After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program
Currently, LECS offers after school enrichment through the After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program and our campus tutoring services. After school enrichment and tutoring is a large component of the strategy developed to promote student improvement in specific areas.
Eligibility
The ASES After school Program is currently available to any and all fourth – ninth grade students who are currently enrolled at Lifeline Education Charter School. There is no cost to attend the ASES After School Program. For information on enrollment, see the Coordinator at your school site.
Schedule
The program begins on the first day of school and ends on the last day of school. Students attend the after-school program from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily, except on Wednesdays when the program will run from 12:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Academic Enrichment: In addition to receiving tutorial opportunities by LECS classroom teachers, students who are enrolled in the ASES Program also receive supplemental instruction in one or more of the core academic subjects (reading/language arts, mathematics, history, and social studies, or science). Each lesson is designed to reinforce previously introduced skills.
- Project Based Enrichment: Students are exposed to teaching that active, collaborative, and meaning full through long-term group projects aimed at building self-esteem through cooperative groups. Each project is intended to offer students an opportunity to expand their knowledge on a specified topic through visual and performing arts. At the conclusion of each five to seven week thematic unit, students will have an opportunity to showcase their newly found skills to district officials, parents, guardians and community members through a school-wide student showcase.
- Homework Assistance: Children will have an opportunity to start/complete assigned homework in accordance with LECS grade level guidelines on appropriate homework time increments. The after-school program does not guarantee that all homework will be completed.
Over the past four years, we have seen significant improvement in our students’ performance on state standardized testing including assessments administered through the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) and Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). LECS administrators greatly contribute performance improvement to the many intensive intervention methods LECS currently employs.
The After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program is the result of the 2002 voter-approved initiative, Proposition 49. This proposition amended California Education Code (EC) Section 8482 to expand and rename the former Before and After School Learning and Safe Neighborhood Partnerships Program. The ASES Program funds the establishment of local after school education and enrichment programs. These programs are created through partnerships between schools and local community resources to provide literacy, academic enrichment and safe constructive alternatives for students in transitional kindergarten through ninth grade (K–9). Funding is designed to: (1) maintain existing before and after school program funding; and (2) provide eligibility to all elementary and middle schools that submit quality applications throughout California. The current funding level for the ASES program is $600 million.
The purpose of the ASES Program is to create incentives for establishing locally-driven expanded learning programs, including after school programs that partner with public schools and communities to provide academic and literacy support, and safe, constructive alternatives for youth. The ASES Program involves collaboration among parents, youth, and representatives from schools, governmental agencies, individuals from community-based organizations, and the private sector.