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• CollegeTrek Afterschool Program
• Summer Fun Camp
• Street Soldiers
• CollegeTrack College Readiness Program

The center is closed on the following 2013 federal holidays:

Tuesday, January 1	New Years
Monday, January 21	Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, February 18	Washington’s Birthday
Monday, May 27	Memorial Day
Thursday, July 4	Independence Day
Monday, September 2	Labor Day
Monday, October 14	Columbus Day
Monday, November 11	Veterans Day
Thursday, November 28	Thanksgiving Day
Wednesday, December 25	Christmas Day

Programs and Facilities

The Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center offers four programs for students from grades 3-12. Programs are held at our youth center on Western Avenue in South Los Angeles and at area middle schools and high schools.

The Wooten Center is housed in five adjacent storefront buildings at the corner of 91st Street. Facilities include a library, computer lab, teen room, parent room, homework and tutorial building, basketball court and other areas. The center is open Monday-Friday, 2-6pm, from September-June, and Monday-Friday, 7am-6pm in July and August.

The following are our four programs:

CollegeTrek Afterschool Program

• Schedule: September-June,
  Monday-Friday, 2-6pm
• Location: Wooten Center
• Grades: 3-12
• Cost: Free; optional transportation is available for $25/month per household
• Click here to pre-register

College preparation should not wait for high school. CollegeTrek starts at grade 3 in preparing students to adopt the skills needed to complete their journey to higher education. Our reading, writing, math and science labs and our poetry, world languages, field trips, sports and other activities are based on the A-G requirements needed at many institutions for high school graduation and college enrollment.

Instruction is also based on California state content standards for grade level achievement. Students are encouraged to perform above grade level and to explore advanced studies in science and other disciplines.

Academic instruction comprises the majority of our activities, with a minimum three hours of homework and tutoring available daily from 2-5pm, followed by sports and recreation from 5-6pm. Our Mission Possible tutorial labs are guided by our STEP model: Self-directed, Team-oriented, Experiential and Project-based. Students receive assignments based on their grade levels, projects to demonstrate their assignments, and drills based on their individual needs. The project-based learning approach teaches the arts of critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creative expression.

In addition, all students in grades 3-12 complete a College Plan outlining their plans for higher education. College Days are held on the first Friday to introduce our kids to college life and career choices. Plans are underway to expand our CollegeTrack program to be held at the center for students starting at grade 9.

All afterschool teachers are either college graduates or students. Interns from schools including USC, Pepperdine and Los Angeles Community College also volunteer to provide additional support and mentors for our students.

Other services include transportation, which is available from several public school campuses in South Los Angeles and Inglewood. Students engage in financial literacy through the Wooten Bank, which teaches how to save and write checks using their Wooten Dollars earned for participation in class.

Summer Fun Camp

• Schedule: July 1 to August 23, 2013
  Monday-Friday, 7am-6pm
• Location: Wooten Center
• Grades: 3-9
• Cost: $55/week per child; $50/each for households with 3 or more children enrolled (fee includes t-shirt & weekly tuition & field trips)
• Click here to pre-register

The afterschool program at the Al Wooten Jr. Heritage isn't our only program with a college readiness focus. Our Summer Fun Camp this year also focuses on college preparation for all ages. Activities will include college-prep electives in robotics, journalism, visual arts and world languages (Swahili, Spanish, French). Activities also include project-based tutorial labs in reading, writing, math, science and computers, a basketball camp and step dance workshop.

Want a little fun with that learning? Try making a robot that performs underwater, creating a bracelet with your name in DNA code, and painting a portrait like the Mona Lisa. Thought "fun" meant recreation only?! Not at the Wooten Center. It's in the academics too.

To register or for more information, contact our summer camp director Alexis Marion
at (323) 756-7206, x29.

Click link for the 2012 schedule, registration form, and frequently asked questions.

Street Soldiers

• Schedule: Held for one hour per week year-round
• Location: Wooten Center and local middle schools
• Grades: 6-8
• Cost: Free
• Click here to pre-register

Street Soldiers is a free violence prevention program engaging adolescents in discussions on preventing gang activity and being productive in school and life. It is based on curriculum developed by the Omega Boys Club in San Francisco. See www.street-soldiers.org. Street Soldiers discussion groups for teens are held weekly in the afterschool program and summer camp at the Wooten Center and at local middle schools. Our Street Soldiers instructors were either raised or live in the local community and have experienced the kind of challenges we are training our students to overcome.

CollegeTrack College
Readiness Program

• Schedule: September-June
• Location: Wooten Center and local high schools
• Grades: 9-12
• Cost: Free
• Click here to pre-register

CollegeTrack provides free PSAT/SAT-prep classes and one-on-one advisement for completing college, financial aid and scholarship applications and high school graduation requirements. Visits to college campuses and financial aid workshops for students and parents are also provided at no cost. SAT classes and college advisement are provided at area high schools in day classes and afterschool. PSAT-rep for grades 9-10 and college advisement for seniors are available at the Wooten Center. CollegeTrack instructors are college graduates who have achieved high scores on the SAT and who are sensitive to the needs of our students, many of whom represent the first generation in their family to attend college.