After School and Weekend Programs
Asthma Swim Program
Asthma Swim, a program of Project Health, is an innovative approach to pediatric asthma. It is an after-school program developed and run by college students under the mentorship of pediatric pulmonologists. The Asthma Swim Program at the Mary Fogarty Elementary School provides education to children with asthma about how to control their asthma and avoid triggers. Two afternoons per week, students from Mary Fogarty participate in afterschool sessions that include swim workouts at the Fox Point Boys & Girls Club; classroom activities and games that promote asthma knowledge; and academic support and enrichment.
Contact
Anna Levine, Campus Coordinator
Project Health
401-867-6604
Anna_Levine@brown.edu
CityBrothers
CityBrothers, a program of Brown's Swearer Center for Public Service, pairs boys from middle schools in Providence and Pawtucket with a volunteer college mentor. The program's focus is around weekly campus visits and special events and activities. In fall 2006, the Swearer Center partnered with the Providence After School Alliance, an initiative of the Mayor's office, to offer the CityBrothers program to students at the Bridgham and Gilbert Stuart middle schools in the West End of Providence. CityBrothers also serves students at Goff Junior High School in Pawtucket.
Contact
Dilania Inoa, Literacy and School Coordinator
Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-1024
Dilania_Inoa@brown.edu
CityGirls
CityGirls, a program of Brown's Swearer Center for Public Service, pairs girls from two Providence middle schools with a volunteer college mentor. The program includes weekly college campus visits and special programming to encourage academic enrichment, leadership, and community service. In fall 2006, the Swearer Center partnered with the Providence After School Alliance, an initiative of the Mayor's office, to offer the CityGirls program to students at the Bridgham and Gilbert Stuart middle schools in the West End of Providence.
Contact
Dilania Inoa, Literacy and School Coordinator
Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-1024
Dilania_Inoa@brown.edu
College Guidance Project
The College Guidance Project works with the guidance offices at Hope and Central to provide increased individual attention to seniors applying to college. Volunteers work closely with guidance counselors to track the progress of college-bound students, offering workshops and individual advising to help them through the process.Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
Community Outreach through the Performing Arts (COPA)
COPA uses the arts to build community through after-school classes at Providence Housing Authority sites. Teams of Brown volunteers teach workshops in creative writing, dance, theater, and the visual arts. With the conviction that effective teaching is an art form, volunteers work as a community of teachers and learners.
Empowering Your Future
Empowering Your Future is a one-day conference for middle school girls and their parents and teachers. The event is co-sponsored by the Center for Advanced Materials Research and the Division of Engineering at Brown. The conference is intended for girls in Grades 8-10 and exposes them to real life applications of math and science in a fun and educational environment. The conference also features special information sessions for parents and accompanying adults, focusing on helping girls with study skills, and on financial aid and other college-preparatory concerns. This is an excellent opportunity for girls and their parents or accompanying adults to find out more about the possibilities that science, math, and engineering offer. Additionally, teachers who attend are able to get new ideas they might use in their own classrooms.
Contact
Heather Johnson, Program Coordinator
Center for Advanced Materials Research
401-863-3607
Heather_Johnson@brown.edu
Flow Radio
Flow Radio provides teenagers with the opportunity to learn about radio broadcasting through the production of a one-hour weekly radio show on issues important to local youth. Participants develop hands-on skills and an understanding of media.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
Girls FitNut
Girls Fitness & Nutrition (FitNut), a program of Project Health, addresses the rising incidence of pediatric obesity in Providence by offering girls at the Roger Williams Middle School a supportive environment in which they develop health knowledge, self-confidence, and healthy lifestyle habits that endure beyond their participation in the program. Weekly after-school program sessions include nutrition education, physical activity, and mentoring. The FitNut program operates at the Roger Williams Middle School and is a member of the Providence After School Alliance.
Contact
Anna Levine, Campus Coordinator, Project Health, 401-867-6604, _@brown.edu
GK-12 Science Education Program
For the past few years, Professor Timothy Herbert has worked with graduate students in Geology on conducting weekly science lessons in two classrooms in the Vartan Gregorian Elementary School. Recently, funding was secured from the National Science Foundation in the form of a GK-12 grant to help this outreach program continue and expand to several other elementary and high schools beginning in July 2007. Brown graduate students from several departments including Geology, Physics, and Engineering will lead classroom and after-school activities in several elementaryand high schools in Providence. The graduate students engage Providence students in hands-on, inquiry based activities designed to increase students' understanding of and interest in science. The NSF funding also supports training and paid summer internships for Providence teachers and students to participate in research projects with Brown graduate students and faculty.
