Welcome to Dana Elementary Before School Program and Bright Futures!
Before School Program:
Dana Before School Program is an enrichment program that provides free before school care for children, which is funded by an A.S.E.S. (After School Enrichment and Safety) state grant as well as the ELOP grant. Care is available as early as 7:00am. Enrolled students MUST participate half the length of the program, 5 days per week to remain part of the program.
Bright Futures:
Dana Bright Futures is an enrichment program which is funded by an A.S.E.S. (After School Enrichment and Safety) state grant; the goal is to create a safe and structured environment where engaged students thrive academically and socially through extra-curricular activities. We are dedicated to empowering students while fostering a community that embraces enrichment, learning, and growth. A healthy snack will be provided to each student while at Bright Futures. It is the intention of the grant to have students participate from 3:35pm (2:03pm for TK and Kinder) when school ends until 6:35pm, to get the full advantage of the after-school program. Enrolled students MUST participate half the length of the program, 5 days per week in order to remain part of the program. As with previous years, there is no fee to participate in this program.
Homework Policy:
The Bright Futures program provides its students with a safe, productive, and academically based environment for its students to work on their regular school assigned work. The Bright Futures staff offers assistance to our students; however, it is not the responsibility of the Bright Futures staff to provide one-on-one private homework tutoring to our students. It is the responsibility of the parents to check, correct, and complete their students assigned work. During homework hour, the staff’s primary goal is to establish a productive atmosphere for the students, not to provide instruction. Please be advised that it is the parent's responsibility to send the student to the program with their assigned homework and necessary school supplies needed to complete their work. Should you decide that your student should complete his/her homework at home, you will need to provide an alternative task that will keep the student busy without distracting his/her peers.
*Bright Futures is an academic based program that is NOT meant to be an after-school daycare program.
Tina Strait is the Bright Futures Secretary
*Please do not assume that your student is enrolled in the programs
until you verify his/her enrollment with the Bright Futures Academic Liaison*
**For questions/concerns, please send an email to [email protected]**