Julian Thomas became Racine County's second community school in the school year. Julian Thomas Elementary inhabits one of Racine's original school buildings, which has held classes as Fifth Ward School and Garfield School over the last years.
Julian Thomas is a 4K-5th-grade elementary school that offers a variety of resources to students and families. Learn more about Julian Thomas on its website and Facebook. Opportunities Club is an after school and summer programming series for 3rd - 5th grade youth that provides unique educational experiences.
This program is facilitated by Focus programming staff and also utilizes high school students as Teen Peer Mentors. The program teaches topics ranging from cooking to robotics, while at the same time helping participants develop skills that will reduce the likelihood that they engage in risky behavior. It is essential that we take a holistic approach in preventing substance abuse and other risky behavior.
We know that after school and during the summer are times when youth have a greater risk of choosing to engage in activities that may lead them to dangerous or pattern forming behaviors. Opportunities Club provides participants with wholesome, engaging and productive activities that help promote positive decision making, set them on a better path for their future and introduces new activities that may help to discover a new passion! FAST is an innovative and collaborative prevention and parent-involvement program in which families gather to participate in specific, fun, researched based activities aimed at strengthening families and empowering parents.
Schools, families and two community partners join together in eight weekly sessions. During this time parents participate in a peer led group discussing topics and concerns they are interested in while building an informal support network.
