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leadership development, education and career<br />

development, health and life skills, the arts, informal<br />

youth sports and fitness and recreation.<br />

School Year Hours:<br />

Monday through Friday: 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.<br />

Saturday: 1 to 7:30 p.m.<br />

Summer Hours:<br />

Monday through Friday: 1 to 7 p.m.<br />

Saturday: 1 to 6:30 p.m.<br />

Teen Center<br />

Location: Building 1995<br />

Phone: (501) 987-1510<br />

The Teen Center offers a wide variety of social activities for<br />

youth in grades 7-12. We offer a music room/lounge with<br />

iPod docks, computer lab with Internet access, reading<br />

materials and video game consoles (Xbox 360 and Wii)<br />

with a wide variety of all the most current video games.<br />

Our entertainment center provides youths the opportunity<br />

to view the latest movies on a big screen television or<br />

listen to their favorite music on a high quality sound<br />

system. The center features a game room area with pool<br />

tables, foosball, pinball machines and a Ping-Pong table.<br />

Teen Center hours are:<br />

Thursday: 4 to 8 p.m.<br />

Friday: 4 to 11 p.m.<br />

Saturday: 2 to 11 p.m.<br />

Youth Sports<br />

Location: Bldg. 1992<br />

Phone: (501) 987-6355<br />

The Youth Sports Program offers a wide array of<br />

organized and informal sports activities to help children<br />

develop desired physical skills, to mature emotionally<br />

and socially and learn the importance of teamwork. Team<br />

sports offered during the year are soccer, basketball and<br />

t-ball/baseball. Youth Sports also provides a program<br />

called Smart Start, which teaches sports to children 3 to<br />

5 years of age. Start Smart is a parent participation<br />

program that offers sports such as basketball, soccer,<br />

baseball and golf. Call the Youth Center for details. The<br />

Youth Sports Program is community oriented and<br />

developed to provide an opportunity for youth, regardless<br />

of ability to play, to learn and enjoy each sport. Adults<br />

participate in this perspective in order to achieve our<br />

mutual objective: kids learning to play sports and<br />

enjoying the experience.<br />

School-Age Program<br />

Location: Bldg. 1992<br />

Phone: (501) 987-6355 for information or to register<br />

The School-Age Program offers top-quality childcare for<br />

children in grades K-6. The program consists of beforeschool<br />

care, after-school care and a full-time vacation<br />

program as well. The program is accredited by the<br />

National After-School Association and certified annually by<br />

the Department of Defense. The staff has an extensive<br />

training process that gives them the knowledge and<br />

skills to provide children the highest quality out-of-school<br />

experience. This program supports your children’s<br />

development, allows them to explore and build on their<br />

interests, promotes freedom of choice and helps them to<br />

grow into independent and productive citizens. We are<br />

dedicated to providing a child the very best out-of-school<br />

experience possible.<br />

Youth Center Hours:<br />

Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.<br />

Ongoing Special Youth Center Programs<br />

Start Smart for 3-5 year olds, Fit Factor, Batting Cages,<br />

Skateboard Park, Read by Mail, Keystone Club, 4-H<br />

activities (for youth ages 9-18), Club Zoom, Torch<br />

Club and Keystone Club are available at the Youth or<br />

Teen Center.<br />

Start Smart is a program that involves parents and<br />

children ages 3-5 years old, side by side, in a learning<br />

environment for various sports. The program emphasizes<br />

fun, fundamentals and keeping competition in a<br />

healthy perspective.<br />

Fit Factor<br />

Phone: (501) 987-6355<br />

Fit Factor Hours: 4 to 5 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays<br />

The purpose of this program is to promote youth fitness<br />

and health, inspire youth to enjoy physical activity and to<br />

stay involved in life-long activities. If you would like your<br />

child to develop a more active and healthy lifestyle, bring<br />

him or her to the Youth Center for this new and exciting<br />

fitness program. Children will receive prizes for each level<br />

of fitness they achieve in this program.<br />

One Page at a Time<br />

Phone: (501) 987-6355 to register<br />

A free reading motivation program for children in grades<br />

K-8. Children create their own book list from thousands of<br />

recommended book titles and earn points and prizes for<br />

their literary successes.<br />

Youth Programs Clubs<br />

4-H Club<br />

Phone: (501) 987-6355 for more information and next<br />

meeting time<br />

Interested in joining a 4-H club? Learn about cooking and<br />

the arts. We are a program that offers 4-H club activities<br />

for ages 9-18.<br />

Torch Club<br />

Phone: (501) 987-6355 for more information<br />

Hours: 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays<br />

This is offered to members ages 11-13. The Torch Club, a<br />

Boys & Girls Club program, brings young people<br />

together to participate in activities geared toward<br />

recreation and community service. The club is free with a<br />

Youth Center membership ($20 year). Passport to<br />

Manhood is a new program geared toward young men<br />

ages 11-14 to promote positive values and responsible<br />

behavior. You must be a YC member to participate.<br />

Keystone Club This club is designed for teens ages<br />

14-18 to develop character and leadership skills through<br />

community involvement, electing club officials, attending<br />

regional and national conferences, holding fundraisers,<br />

and planning and implementing events for the local<br />

community. Come and be a part of the nation’s first Gold<br />

Level Keystone Club.<br />

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