FUTURE After School Program:  Fun at Unity, Totally United, Reaching for Excellence

• Meets Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm
• Grades K-8
• Limited transportation provided from city and county schools
• Homework Assistance
• Afternoon snack
• Enrichment Projects

* staffed by volunteer tutors including retired teachers, Lee University honors students and others who have a heart for working with children.
* provides assistance with daily assignments and special research projects and papers
* additional grade appropriate resources available
* hands-on learning centers in reading, language arts, and math
* leveled library
* skills worksheets
* educational games

* small group non-denominational sessions each week
* curriculum includes Clip and Tell scripture stories, Footsteps Books of the Bible, Companions The Way of the Child for children, and activities including prayer centers and journaling

 "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." 
Psalm 119:105

* 5 - 6 week sessions led by skilled volunteers
* Piano - lessons offered in our Yamaha Clavinova-equipped lab
* woodworking
* cooking
* fiber arts, including machine sewing, weaving, knitting, crocheting
* watercolor
* pottery
* scrapbooking and other crafts 
* dance
* sports and organized games

* 6 station computer lab with internet access in the Home Place Building
* 6 computer stations available for research and skills practice in Community Building 

Unity Center strives to provide a homelike atmosphere where each student feels part of a  caring, safe community.

• Our community is drawn together through prayer as a group
• Daily storytelling and read alouds improve listening skills and expand each person's  lifeview
• Outdoor play is highly valued for its fitness and social benefits
• Helping Paws, Amy Hicks' canine therapy program, visits monthly
• Recited together each day, our Unity Center Benediction sums up our life together as a community