STEM Lava Lamp

One of our focuses at the Bob Burdette Center is academic enrichment. We strive to provide our students with academic support outside of the classroom. One way we provide academic enrichment is through STEM activities. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activities are a good way to make learning fun! While at the Bob Burdette Center, students get the opportunity to participate in multiple STEM lessons. However, learning does not ... Continue Reading »

Our Garden is Growing

Our community garden continues to grow beautifully! Located on the corner of Bream Street, right next to Emmanuel Baptist Church, the garden has made tremendous progress. We’re excited to share updated photos with everyone. In the photos, you can see how much the plants have grown compared to our previous blog post, where we showcased the garden shortly after it was planted. We’re especially excited to see how ... Continue Reading »

Our First Squash

Our Community Garden is coming along nicely! While we’re not quite ready to distribute produce, we’re excited to share that our very first vegetables are ready to harvest. On Monday, we harvested our first yellow squash! We are thrilled to be getting closer to the peak of our harvest season and can’t wait to share our fresh produce with the rest of our community. If you’d ... Continue Reading »

We’re Halfway Through the Summer Program!

We are reaching the halfway point of our Summer Program! That does not mean it is too late to sign up, though. We are still accepting applications for summer students and will soon begin accepting registrations for our after-school programming. Our Summer Program is lots of fun for our students. Students begin arriving at 8:00 a.m. and leave our program by 5:30 p.m. each day. They are provided with breakfast, ... Continue Reading »

Art at the Bob Burdette Center

While we’ve shared information in the past about programs like STEM and Social Emotional Learning, one area we haven’t highlighted as much is our art program. We’ve featured visits to local art museums on our blog, but we haven’t talked much about how art is incorporated into our everyday curriculum. Art is a dedicated part of our schedule every Thursday morning during our Summer Program, but ... Continue Reading »