Family & Children's Programs
CHAP – our Community Homework & After School Program operates in different locations throughout Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. The program follows the school year from October to May and is offered free of charge to students from JK to grade 8.
Click here for more information on the Program and
how to register your child!
Families CAN, a project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, is an early years, home based literacy program aimed at empowering parents as their child’s first and best teachers. It works with families in their homes to provide them with the tools and information they need to give their children their best possible start in life. The name Families CAN refers to the regions (Canada, Akwesasne & New York) in which the project was started. Click here to read more
A new component of our 2009/2010 Community Homework & After-school Program (CHAP) is a youth-produced newsletter.
Click here for the first edition of October 2009. Below are the links to further editions:
CHAP facilitators guide and direct the participant's efforts in a supportive manner. Participants are learning the basics of photography, such as the elements of composition, through lessons in theory, visual examples, and hands-on experience. They are also learning how to write articles in a newsworthy manner. Additionally, methods of newsletter layout are being presented. In an effort to involve families, some of the older students will create print-based activities for younger siblings. The text entry, photo editing, and page layout are performed on re-vamped computers at the Agape CHAP's expanded computer lab.
This is meant to be an exercise in empowerment that calls upon participants to develop new skills and to enhance existing ones. The experience gained is directly applicable to potential future employment and volunteer opportunities.
The program runs concurrent to the CHAP program year, from late September until May. The team at the five-day a week CHAP site located at the Agape Centre will publish the newsletter, with participants from all CHAP sites being encouraged to submit articles and photos.
You can call for information at 613-932-7161.
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