Students shine in 21st Century Program

21st Century Community Learning Centers Director Brent Cummings and site coordinators Ruben Hernandez (Blue Ridge), William Hammond (Garrison), Martin Fortney (Pioneer), Andrew Sayers (Wa-Hi), and Jeremy Gradwohl (Lincoln) provided a progress report to the school board Tuesday night.

This program supports the creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. Students are often involved in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math activities. Students are making music, working with computers, racing BMX bikes and more.

Other highlights this year include a visit from TV celebrity Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson to share his Cosmos science presentation. Also, 75 students came together to celebrate Lights On After School 2014 with a simultaneous weather balloon launch. Cummings was also named a national program ambassador.

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Lincoln High School students in the 21st Century after school program formed a choir this fall.

They performed a song Tuesday night for school board members.