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Education
Providing kids a place to feel safe and seen.
Children who are under-resourced and under-served encounter unique challenges that schools aren’t always capable of addressing. ForKids education programming is custom-built to meet those distinct need.
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88% of children were promoted to the next grade level last year
454 children were served in Education programming last year
84% of children improved their 21st century skills
ForKids Education Programming
all school year long
After-School Programs
K-12th Grade
Chesapeake & Suffolk Locations
ForKids’ afterschool programming provides students with individualized, one-on-one attention while they engage in interactive, project-based STEM learning, practice out-of-the-box problem solving, and learn skills for emotional resilience. This serves as both academic enrichment for the kids and as much-needed childcare for working parents.
june - august
Summer Camp
K-12th Grade
Chesapeake & Suffolk Locations
ForKids summer camp provides children with educational, enriching, and fun programming while relieving parents of the burden of childcare. Our invigorating roster of activities, which may include trips to the Norfolk Zoo, Norfolk Tides games at Harbor Park, roller-skating, bowling, and excursions to local water parks, means no child misses quintessential summer fun they would otherwise not have access to.
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Education Advocacy
all year long
Quality education for all children, regardless of their socio-economic or housing status.
Children facing housing instability or economic disadvantage are significantly more likely to fall behind in school, with 44% of children experiencing homelessness in Virginia are chronically absent compared to 15% of their housed peers. To address this, our Education Liaisons collaborate with families and schools to remove barriers to education by enrolling students, arranging transportation, providing essential supplies, and fostering communication between parents and educators. They track grades and attendance, facilitate meetings to address academic or behavioral concerns, and advocate for students from intake through their academic journey, ensuring stability and success.
*stat from Virginia Dept of Education
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Registration, enrollment and eligibility vary across ForKids Education programs. Click below on the program you are interested in to get more information.
meet our class pet
Winston, the Bearded Dragon
Winston arrived at the ForKids Middle School Room after extensive research conducted by our middle school students, who were tasked with determining the habitat, food, and general care needs of a potential class pet. Together, they decided that it should be a bearded dragon. The rest, as they say, is history — though no one could’ve imagined Winston would have his own key card one day, granting him access to the entire building after the kids go home at night.
Lifting Families. Transforming Communities.
90% of our Education Programming is community funded.
You can make a difference.