Contact
Karen Haberstroh, Director of Science Education Outreach
401-863-2858
Karen-Marie_Haberstroh@brown.edu
Girls Math and Science Initiative
The Girls Math and Science Initiative offers intensive science education for middle school girls at Sophia Academy. Brown volunteers work weekly with girls in 5th through 8th grade to introduce girls to the physical sciences through experiential and interdisciplinary activities.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
Go Kids!
Go Kids! is an obesity prevention program that works in collaboration with Head Start, utilizing the parent and children curricula of the Children's Aid Society. Through a year-long series of lessons, the program seeks to convey the most crucial aspects of obesity prevention.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
John Hope Mentoring Program
The John Hope Mentoring Program supports children ages 6-12 in the John Hope After School Program. The program focuses on the educational, social, and emotional needs of children through one-on-one relationships with Brown and RISD college students.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
Language Arts Program
The Language Arts Program supports after-school Writing Clubs at Providence elementary schools. The program seeks to help children find joy in writing, recognize their individual talents, and develop tools of expression, initiative, and creativity.
Contact
Dilania Inoa, Literacy and School Coordinator
Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-1024
Dilania_Inoa@brown.edu
Let's Get Ready!
Let's Get Ready! provides free SAT test preparation for 11th and 12th graders at Hope and Central. High school students participate in the program for one semester leading up to the SAT test.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
MET Family Literacy Program
The MET Family Literacy Program, a partnership with the MET School, offers classes two evenings per week to students and parents. Classes include ESOL, GED preparation, computer literacy, and Spanish.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
OLEEP - Outdoor Leadership and Environmental Education Project
OLEEP, a partnership with the MET School, facilitates the development of high school student leadership by connecting experiences in the wilderness and in the city. Through one-on-one mentoring, weekly workshops in the school and community, and camping, backpacking and ropes course trips, the program develops individual awareness and skills as well as a community in which Brown and MET students learn from each other.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
PCEP - Pre College Enrichment Program in Science
PCEP offers 9th and 10th grade students at Hope and Central high schools engaging academic enrichment. Students meet on the Brown campus and work in small mentoring groups to develop relationships throughout the year.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
Project Eye-To-Eye
Project Eye-To-Eye pairs learning disabled Brown students with learning disabled children from the Vartan Gregorian Elementary School. The pairs share experiences, offer academic support and engage in art activities.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
Providence Youth Council
The Providence Youth Council convenes youth leaders on a weekly basis to discuss policy issues and solutions for the city. Council members engage in action-research projects that address specific challenges facing Providence adolescents and their families. The PYC also seeks to develop communication and team-work skills of the Council members, as an investment in their future as leaders. The Council is a partnership with the Office of Mayor Cicilline and the Rhode Island Foundation.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
Rhode Island Debate League
The Rhode Island Debate League sponsors both policy and parliamentary debate programs at area middle and high schools. The League is a partnership with the Open Society Institute, the Rhode Island Foundation, the Providence and Woonsocket Public Schools and the Olneyville Community Schools. Students conduct in-depth research in preparation for competitive debate. Brown students work with high school teachers to coach students in research, public speaking, and creating effective arguments. Participants are encouraged to use their voices as instruments for public action and personal development. Teachers are offered professional development opportunities to use debate in their classrooms.
Contact
Howard Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-2338
Rhode Island Space Grant Science Education Outreach Program
The Rhode Island Space Grant (RISG), a consortium of local colleges and universities based at Brown, works with local K-12 teachers and schools through a variety of science education outreach programs, including the "The Teacher Partnership Program", "Science En Espanol", and the "Hot Topic" workshop. During each of the past two years, RISG Fellows and Scholars from Brown and other local colleges and universities have given over 200 classroom presentations (reaching approximately 6000 children each year) on a variety of science topics to K-12 grades in schools in every community throughout Rhode Island. Economically disadvantaged urban public schools frequently have limited science resources. RISG has set up more formal "partnership" programs with several such elementary, middle and high schools in Providence.
Contact
Dorcas Metcalf, Program Manager
Rhode Island Space Grant
401-863-1151
Dorcas_Metcalf@brown.edu
Write Project
The Write Project offers 5-8th grade girls at Sophia Academy a student-centered, expository writing experience. The program uses small groups and one-on-one interactions to improve students' skills and confidence in writing. The role of the tutor is to listen and provide a safe forum for young writers and translate their ideas into a piece of writing appropriate to the task.
Contact
Dilania Inoa, Literacy and School Coordinator
Swearer Center for Public Service
401-863-1024
Dilani_Inoa@brown.edu