Project Impact is heating up for summer

The City of Apalachicola’s Project Impact - afterschool and summer program has a slate of hot sizzling activities lined up for the 2011 summer season.

FAMILY CAREER NIGHT

If you’re thinking about your future - the program will kick off with a Family Career Night coupled with an end-of-school year celebration on Tuesday, June 7, from 2:00PM to 5:00PM.

Family Career Night will feature for those seeking an opportunity for summer employment a table with job applications from local businesses.  

A representative from Gulf Coast State College, formerly known as Gulf Coast Community College, in Panama City, the City of Apalachicola Police Department and the Division of Forestry along with Smokey the Bear will all be on hand.  There will also be information available about programs at Tom P. Haney Technical Center.

Refreshments will be served.

SUMMER CAMP

A free summer camp, “Around the World in 24-days with Project Impact” will begin on June 13 through July 28, at the City of Apalachicola Recreation Site located in the old Apalachicola High School cafeteria and from June 20 through July 28, at the Apalachicola Bay Charter School Site formerly Chapman Elementary.

Both sites with be open Monday through Thursday from 8:00AM to 4:00PM serving Pre-K to 12^th grade, a child must be at least 4-years-old to attend.

There will be pottery, art, horseback riding, drama, music, sports, games, science fun, cooking lessons, computer lab, summer reading, wet and wild Wednesday’s and field trips on Thursday’s.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

SIZZLING SUMMER SCHOLARS

Thursday field trips will feature visits to Gulf Coast State College for their Kid's College Summer 2011 Program.

On June 16, students will discover how to become mad for math, and take part in a tour of the college’s radio station broadcasting room, media center and respiratory facility, and on June 30, they will be exposed to the college’s school of visual and performing arts.

On July 7, and at the North Campus students will learn about fire science, defensive tactics and take their turn at the wheel of the driving simulator. 

The field trips will wrap up on July 14, as the students learn of robotics, the ins and outs of a video shoot and how to make a movie.

For more information about the summer schedule, how to register or general information about Project Impact, please contact Faye Johnson, Director at (850) 653-1325 or visit www.projectimpactfcs.org.