Tutor After School | Graphic by Bethany Althauser | The Wright State Guardian
Many working parents rely on after-school programs while they work. There are many different programs that are available to students throughout the country. One close to home is the Voyager After School Program in Centerville, Ohio.
The program
The Voyager Program is an after school program that is run in a cafeteria or multipurpose room of several Centerville City Schools. Students transition from school to the program, and they are given time to do homework and get help with anything in class. From there, they do Voyager activities and end the day in parent pick up. Parents are free to pick children up whenever they need to during the day.
Julie Barr and Kendal Cooke are directors of the Voyager program. They are responsible for the registration of kids and activities of the program.
“Our program covers all of the major curriculum for children in school,” Cooke said.
The program’s main offering is homework help. The staff of the program work to help the kids who may need extra help in the classroom. The Voyager program runs adjacent to the school and is not run on funding from the school, so applicants are required to pay a fee for their students.
“There is a $50 registration fee. Then there is a monthly payment that parents have to make on the 1st. They have until the 10th to pay before they also get a $20 late fee,” Barr explained. “We are not run on school funding, so we rely on tuition to maintain activities.”
Barr and Cooke maintain that they have a good follow through with the program and that kids enjoy it.
Athena Croker is a Centerville alumna who graduated in 2019. She attended the program for two years while attending school at Primary Village North and John Hole Elementary.
“I loved it in primary school,” Croker said. “It was the best. I went from first to third grade, and I really enjoyed myself.”
Getting involved
The Voyager After School Program is currently hiring. They are seeking Wright State students who love kids and are wanting to build their resume up and network in the Centerville School District. The position is 20 to 25 hours per week and follows the Centerville City School District calendar.
Students who would like to apply are able to do so on Handshake or Joblink. Readers with children in the Centerville City School District who want to enroll their kids can visit the Voyager After School Program website for more information.
