Happy New Year from Kids’ Club! It has been an absolute blast being back at Barnesville and working with our amazing young people again. A robust crew of regular attendees, as well as our many occasional visitors, has enjoyed an excellent year thus far; the New Year brings some changes, but looks to be just as exciting and productive for our clubbers.
The biggest change coming to Kids’ Club will be the departure of Ms. Amanda Womack, who will be transferring to the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. Her commute to Kids' Club would have been a killer, especially with all that snow they get up there! She will be greatly missed! In the coming weeks, I will introduce you to the people that will be following in her footsteps, but today I just wanted to wish Amanda all the best at school!
In addition, a few minor changes will also be seen for 2011. The first of those changes will be the need to sign the students out of Kids’ Club as they are picked up. This should not be too onerous; just a quick initialing on our daily attendance sheet will suffice. Another addition for the New Year will be several themed days in Kids’ Club throughout the year. Falling on different days of the week to include as many of our regulars as possible, the days will include special snacks and activities for the students. The first of these days will come towards the end of the month as we say goodbye to Amanda with a celebration to include some New York style pizza and fun activities inspired by her move to New York for school!
Lastly, I suppose this article will serve as a bit of a change for the New Year. I hope to bring you regular updates of life after school during 2011 in BITS and Tidbits. Thanks for all of your support in 2010 and here’s to a marvelous 2011!
~James Robertson, Director of Kids' Club