Junior High School; began after-school program at Moss Middle School; 1,075 children served in all mentioned programs
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Spring- Enrichment classes continue to grow; continued to offer on-line as well as traditional courses serving 667 participants for 2001-2002
Summer- Community Education offered two elementary all-day, all summer Super Summer Clubs and one middle school Youth Activities Program serving about 500 children; returned to offering summer enrichment classes for the first time in several years
August- Added an after-school program at Drakes Creek Middle School; served a total of 1,223 children in all before- and after-school programs at 16 elementary and three middle schools; Community Education employees now number 10 full-time staff members, about 120 part-time staff members, and several enrichment instructors
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May–
- Served 1,270 children and youth in before- and after-school programs
- Awarded service-learning mini-grants to teachers and staff in both school districts
- Provided anti-bullying, service learning, developmental assets, volunteer and volunteer management training. Enrichment classes offered in two long sessions (spring and fall) and two short sessions (winter and summer)
- Along with co-sponsor Bowling Green High School Youth Service Center, the first Summer Activities Fair was held for summer camps/programs for students in K-12th grade
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February– Hosted first adult spelling bee fundraiser – Spellabration – to address decreasing funding and increasing costs for programs.
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October– Purchased property from Dr. Clark Carthrae to build a permanent home for Community Education. The building was designed by Ben Holton of Williams Associates Architects and was constructed by Smith and Smith Contracting.
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November- Hosted ribbon cutting for the new office building at 1227 Westen St.
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Fall– Created Teen Angel, a Christmas assistance program, to meet the needs of teenagers who no longer qualified for assistance through another long-standing program. Partnerships with the BGISD and WCPS’s Youth Services Centers, the Ministerial Association, Vision- a multi-agency Council, and other local agencies were forged to create this program which served 98 teens this first year.
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Fall- Added school-age programming at the newly constructed Jody Richards Elementary School
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Fall- The first-ever Blockbusters at the Ballpark, Community Education’s new fundraiser, is held at the Bowling Green Ballpark (home of the Hot Rods) to replace the long-running Spellabration. The blockbusters shown were “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and the Disney animated movie, “Big Hero 6″.
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Fall- Added school-age programming at the newly constructed Jennings Creek Elementary School. Before-school programs are now in nine schools and after-school programs are now in 19 schools.
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Fall- Debi Wade Jordan retired after more than 19 years as Executive Director. Bill Oldham, long-time Community Education board member and previous Advisory Council member, was hired as the new Executive Director.
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April 15– Celebrated our 50th Anniversary with an Open House reception, a BG Chamber ribbon cutting, and a joint proclamation between the City of Bowling Green and the County of Warren, KY celebrating the milestone.
June 13– Celebrated the 25th Anniversary of Stand for Children Day with a BG Chamber ribbon cutting and a joint proclamation between the City of Bowling Green and the County of Warren, KY celebrating the milestone held at the Club Room of the Bowling Green Ballpark.
June 15- Held the 25th Anniversary of Stand for Children Day at the Bowling Green Ballpark, sponsored by American Bank & Trust, Bowling Green Kiwanis Club, and WellCare. The event was attended and celebrated by 939 people.
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