After School Academy
Nurture. Educate. Inspire!
![Students in classroom](https://www.esfdreamcamp.org/site_content/site_assets/images/kids-in-classroom.jpg)
ESF Dream Camp’s After School Academy (ASA) is much more than after-school care – it’s holistic enrichment and long-term mentor support for the students who need it most. By sixth grade, children without access to out-of-school time (OST) programs have spent an average of 6,000 fewer hours learning than their middle-class peers, a gap that is extremely difficult to recover (source: ExpandED Schools).
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For our youngest students, ASA offers a safe home base during the critical hours between 3:00 and 5:00pm. Our scholars gain confidence and life skills while engaging in a wide range of experiences, and they have fun doing it! For elementary school students, ASA offers:
- 1:6 mentor-to-student ratio
- Homework support
- Music and movement classes
- Sports, like soccer and martial arts
- Painting, drawing, and sculpture
- STEM activities in topics like marine biology and engineering
- Community service projects
- Theme weeks, “challenge” events, and awards
Our highly-qualified, caring mentors support their students every step of the way. And since we know that deep, transformational student-teacher bonds take time to build, we welcome our scholars back to ASA every year, automatically, until they graduate from high school.
![Student working on a project](/site_content/site_assets/images/trinity_asa_content1.jpg)
![Students playing with a parachute](/site_content/site_assets/images/trinity_asa_content2.jpg)
As our students grow, ASA engages scholars with evening and weekend workshops. Our middle- and high-school scholars enjoy activities like:
- Check-ins with mentors who know them well and are invested in their success
- Workshops on topics like conflict resolution, financial literacy, cooking and more
- Social opportunities, like our annual overnight camping trip, reunions and more!