Youth Programs
Early Learning Center
Zero to five year olds
Director: Charlene Johnson
The Kingswood Community Center Early Learning Center is a licensed child care facility by the State of Delaware. Through exciting experiences, we aim to help raise well rounded individuals. The Early Learning Center continuously strives to meet and exceed the required curriculum enhancements to ensure the highest rating from the Delaware Stars for Early Education Programs.
The 5 star rating denotes that Kingswood Community Center is superior in both theory and practice in regards to early childcare and our community. We focus on the areas of staff training, program administration, curriculum implementation and quality of child development.
Our Early Learning Center has a team of well trained early childhood professionals who are dedicated to developing, nurturing, and stimulating the potential growth of young children. We work closely with local school districts to assure that childrean entering kindergarten are socially, emotionally, and academically prepared to succeed.
The toddler program is designed to stimulate sensory activities and language development and porived methods to encourage problem solving and intellectual development.
Our Partners include- Project Incite, Parents as Teachers, Read - A – Loud, Nemours, DAEYC, DIECC, and various organizations to assist us in helping to maintain develpmentally sound excellent childcare programs.
School Age Unit
Five to twelve year olds
Director: Carlane Gregory-Phillip
Our mission is to develop an educational and social environment within our community so that our children receive the appropriate guidance and support needed to accomplish their goals. We vow to create the community, school and home based systems of support for our youth that will guide, inspire, encourage and produce more graduates than dropouts.
Our initiative strives to provide a vital link between all the YSD programs and services with the homes and schools of our youth in an effort to greater identify and address the array of needs presented by our clients.
We strive to make positive changes to the support systems of our youth. The initiative thrives on youth participation, recruitment, development and assessment of all youth services.
Our programs:
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Offer quality after school, evening and summer programs, as well as prevention activities, clubs and programs that heighten self, academic, and social esteem.
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Conduct team building recreational activities and provide college focus groups, college tours, and awareness programs. Computer based services and activities are provided to at risk youth to support their educational and personal development.
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Offer a valuable link of communication between the student’s home, school and community. We offer monthly community service projects, and an annual mural project that encourages youth to be productive contributors to society
Teen Unit
Thirteen to eighteen year olds
Director: Shawn Smiley
Our program fosters an appreciation of self, others and the world around us by providing a variety of activities which stimulate a child’s physical, social, emotional and intellectual development. Self motivated learning through discovery, exploration and hands-on involvement, coupled with many opportunities for making choices, allow for children’s individual needs to be met while encouraging respect for others.
Each child is encouraged to progress at his or her own pace through individual, small group and large group activities. A wide range of materials are provided allowing children to be challenged and stimulated, coming away with a learning experience consistent with their developmental needs.
Many recreational and culturally diverse activities, which foster realistic cultural awareness and respect for others, are built into the daily curriculum. Much care is given to provide a well-rounded multicultural environment through activities, books, visitors, trips, music and games.
Athletics
All ages
Director: Shawn Smiley
KCC offers a variety of athletic programs for youth and teens to receive training necessary for competition at various levels with an emphasis on learning basic skills and incorporating the rules of fair play and sportsmanship. KCC Youth compete on the local and regional level.
Kingswood Academy
Principal & Director: Dr. Yvonne Barnett
Kingswood Academy’s demonstrates superior determination to improve the condition of community youth caught up in a negative spiral of academic failure, delinquency and anti-social behaviors. This Innovative Community-based Alternative School offers viable rehabilitative services to chronically disruptive and academically challenged students. To learn more, please visit the official Kingswood Academy website.