Youth Opportunities Development

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2024

Welcome Back Summer:

Youth Opportunities Development (YOD) offers a summer program designed to keep students engaged and prevent summer learning loss. The curriculum is shaped by youth input and developed in consultation with teachers from the Clairton City School District to ensure that learning is both relevant and effective.

This grant helps fund YOD’s summer program, which provides students with mentoring, educational enrichment and recreational activities. The curriculum covers topics such as current events, history, world cultures, reading and Spanish, developed in collaboration with the Clairton Education Center to prevent summer learning loss.

2023

Welcome Back Summer:

Opportunities Development offers free summer programming that combines mentoring, education and recreation for youth. Educational sessions cover topics like current events, history, world cultures, reading and Spanish, with youth input helping shape the curriculum. In partnership with the Clairton Education Center, the program works to prevent summer learning loss. Recreational activities include sports and outdoor play at local parks, along with enriching trips to museums.

This grant supports summer programming that emphasizes mentoring, education and recreation for youth. Educational activities focus on current events, history, world cultures, reading and Spanish, with topics shaped by youth interests. Designed in collaboration with the Clairton Education Center, the program aims to prevent summer learning loss while keeping participants engaged and supported.