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Student Enrichment
Student enrichment programs help local school districts expand the opportunities students have to interact with peers and learn experientially outside of the classroom.
Current enrichment programs include:
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Contact: Abby Peklo, Director of Grants & Special Programs
860.567.0863 x 1166 | Email
Regional Student Health & Medical Internship Program
In our nationally recognized School-to-Career program, high school students have the opportunity to participate in medical and healthcare internships that are designed to explore medical career choices and develop the skills necessary to succeed in the healthcare industry of the 21st century workplace.
Contact: Karen Moore, Regional Internship Program Manager
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After School Outdoor Learning Adventures
After School Outdoor Learning Adventures (ASOLA) is an exciting enrichment program for students in grades 1-5 from Hartford, Bristol, Plymouth, and Thomaston. The program takes place Thursday afternoons from 3:30 to 5:30 at Indian Rock Nature Preserve in Bristol. There are two separate sessions, one in fall and one in spring. Registration forms are available from program teachers at each participating school.
At the program, students enjoy fun environmental science activities. ASOLA provides students a safe, fun outdoor learning environment where students meet new friends and play games with the support of caring teachers and environmental educators.
Watershed STEM with 21st Century CCLC Partners
With funding from U.S. Department of Education, NOAA, NAAEE, and National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, EdAdvance partnered with Waterbury and Ansonia 21st CCLC sites to offer outdoor experiential watershed STEM afterschool student programs. WoW! and School Grounds to Sound encouraged students to explore their watersheds and more deeply understand the connections between their local inland communities and Connecticut’s coast at Long Island Sound. They learned about human impacts on climate change and how daily choices and actions can benefit the environment.
School Grounds to Sound (SGS)
School Grounds to Sound (SGS) is an engaging, place-based learner-centered academic enrichment program designed to increase watershed STEM skills and support Meaningful Watershed Environmental Education (MWEEs) for 90 diverse K-3 students in three 21st CCLC sites in Bristol, Connecticut. Students meet once a week after school at Indian Rock Nature Preserve in Bristol.
The project demonstrates for young learnes how trash travels through watersheds. Students engage in a local stewardship project called Bristol TerraCycle Brigade where they collect snack wrappers at home and school for recycling, encouraging everyday behavior changes that positively impact the environment.