McCURDY SCHOOLS OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO McCURDY MINISTRIES COMMUNITY CENTER

Our Volunteers in Mission program incorporates volunteers, both local and from throughout the United States, coming to our campus to help with maintenance and upkeep of facilities, clerical work, classroom help, serving as tutors, and (for those eligible to do so) helping fill in as substitutes for Camp Stars or After School Care. Seeing our Volunteers faith in action speaks volumes to the children as they go about their work and exemplify what it means to be Gods hands and feet. Thankfully, 63 volunteers participated in the VIM program in 2022.

Project Cario), an on-site mental health counseling program, offers, free of charge, mental health services for children and their families, and site-based consultation time with teachers of McCurdy Charter School, MMCC pre-K, and children attending MMCC preschool, after school care, and Camp Stars programs. Services include therapy, consultation, training, and resource advocacy about 540 students 9.5 months/yr. Project Carino provided over 3070 hours of mental health services in 2021-2022.We provide a full day pre-K program that is a state-funded and licensed extended day program to help 4-year olds achieve both cognitive and developmental growth to prepare them for kindergarten 9 months out of the year.We provide faith-based after-school care, three hours a day, five days a week for 3.45 hrs/day. This after-school care provides children in pre-K through 6th grade with after-school activities, snacks, homework assistance, and Christian-based activities.Our faith-based Camp Stars is a 6-week summer program for children who have completed preschool through 5th grade. Camp Stars offers a vacation bible school theme with bible study activities, skits, and arts and crafts coupled with age-appropriate STEM activities incorporating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, to avoid the summer lag in learning and retention by providing children opportunities for academic enrichment. Because of COVID-19, Camp Stars was not in session the summer of 2020-2021.