BEATING BOREDOM; KIDS VOLUNTEER TO STAY AFTER SCHOOL.Byline: Karen Thacker Special to the Daily News Almost every day when the afternoon bell rings at Lancaster Elementary, 10-year-old Danny Hall
Danny Hall (born 14 November 1983) is a football player. He is predominantly a central defender and plays for Shrewsbury Town. willingly stays after school. He plays steal the bacon Steal the Bacon is a tag-based children's game, in which teams try to steal a ball or other item ("the bacon") from the field without being tagged. Rules The players are divided into teams, typically two, although more are possible. and prison ball and can spend an hour at the library doing homework if he chooses. Last week crafts and activities centered on a space theme, ``Out of this World.'' He had the chance to make paper-plate spaceships, alien antennas and toilet-paper rockets. On Friday, he got to watch the movie ``E.T.'' About 5 p.m. each day his grandmother picks him up from school. It's all part of a program for elementary kids that started last month and will spread to five other schools by the end of September. It's called Boredom Busters This is a list of Busters from the manga Beet the Vandel Buster. The Beet Warriors Beet Beet is a young boy who has always desired to be the strongest Buster. He aspires to be like his heroes, the Zenon Warriors, who are known as the strongest of all Busters. - a new name for an old city-sponsored parks and recreation program that has been revised. When it was known as Kids At Play, recreation personnel had little control over who came and went. Sometimes junior high kids or high school students stopped by and joined in. Often as many as 85 youths were there, Lancaster Elementary Principal Ann Hurd said. ``It was really good for the kids, but there was too many for parks and recreation (personnel) to do a good job with,'' she said. Fewer kids participate in the revised program, ``but it's created a much higher quality environment,'' Hurd said. Youngsters must sign in and out each day. There are four staff members, one for about every 10 kids on a typical day. Boredom Busters charges $1 a day or $20 a month - $10 apiece a·piece adv. To or for each one; each: There is enough bread for everyone to have two slices apiece. [Middle English a pece : a, a; see a monthly for siblings siblings npl (formal) → frères et sœurs mpl (de mêmes parents) - but there are grants for those in need. Programs like this were once offered at the city parks. Kids sometimes ``got in trouble in between'' and never made it from the school to the park, said recreation specialist Becky Lathrop. Now kids meet in the cafetorium caf·e·to·ri·um n. pl. caf·e·to·ri·ums or caf·e·to·ri·a A large room, usually in an educational institution, that serves both as a cafeteria and as an auditorium. to unwind Unwind 1. The closure of an investment position. 2. The reconciliation of an error previously unseen by a brokerage house. Notes: 1. Sometimes referred to as closing out a position. and play games for 45 minutes after school. Then, from 3 to 4 p.m., many children choose to take part in an Expand Your Mind session - homework with tutors. ``We have a big turnout,'' Lathrop said about the homework session. ``If we have 45 kids, we have 30 turn out (to study). They like to get their homework done so when they get home they can play.'' Those staying on to 5 p.m. may work on a craft project keyed to a weekly theme. Many parents pick up their children at the end of the day. With parental permission, some kids check out by themselves and walk or ride a bike home. The response has been positive. ``We don't live in a nice neighborhood, and this gives him a place to play after school,'' said Danny Hall's grandmother Lynne Landes. ``I enjoy playing the games,'' Danny added. For Lois Derie, the program has worked well. Her son Joe, who gets out of school at 2:15 p.m., has a place to be until she gets off work at 3 p.m., and he usually wants to stay until Boredom Busters closes at 5 p.m. because there are other kids there. ``He loves it, and I get a breather,'' she said. Last year Derie didn't like the come-and-go atmosphere of the after-school program, she said, but signed him for the one this year. One day her son headed home without being checked out, she said, but the staff have been more mindful mind·ful adj. Attentive; heedful: always mindful of family responsibilities. See Synonyms at careful. mind since. Organizers say they are trying for a controlled atmosphere A controlled atmosphere is an agricultural storage method. An atmosphere in which oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen concentrations are regulated, as well as temperature and humidity. Two major classes of commodity can be stored in controlled atmosphere. 1. , but stop short of calling it day care. ``We try not to be a day-care (center), but it has some of the same benefits,'' said Recreation Supervisor Gerald Wesley. ``We try to make sure we know where the kids are at all times.'' A junior high student, a sibling sibling /sib·ling/ (sib´ling) any of two or more offspring of the same parents; a brother or sister. sib·ling n. of one of the Lancaster Elementary kids, has become a junior staff member to help with the games. Parents who want to sign up their children for the program, as well as people who want to volunteer as helpers, can call the city recreation office at (805) 723-6077 for more information. The Boredom Busters program will start today at Tierra Bonita Bonita (Spanish and Portuguese for "beautiful") is the name of:
El Dorado (ĕl`dərä`dō, –rā`–) [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. , Mariposa, Linda Verde and Jack Northrop schools. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1--color in AV edition only) Kids at Lancaster Elementary cheer victory in an alphabet-scramble game after school. They are in the city's Boredom Busters program. (2--ran in AV edition only) Alex Tessier, 10, takes aim in a game called Silent Speed Ball in a city recreation-study program after school at Lancaster Elementary. (3) Ron Segura, right, helps kids with homework in a popular part of the after-school program. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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