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Ridgeway
Ridgeway Adventure Club meets at Ridgeway Elementary Magnet School, which is located at 107 E. Sexton Road. The average enrollment at Ridgeway Adventure Club is 36 children AM/PM. Currently, in addition to the Site Facilitator, there are 4 college students employed as Site Assistants at this site (from the University of Missouri-Columbia and from Columbia College). A majority of these students are Education or Early Childhood majors.
Ridgeway Adventure Club meets in the school combination gym and cafeteria or "cafetorium." We can use the Teacher's Lounge, the Music Room, or the Art Room, if needed. The playground is large, it has many types of play equipment including tether ball poles, several sets of swings, climbers, monkey bars, basketball goals, new climbing/play equipment, an outdoor patio/stage area and a large grassy field.
Children are signed in by a parent/guardian for the morning session and by the Site Facilitator or Site Assistant for the afternoon session. Each child is signed in on an attendance form with the time of arrival and the initials of the adult signing them in. Every child must be signed out by an authorized adult. Again, the sign-out sheets always include the time the child was signed out and the initials of the person who signed the child out.
In addition to the sign in/out sheets, in the afternoon we have a large magnetic "Where are You?" board in order for both staff and parents to tell at a glance where a child is. The parents can also use this board to locate their child when they arrive. This magnetic board is divided into 6 areas: "Home", "Outside", "Gym", "Teacher's Lounge", "Music Room" and "Bathroom". Each child's name is printed on a magnetic strip. The children move their names on the board according to where they are. Each staff person also uses dry-erase clipboards to keep track of the children
Morning Schedule| 7:00 AM | Children begin to arrive. (Signed in by parent/guardian) |
| 7:00-7:45 AM | Quiet Area activities (art & crafts, board games, homework, legos and K-nex…) Active Area activities (organized sports, shooting hoops, jump rope…) |
| 7:45-8:20 AM | Clean-up and large group (announcements, Mad Libs…) |
| 8:20-8:30 AM | Active children are taken outside for outdoor play (weather permitting...) |
| 8:30 AM | Adventure Club closes - children stay outside with playground monitors. |
Afternoon Schedule
| 3:45 PM | Children arrive (signed in by Site Facilitator or Assistant) |
| 3:45-4:15 PM | Snack and announcements |
| 4:15-4:45 PM | Outside play. Several children help clean up snack and set up the Quiet Area. The teachers prepare for "J.O.L.T."-(Jumpstart Our Learning Time) |
| 4:45-5:30 PM | Activities offered during JOLT: Reading Technology, Homework Help, Teacher Clubs (themed activities brought in from the main office), Kids' Klubs (Activities created by the kids), and laptop play. |
| 5:30-6:00 PM | Clean-up. Free Choice until parents arrive |
| 6:00 PM | Close |
Ridgeway Adventure Club is a fun, safe place for children to come before and after school. It follows the school's IGE philosophy (Independently Guided Education) and offers the children many choices to the extension of their school day. We encourage them to participate in the activities they prefer. We also encourage them to create/develop their own activities with "Kids's Klubs" if they wish.
Ridgeway Adventure Club is a place where the children have fun with their school friends in a safe learning environment.