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During the spring semester at Goodrich Middle School, two
developmentally delayed students began to participate in the
CLC programs. The 6th and 7th grade students actually functioned
at 2nd and 3rd grade levels. After their father was sent to
jail, they were sent to live with their aunt. This is when
they joined Homework Club and Game Room after school. They
stayed until 5:15 everyday at Goodrich. In Homework Club,
the teachers put together a homework folder enabling the kids
to have an exact assignment everyday. When the two first started
coming they were very shy and didn’t socialize with
many of the other students. By May, they were doing homework,
playing card games, and even playing basketball with the other
students in Homework Club and Game Room. With a few weeks
left of school they were sent to live in a group home, however,
because the after school programs were so beneficial to them,
they continued to participate through the end of the year.
Watching the development that these two students went through
was amazing; you could see a difference in the way they looked
at school and at other students.
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