Education
Education

CB&GCW's Education programs reinforce and enhance the knowledge and skills that Club members are learning and developing in school. Each age group picks a weekly topic and explores it in depth through a variety of methods that include: conducting experiments, watching documentaries, and online and textbook research. In order to help Teens focus on their futures, CB&GCW also offers SAT Prep and Career Assessments. The Education Program includes:

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Power Hour

Power Hour is a daily hour-long homework assistance program for each age group.  It's designed to raise the academic proficiency of Club members by partnering them with staff and volunteer tutors.  Cadets, Juniors, and Teens all have a positive environment, free of distractions, for them to complete homework.  This program improves literacy, math, and science skills, ensuring that members are ready and prepared for school the next day.  We also participate in the "PAWs for Reading" program, which gives our members access to a "canine classmate," or dogs trained to act as literary mentors to encourage kids to read.

Power Hour Schedule
Mondays-Thursdays:  Cadets 3-4pm, Juniors 4-5pm, Teens 3:30-4:15pm

Club Tech's Skill Tech Programs

Through the support of founding partner Microsoft and Best Buy Children’s Foundation, CB&GCW offers the Skill Tech: Basic Training and Skill Tech II programs to members of all ages and technical abilities. In Skill Tech: Basic Training members learn how to use various Microsoft software programs, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher and Digital Image Pro through animated lessons and instructor-led group activities. Skill Tech II features three modules for beginner, intermediate and advanced skill levels. Participants learn about hardware identification and installation, networking and technology-related careers. The Skill Tech programs, available at http://myclubmylife.com/, are a part of Club Tech’s mission to prepare America’s youth for success in school and the 21st Century workforce.  

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Club Tech Schedule
Mondays-Thursdays:  Cadets 4-5pm
Mondays & Wednesdays:  Juniors 5:30-6pm
Mondays:  Teens 6-7pm

CareerLaunch
CareerLaunchTM is a career exploration and mentoring program for teens ages 13-18. This program includes the CareerLaunch Web site that allows teens to take an interest survey, explore careers, identify training or college requirements, seek out financial aid and play skills-building games. There's also an easy-to-use Career Exploration Quick Reference Guide with a broad range of career planning and job skills activities that Club staff or volunteers can use with teens. The CareerLaunch Portfolio contains a Teen Tips booklet with helpful interviewing and on-the-spot job tips.

Money Matters: Make It Count
Created with the Charles Schwab Foundation, this financial literacy program was designed specifically to help teens (ages 13 to 18) expand their knowledge of money management and learn the skills that lead to financial independence and well-being. The Money Matters: Make It Count program consists of five components: Teen Personal Finance Guide, Program Facilitator's Guide, Money Matters Web site, Schwab eEmployee Volunteer Program and the Money Matters Awards. Via the volunteer component, Schwab employees can pass financial expertise to Club teens through their volunteer involvement. 

NetSmartz
NetSmartz teaches Internet safety skills through engaging multimedia activities and offline interaction with Club professionals in three age-appropriate modules: Clicky's Web World (for ages 6 to 7); NetSmartz Rules (for ages 8 to 12); and I-360 (for ages 13 to 18). Topics include personal safety, shopping safety and ethical use of the Internet. To learn more, youth ages 12 and younger can go directly to http://www.netsmartzkids.org/; while teens, parents and Club staff can learn about Internet safety at http://www.netsmartz.org/. BGCA collaborated with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to develop NetSmartz.

Clubs At the Club
Clubs at the Club is a program offered on Fridays, and is specifically designed to bring in events and take members on field trips.  This program allows members to be involved in Art Club, Media Club, Sports Club and Science Club.  Each club lasts 6 Fridays, and then members switch to a different club.  Clubs @ The Club enhances community involvement by bringing organizations in the Club, or taking the club to them!  Make sure to check the Club Calendar to see what we're up to this week!