At the June 2 city commission meeting, Faye Johnson, director of Project Impact gave commissioners an overview of the activities of the afterschool program.Johnson told commissioners that June 3 was the last day for students at Project Impact, but that the program was gearing up for its 2009 summer schedule.
The summer program will consist of two-parts, session one will begin on June 15 and run through July 2 and session two from July 13 through July 30. Both sessions will be open to receive kids from 8:00AM to 4:30PM, Monday through Thursday.
Johnson stated that the program would have a strong arts component, both visual and performing, where the kids will put together a program akin to the Wizard of Oz. She said that, instead of the Wizard, there will be King Retsyo and instead of munchkins, there will be oysters.
Other components of the summer program will include video production, a science program, field trips, recreation activities, reading enrichment and a teen center inside the old high school that will be open after 4:30PM to give kids a place to go after Project Impact closes.
The City of Apalachicola operates Project Impact in collaboration with the Franklin County School Board. However, the city applied to the Florida Department of Education as the fiscal agent for next year’s Project Impact grant totaling $490,320 dollars.
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