Patricia Zapata - LaGuardia Community College - CUNY

Help your kids succeed in school with College for Children!
We offer private tutoring and classroom instruction for kindergarteners through 5th graders in phonics, reading, writing, science and math as well as preparation for New York
State exams in these areas. Children can also study art; learn to play electronic keyboards or guitar; learn Mandarin or Spanish; develop their acting talents, and much more. In
College for Children kids make friends and have fun too! Give your children the academic and creative edge - Bring them to College for Children!
Course tuition includes book and materials fee.
Classes take place on Saturday during fall, winter and spring and are eight weeks in length, except where noted. For more information call (718) 482 5334 or visit
http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/ace/c4c/aspx. Register the same child for two courses and receive 20% off the third course. Family discount available (Restrictions apply.)
REGISTER EARLY! ENROLLMENT IN EACH CLASS IS LIMITED.
Summer classes begin on July 6
DARING TO DO MORE
Alexis Frazier
Director,
College for Children, Teen Academy
Lessons from Childhood
Alexis Frazier believes in giving children every opportunity to succeed in school. Perhaps
because this was instilled in her by her mother. “My mother was a semi-literate black
woman, one of sixteen children, who grew up in the segregated south during the 1920s,”
says Dr. Frazier. “As my mother raised three children, she struggled mightily to help us with
our schoolwork, always trying not to let her limited literacy skills get in the way. Helping the
kids with school work was one of my mom’s many responsibilities, one she took very
seriously.” Taking this cue, Dr. Frazier started out as a teacher of adults at LaGuardia in the
1970s, teaching in and directing basic skills, ESL and other programs. She became Director
of College for Children in 1995 and later of Teen Academy. “These programs are important
because they help ensure the academic success of the students who attend our classes,”
says Dr. Frazier, who holds a doctorate in education in the areas of Applied Linguistics and
Educational Psychology with a specialty in Remedial Reading. Noting the far reaching
effects of the programs, she explains, "I’ve had Teen Academy students become
matriculating students at the college. I’ve had children who have participated in College for
Children return, having graduated from college to teach in our Teen Academy program. I’ve
had parents whose children were participants return to bring their grandchildren to attend
our classes." Her reward, she says, is hearing about and seeing firsthand how her students
and former students have gone on to be successful in their education.
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Kindergarten courses provide young children rich learning experiences in science, mathematics and early literacy development.
KinderStart/Ages 5 & 6
This early literacy class helps children develop beginning reading, writing, speaking and
listening skills. Activities are designed to develop phonological, phonemic, and print
awareness; alphabet recognition; comprehension strategies; and spelling and
handwriting skills. Instructor: Marsha Magenheim
Mon & Wed Jul 6 - Aug 15 (12 sessions/18 hours)
9:00 am - 10:30 am $239 A09RDG102A
Sat Jul 9 - Aug 13 (6 sessions/12 hours)
9:00 am - 11:00 am $149 A09RDG002A
Discovering Math & Science/Ages 5 & 6
Building upon the natural curiosity of 5 and 6 year olds, this class introduces children to
math as the language and tool of science. Through observation and simple experiments
with water, air, movement and light, children interact with the natural world around them
while discovering underlying mathematical principles. Instructor: Marsha Magenheim
Mon & Wed Jul 6 - Aug 15 (12 sessions/18 hours)
10:45 am - 12:15 pm $239 A09MAS101A
Sat Jul 9 - Aug 13 (6 sessions/12 hours)
11:15 am - 1:15 pm $149 A09MAS001A
Phone: (718)482-7244 • E-Mail: acereg@lagcc.cuny.edu • Fax: (718)609-2074 63