Girls Incorporated of Alameda County

Elementary programswe envision a world where every girl feels valued, safe, and prepared to achieve her dreams. We focus on the whole girl from age 5-18: her health, education and development as a leader. Our continuum of academic, social, and community enrichment programs is offered at no cost, to remove barriers to participation. For the 2021-22 school year we were able to go back to in person programming!, this adjustment came with new requirements for vaccinations, weekly covid tests, ppe required for all students and staff along with no access to campus for volunteers. We were able to resume our normal programming with the same hours from when school concluded at each site to 6 pm. In addition, we resumed our push in programming at several of our sites to offer more intensive literacy support for our students who require more direct and one-on-one support. The focus of our programs remained the same. Elementary programs include:-girlstart literacy program (grades k-3): providing Girls and boys in gender-responsive settings - with a strong literacy foundation for their school years and beyond. We have evidence demonstrating the positive impact of our programs. Participants are referred due to below-grade-level literacy, and increase their spelling, writing, speaking, and reading levels, thus closing the achievement gap to future academic success.-team (together empowered and academically motivated) for 4th-5th graders, who participate in activities including book clubs with academic discussion and intentional extension activities, independent reading and exploration of complex text using non-fiction articles. Each academic hour component complements school day learning in a fun, enriching way to meet the needs of youth in an afterschool environment. Team includes hands-on enrichment and/or community building activities chosen to meet the unique needs, interests and group dynamic of each individual class. -steam (science, technology, engineering, art and math) provide high-quality, hands-on learning to build youth confidence in applying design skills, improve academic success and boost interest in studying steam topics.-concordia park summer program also ran remote programming this year for participants and families.

High school programs we envision a world where every girl feels valued, safe, and prepared to achieve her dreams. We focus on the whole girl from age 5-18: her health, education and development as a leader. Our continuum of academic, social, and community enrichment programs is offered at no cost, to remove barriers to participation. For the part of the 2021-22 school year, all of our programming was remote . We transitioned to in person in february of 2022 after the County numbers became safer for the youth and staff coming from 30-40 different schools to come together. During our remote learning we offered programming through zoom meetings, google hangouts and at times over the phone providing wellness checks. We adjusted our program delivery hours, times and frequency in order to accommodate the change the focus of our programs remained the same. High school programs include:-eureka! Teen achievement program (grades 8-12): fostering girls'interest in science, technology, engineering, and math, providing them with valuable summer internship opportunities, and preparing them for college during the school year and during the summer. -advocating change together (act) project (grades 9-12): a youth-led research and advocacy program.-heart (helping everyone achieve respect together) (grades 9-12): a peer health and sexuality education program.-sihle (sisters informing, healing, living, empowering) sihle is a peer-led, group-level, social-skills training intervention designed to reduce sexual risk behaviors among african american female teenagers who are at risk for acquiring or transmitting hiv/stds. In addition to hiv prevention, the program addresses relationships, dating and sexual health within the specific context of the female african american teenage experience, drawing upon both cultural and gender pride to give participants the skills and motivations to avoid hiv and other stds.-girls resource center (grades 6-12): a downtown oakland hub where Girls access innovative and responsive services and programming. Girls are offered opportunities to take positive risk in exploring adventure sports, learn self-defense principles, become the next generation of women recording artists and engineers, learn about nutrition and healthy eating, workout in the fitness center, participate in yoga, develop leadership skills and create change within their community. In addition, Girls make new friends, become more confident, find their own voice, and receive academic support and college and career readiness in a positive allgirl space.our Girls report feeling more motivated towards academic achievement, positive risk taking, and setting healthy boundaries. This is reflected in 100% of our seniors who graduate from high school each year (in comparison with only 66% of their peers in oakland who graduate) and 100% are bound for post-secondary education.

Middle school programs we envision a world where every girl feels valued, safe, and prepared to achieve her dreams. We focus on the whole girl from age 5-18: her health, education and development as a leader. Our continuum of academic, social, and community enrichment programs is offered at no cost, to remove barriers to participation. For the 2021-22 school year we were able to go back to in person programming!, this adjustment came with new requirements for vaccinations, weekly covid tests, ppe required for all students and staff along with no access to campus for volunteers. We were able to resume our normal programming with the same hours from when school concluded at each site to 6 pm. The focus of our programs remained the same. Middle school programs include:-all stars (sports, technology, academics, responsibility, sisterhood) (grades 6-8): empowering Girls to develop their capabilities through technology, academic enrichment, career exploration, leadership, sisterhood, fitness and team-building activities.-eureka! Teen achievement program (grades 8-12): fostering girls'interest in science, technology, engineering, and math, providing them with valuable summer internship opportunities, and preparing them for college during the school year and during the summer.-girls resource center (grades 6-12): a downtown oakland hub where Girls access innovative and responsive services and programming. Girls are offered opportunities to take positive risk in exploring adventure sports, learn self-defense principles, become the next generation of women recording artists and engineers, learn about nutrition and healthy eating, workout in the fitness center, participate in yoga, develop leadership skills and create change within their community. In addition, Girls make new friends, become more confident, find their own voice, and receive academic support and college and career readiness in a positive allgirl space.-concordia park summer program also ran remote programming this year for participants and families.girls in our middle school programs report increased confidence and interest in steam learning opportunities and career exploration, paving the way to a commitment to learning.