ULMS Childrens University After School

The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle (ULMS) after-school program has evolved into a unique place for elementary age children to attend and receive specialized assistance through Individual Tutor Plans, the 1000 Hours of Reading Promise, selective computer program lessons, and art and humanities courses. This development has been 10 years in challenging and enriching growth. In a safe and nurturing environment, ULMS Children's University provides individual education strategies in sensitive collaboration with schoolteachers and families. Every weekday from 2:30pm to 5:30pm the ULMS Children's University staff, its committed partners and reliable volunteers, exchange vast ideas to enhance programming from a vast world of agencies and organizations. The technical, cultural, and artistic advantages that Children's University seeks and serves are significant to its unusual success. ULMS Children's University opens its doors all day during spring and winter breaks. The targeted population expands as the population expands. African American students are now joined with Asian, African and Caribbean. Providing transportation for 95% of our children, most of the youth live in the Central District area. We welcome new families and volunteers year round.

Program Highlights

1. Program is offered 5 days a week with extended hours during holiday breaks
2. Small numbers of students for optimal individualized attention
3. 1000 Hours Program is incorporated into the daily programming with students reading at least 20 minutes each day
4. College planning workshops
5. Leadership workshops
6. Triangle plan involving students, families and teachers in the development of individualized tutoring plans
7. Specialized Humanities classes and lectures
8. Piano lessons and Jazz Chorus
9. Sailing classes through the Center for Wooden Boats
10. Math Club offering innovative math curriculum
11. Fam-to Fam Gatherings
12. Art Works, an art program delivered two days a week by a local Art Agency
13. Fine Arts classes including ceramics and painting
14. Daily assessment logs for each student
15. Transportation is provided ensuring consistent attendance

Contact

Tiffany King, Program Coordinator 206.461.3792 Ext 3019

Sculpture Class	Center for Wooden Boats

Read and Rise

The Urban League hosts Read and Rise. The program is designed to instill literacy skills and literary enrichment to the children and their families. Held one Saturday a month for children age five to twelve, parents are invited to join story-telling time. Each child who attends Read and Rise receives a new book. Guest presenters have visited from The Seattle Children's Theatre, African American Writers Alliance and the Children's Museum.

For additional information, please contact the Education Department at 206.461.3792 Ext 3019.