Dear Parents and Guardians,
Thank you for your interest in the After-School Program for Kindergarten through 6th grade at John 3:16 Mission Family and Youth Center. After School is a yearlong program that coincides with the days Tulsa Public Schools are in session. This school year the After-School Program will begin on August 20, 2024 and will end the last day of TPS. Students who are entering Kindergarten through 6th grade who meet the requirements of the student profile (see pg. 2) are eligible to apply. If accepted, your child will need to attend every day, Monday through Friday from the time they get out of school until 5:30pm.
The After-School Program is completely Christ-centered. Everything we do will focus on introducing your child to Christ and developing his/her relationship with our Savior. If accepted, your child will participate in the following activities: homework assistance, Bible lessons, memorizing Bible verses, praise and worship, Creative Arts, discipleship classes, and monthly field trips. An afternoon snack will be provided to each child as soon as they arrive at the mission.
Please take the time to fill out the information accurately and completely in the attached application. A separate application must be filled out for each child you wish to enroll in our After-School programming. Our enrollment is limited, so we ask that you carefully fill out the entire application and return it as soon as possible. The deadline for all applications is Friday, August 09, 2024, at 4pm. Incomplete and/or late applications will not be considered. You will be informed by phone by August 14, 2024 or sooner, as to whether your child has been accepted. For those children accepted into the program, there will be a mandatory parent meeting at the Family and Youth Center on Monday, August 19th, 2024, at 5:30pm to go over additional information regarding the After-School program.
If you have any questions regarding the After-School Program or the application process, please do not hesitate to call 918-592-1186 or email Grace Sifuentes at gperron@john316mission.org For Youth in 5th -HS please call 918.592.1186 or email Pastor Savage: vsavage@john316mission.org
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STUDENT PROFILE
Our desire at the John 3:16 Mission Family and Youth Center is to provide the best possible experience for individuals involved with any of our programs. However, there are a handful of students unsuited for the John 3:16 Mission Family and Youth Center programs because of the highly structured environment and the limited time we have to work with the students. PLEASE BE AWARE that anyone who applies for enrollment in Mission programming and/or comes to the John 3:16 Mission Family and Youth Center with the following difficulties will be denied acceptance and/or sent home.
- Students on Psychotropic Drugs--(Behavior altering drugs such as Lithium). WE WILL NOT ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR STUDENTS ON PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS. We are not qualified to handle them.
- Pregnant students--The John 3:16 Mission Family and Youth Center’s programs are very active and involve a large number of students. It exposes mother and child to unnecessary risk.
- We cannot accept students with pre-existing conditions such as Sickle Cell Disease, High Risk Diabetes, or Acute Asthmatics. We do not have the medical staff to monitor these students while they are at the John 3:16 Mission Family and Youth Center. The Director of the Family and Youth Center must clear all students with these conditions who attend programs at the Family and Youth Center before they will be able to participate in activities.
- Juvenile Delinquents/Wards of the State--Though we don’t exclude children with criminal records, we use extreme caution and discernment in allowing children with a criminal past who have a difficult time submitting to authority and following rules in a highly structured environment such as the John 3:16 Mission Family and Youth Center.
- Past students who have been a major discipline problem--students who didn’t respond to John 3:16 Mission Family and Youth Center discipline measures and/or were asked not to return to the Family and Youth Center.
- Any student that cannot be handled and/or is unresponsive to basic instruction.
- Any student who adversely affects the experience for other students, leaders, and staff will be sent home.