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Power Scholars Academy™ is a partnership between the YMCA and BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life). BELL is a national nonprofit which aims to address the achievement gap, created by summer learning loss, by providing scholars with educational and enriching summer experiences. The program is currently offered at Pfeiffer Burleigh Elementary School, our local community partner. The Power Scholars program is 6-weeks long, running from the end of June through the beginning of August, and is offered at no expense to participating scholars.

Program Details

Through Regular attendance and participation in our Power Scholars Academy program, Scholars can make exceptional learning gains in math and literacy while receiving the benefits of social emotional learning opportunities. This program utilizes Growth Mindset to help build students up academically and emotionally by providing them with a way to see problems or mistakes as learning opportunities and preparing them to set their best foot forward at the start of the school year.

Help us fund future scholars by making a contribution today! The program runs at no cost to our Scholars who attend but, to continue this we need your help to make it possible! The cost of attendance for a single scholar to attend the program is $1,000 and we couldn’t do it without the support of the local community and our dedicated partners. Consider giving a gift to the Power Scholars Academy program.
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The Power Scholars Academy program delivers 5.5 hours of academic and social enrichment ­­with a 1 hour lunch Monday through Thursdays with Fieldtrips taking place on Fridays

Breakdown of a Typical Day at Power Scholars Academy

  • Breakfast & Community Time: Scholars eat breakfast and then participate in team-building activities
  • Literacy Instruction: Scholars receive 90-minutes of literacy instruction from certified teachers
  • Math Instruction: Scholars receive 90-minutes of math instruction from certified teachers
  • Lunch
  • Enrichment Courses: Foster critical skills like teamwork and leadership while building self-confidence and exposing scholars to new subjects, opportunities, and career paths

Field trips: Scholars participate in fieldtrips that support scholar learning at the end of each week

Grades Served: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades served

Dates: To be determined for Summer 2021

Hours: 8:30 am to 3:00 pm

  • Regular attendance throughout the program is expected and required

Cost: FREE! The cost of $1,000 per scholar is funded through grants, contributions, and in-kind support.

Location: Pfeiffer Burleigh Elementary School

Staff: Trained, certified teachers and professionals will be teaching the program with a 2:24 staff to scholar ratio for all program activities.

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For more information please feel free to call Megan Blish at (814)-449-0832, or use the form below.

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