Lakeview Gets Grant For 'Safe Haven'
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Lakeview Middle School will be able to offer several unique before- and after-school programs this year because of a "Safe Haven" grant it recently received from the state.
"We're very, very excited about it," Lakeview principal Pat Deck said. "I think it's going to have a really positive impact on our kids."
According to Deck, the school will receive a grant for $17,334 for programs that will target kids that could be considered at-risk.
"We're going to implement programs that reduce substance abuse, reduce violent behavior and promote educational progress," she said.
The program is a cooperative effort between Lakeview and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kosciusko County, Deck said. The Boys & Girls Club will provide some staff and help develop programs.
Deck, Boys & Girls Club executive director Cindy Knepper, and Atwood Elementary principal David McGuire wrote the grant application as a subcommittee of the Kids in Crisis Task Force. The Boys & Girls Club is contributing an in-kind grant of $4,416.
Deck said the program will begin no later than Nov. 1. The school will be open in the evenings as soon as the school day ends, and will include a free meal for the students who attend. It is open to any student of any age who is enrolled in Warsaw Community Schools.
Deck said parents are encouraged to attend with their children.
"Come in and learn how to use the computers or learn about conflict resolution," she said.
A morning program also will be available starting at 7 a.m. for tutoring and help with homework.
Approximately 20 to 30 students are expected in the morning program, Deck said, and 100 to 120 in the evening program.
Lakeview's grant was one of the first round of Safe Haven grants, which are designed to provide secure, supervised and constructive surroundings for children before and after the normal class day.
The Indiana General Assembly budgeted $6 million for Safe Haven grants for this school year and the next, and the grants are administered by the Criminal Justice Institute.
So far nearly two dozen school corporations in 18 counties have been awarded $555,807 in grants. Examples of other programs include Washington-Study Elementary School in Fort Wayne, which will offer after-school programs including tutoring, conflict mediation and martial arts, and Deming Elementary School in Terre Haute, which will remain open until 9 p.m. to offer instruction in reading, computer literacy, anti-violence behavior management, and drug abuse prevention training.
"It's a great way to keep kids off the streets and keep them away from undesirable influences, and give them a healthy alternative," Deck said. "We also anticipate that it will rub off in school."
Lakeview Middle School is the only school in Kosciusko County so far to receive a Safe Haven grant. [[In-content Ad]]
Lakeview Middle School will be able to offer several unique before- and after-school programs this year because of a "Safe Haven" grant it recently received from the state.
"We're very, very excited about it," Lakeview principal Pat Deck said. "I think it's going to have a really positive impact on our kids."
According to Deck, the school will receive a grant for $17,334 for programs that will target kids that could be considered at-risk.
"We're going to implement programs that reduce substance abuse, reduce violent behavior and promote educational progress," she said.
The program is a cooperative effort between Lakeview and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kosciusko County, Deck said. The Boys & Girls Club will provide some staff and help develop programs.
Deck, Boys & Girls Club executive director Cindy Knepper, and Atwood Elementary principal David McGuire wrote the grant application as a subcommittee of the Kids in Crisis Task Force. The Boys & Girls Club is contributing an in-kind grant of $4,416.
Deck said the program will begin no later than Nov. 1. The school will be open in the evenings as soon as the school day ends, and will include a free meal for the students who attend. It is open to any student of any age who is enrolled in Warsaw Community Schools.
Deck said parents are encouraged to attend with their children.
"Come in and learn how to use the computers or learn about conflict resolution," she said.
A morning program also will be available starting at 7 a.m. for tutoring and help with homework.
Approximately 20 to 30 students are expected in the morning program, Deck said, and 100 to 120 in the evening program.
Lakeview's grant was one of the first round of Safe Haven grants, which are designed to provide secure, supervised and constructive surroundings for children before and after the normal class day.
The Indiana General Assembly budgeted $6 million for Safe Haven grants for this school year and the next, and the grants are administered by the Criminal Justice Institute.
So far nearly two dozen school corporations in 18 counties have been awarded $555,807 in grants. Examples of other programs include Washington-Study Elementary School in Fort Wayne, which will offer after-school programs including tutoring, conflict mediation and martial arts, and Deming Elementary School in Terre Haute, which will remain open until 9 p.m. to offer instruction in reading, computer literacy, anti-violence behavior management, and drug abuse prevention training.
"It's a great way to keep kids off the streets and keep them away from undesirable influences, and give them a healthy alternative," Deck said. "We also anticipate that it will rub off in school."
Lakeview Middle School is the only school in Kosciusko County so far to receive a Safe Haven grant. [[In-content Ad]]