The driving force behind the Sheldon ISD After School Program is to provide experiences to all students beyond the bell hours, assist families with supporting the whole child, and keeping students safe between the hours of 3-6. Through our work and multiple partnerships, we have been able to ensure that programming has been offered consistently over the past 18 years to approximately 700 families each year!
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) After School Program Grant serves as a supplementary program that can enhance state or local reform efforts to improve student academic achievement and support overall student development. According to the U.S. Department of Education (USDE), the purpose of the program is to create community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities for children. A community learning center is an entity that assists students outside school hours or when school is not in session to complement the student’s regular academic program. The 21st CCLC funds will create and expand out-of-school-time programs that offer extended learning opportunities for children and their families.
Sheldon ISD was awarded the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (cycle 11) grant that will fund After School Programming for 5 years (2021-2026) for the following campuses
Carroll Elementary
Garrett Elementary (Cravens ECA)
Sheldon Lake Elementary
Sheldon Elementary (Sheldon ECA)
Null Middle School
“Funded by the 21st CCLC program administered by the US Department of Education”
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) After School Program Grant serves as a supplementary program that can enhance state or local reform efforts to improve student academic achievement and support overall student development. According to the U.S. Department of Education (USDE), the purpose of the program is to create community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities for children. A community learning center is an entity that assists students outside school hours or when school is not in session to complement the student’s regular academic program. The 21st CCLC funds will create and expand out-of-school-time programs that offer extended learning opportunities for children and their families.
In Partnership with Harris County Department of Education's CASE for Kids, the following campuses were awarded the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers (cycle 12) grant that will fund After School Programming for 5 years (2024-2029) for the following campuses
Royalwood Elementary
Monahan Elementary
“Funded by the 21st CCLC program administered by the US Department of Education”
We regret to announce that the After School Program at C. E. King Middle School will no longer be funded through the 21st CCLC grant as our five year grant period has ended. However, in response to the large number of parent request, we have continued to offer After School Programming and extracurricular activities such as soccer, Esports, 6th grade cheer, and more, at a low cost to families. The program is currently being sustained by parent fees, community partnerships, district awarded grants, and local funds. For the 2024-2025 school year the following campus will offer a before and after school program to families servicing students at a low cost rate of $30 per week.
Activities provided by the After School Programs may include but are not limited to the following types of activities, which must be offered in each of the four components, as listed below:
Academic assistance: These are services and activities that support all educational areas, as needed, to promote student achievement and success in their school experiences. Programs should create exciting intrinsic motivation to sustain constant student participation.
Enrichment: These are services and activities that provide positive social, cultural, recreational, interpersonal skills, health and wellness, and experiences to enrich and expand students’ understanding of life and involvement in community.
Family and parental support services: These are services and activities that support and help to increase the participation of parents in the students’ educational experience.
College and workforce readiness: These are services and activities that promote workforce awareness, job and/or college readiness, skills training, preparation for the workforce, and assistance in the attainment of employment and/or funding for college.
Title IV, Part B, specifies that 21st CCLC funds are to be used to provide opportunities for communities to establish or expand activities in community learning centers that do the following:
Provide opportunities for academic enrichment, including intervention services to help students to meet state and local student academic achievement standards in the core academic subjects of mathematics, reading, science, and social studies.
Offer students a broad array of additional services, programs, and activities, such as youth development activities; art, music, and recreation programs; technology education programs; and character education programs, all designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program of participating students.
Offer families of students served by community learning centers opportunities for literacy and related educational development.
