Education Partnerships
Leadership Development, Service Learning & Entrepreneurship
Youth in STEM Initiative
Building foundational skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) will prepare youth for any future career path they choose. Fry Family Foundation is partnering with the St. John's Community Centres to engage youth in STEM learning and to help launch them on an educational and career path in those fields. Four programs were started in the Fall of 2020 to encourage a greater focus on STEM for CCA youth.
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Free Tutoring from MUN Engineering Students: This began as a pilot program in partnership with the MUN Faculty of Engineering. It has been so successful that it has become an ongoing initiative for the benefit of CCA students. Student engineers are creating STEM learning activities as shown in these photos. Laughter Afolabi, Nicholas Hale, Camden Mercer and Nibras Birama worked with the St. John’s Community Centres during Fall 2020. The 2021 students included Benjamin Bertrand, Kareem Zaire and Gurzint Singh. The 2022 students include Nick Shang Lai, Mendrika Kenny Rambolamanana and Akubueze Chidimma Sandra.The 2023 students included Ahmad Hajahmad and Parker Applin.
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The student engineers are also tutoring youth; assisting with upgrading computer equipment; and creating 3D printing learning centres. CCA needed to identify accessibility issues and develop solutions, so the students used universal design principles to prepare drawings and cost estimates to assist in the preparation of funding applications to improve accessibility, safety and security. They also solved COVID related challenges such as setting up a drive-in movie theatre, and preparing the centres to operate safely and efficiently as flu-shot clinics. The work term students have also been helping seniors with computer literacy (such as completing forms, booking medical appointments etc.).
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Free attendance at the Echo Pond Environmental Education Centre Program: Students in grades 5-8 will be immersed in environmental education during this 2 day/1 night program. All costs will be covered for any CCA youth that attend the program with their school classmates. Read more about this program here.
SPARK Program
SPARK stands for ‘Support, Potential, Adventure, Resilience inside every Kid’. The SPARK Program operates at Froude Avenue Community Centre for Youth Leaders. This program offers 10-12 adolescents in grades 7 – 9 an opportunity to develop work, service and life skills while being mentored by supportive staff from the Community Centre..One recent project was painting the fence outside the Centre to promote a welcoming, inclusive and diverse environment.