As we are forming the
Building Implementation Team to oversee and foster the functioning of the
Multi-Use Community Outreach Facility,
people in our community are already reaching out to us with requests to
use the former day school classrooms. Here is a brief summary of what
is happening so far:
Every Tuesday and Wednesday morning the
Hilton Community Playgroup
meets in the basement classrooms and cafeteria. Comprised of preschool
aged children and their parents, this group also enjoys the use of our
"little people" playground adjacent to Ferguson Ave. The group began
meeting at St. Andrew's almost a year ago as a co-op. Due to the great
success in fulfilling a need for young children in our neighborhood, the
group expanded and became the Hilton Community Playgroup in June of
this year.
Classical Conversations
is an organization that provides group classroom instruction to
home-schooled students. They serve around 50 students age 4-16 and meet
all day on Thursdays. Their first session was September 5, and they are
scheduled to meet for 30 weeks and use all of the areas that comprised
our former day school, including the cafeteria and both playgrounds.
An
ACT Study Group
began meeting last Saturday to help high school students prepare for
the college admissions test. They are led by our former day school
librarian, Tracy Crooks and currently plan to meet for 5 Saturdays with
the option to continue should there be a need.
Plans are also underway to establish a
Writing Center
for anyone who needs help with writing projects or who wants to hone
their writing skills. This project was proposed and will be led by
Nicole Emmelhainz, one of our newest church members and a professor at
CNU.
Earlier this year our facility was used for
International Baccalaureate (IB) testing of local high school students.
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