Perfect Attendance is not for the weak

Never being absent is hard for anyone. But we had 6 students who had perfect attendance for the first semester of Kids Club and 6 more students who only missed one day. To reward these students for their hard work, they went on two field trips: Disney on Ice (box...

Jump for Heart Day!

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, our amazing and steadfast volunteer Martha, organized jump for Heart Day. Kids went to different stations to learn about the heart and how to keep it healthy, physically and spiritually. Kids went from station to station where they...

Serious Talent

Kids Club put on their first ever Talent Show in January. Kids invited their parents and family to come and discover the wide variety of talents they have “up their sleeves”. It was complete with magic tricks, silly skits, trombone and trumpet duets, a...

Ice Skating (and Falling): Try, try again!

What better way to enjoy the cold weather we were having here in the DC area than ice skating? For January’s special field trip, Kids Club went to Pentagon Row’s ice skating rink. At first, one glance at the rink, and it could have been mistaken for a...

A Culturally Aware 4th Grader, Ready for College

We were driving along in my car headed to another event.   There was a pause in the conversation and I knew 4th grade Isabela was thinking about something.   Suddenly, out of no where, she chimed in, “Ms. D, how long does it take to get to Taylor?”  (Taylor is the...

Kids Club Visits the Nursing Home at Christmas

An email from a volunteer sent to Dawnielle and Emily after visiting the nursing home – Video of Visit to Nursing Home It really did work out, against all odds.  I took one look at that room and I thought, aye yi yi! Our 5th grade Josefina is absolutely fearless...