TEAM Opens New Site Focused on Academics

TEAM has opened a new site at Logan High School (LHS), where students will have one hour dedicated to homework rather than thirty minutes. For students needing extra help with their homework, ESL students, and those with an ACT test date in the near future, this may be a better choice for them.

TEAM members at Wilson Elementary doing
homework while Kayla Dinsdale
 writes on the whiteboard

Wilson Elementary School is still open for those who will benefit most from the balance of academic tutoring, 4H enhancement and service.

According to Kayla Dinsdale, TEAM's site coordinator, the after-school club opened LHS primarily for students who need extra help with doing homework, preparing for ACTs, filling out applications, receiving scholarships, and anything else related to academics. Much of what TEAM does at Wilson are still done at LHS, but the time allotted for the enhancement activities like 4-H and service is shorter so that the focus is more on school work and academic tutoring.

Logan High School computer lab
 where TEAM members do homework

Some students also attend Logan High School out of convenience. Some students have not been able to attend TEAM due to their inability or the inconvenience of getting to Wilson.

"This is where I go to school, and it's easier to get here," said Erick Carrillo, a high school sophomore who attends TEAM at LHS. "I'm already here."

Cesar Bautista standing in front of the whiteboard
 at Wilson Elementary School

Those who want to go to Wilson do it for the service experience, the opportunity to mentor younger students, and the scholarship opportunity. Every day, thirty minutes are set aside for members to mentor elementary students attending after-school clubs. In doing so they are earning $5/day towards a scholarship that can be used for post secondary education after they graduate from high school. In addition, the Wilson site has a very heavy focus on youth leadership development through service. Students are provided many opportunities to serve their peers as leaders of the various 4-H clubs and service projects.

"It's a good experience," said Cesar Bautista, a high school junior who attends TEAM at Wilson. "It helps you learn how to work with kids, it's pretty fun, and it gives you a good feeling."

Here are the scheduling specifics and a short summary of each site:

Logan High Site  2:45-5:00PM 

2:45-3:00 Snack

3:00-3:15 TEAM building

3:15-4:15 Academic Time

4:15-4:40 4H Topic 

4:40-5:00 Service

TEAM Logan High Site is for students that have a difficult time making it over to Wilson Elementary AND/OR they need additional support in academics/ACT/Scholarships/Applications. This site has all the same components as the Wilson Site but they are condensed so that we can have additional time on homework etc. This site is also more of a one-to-one mentoring set up. We have the USU Business Department Huntsman Scholars helping us this semester as well as a group from a management class at USU, so we are able to provide individualized tutoring for every student.

Wilson Elementary Site  3:00-5:30PM

3:00-3:15  Snack

3:15-3:30  TEAM Building 

3:30-4:00  4H Topics 

4:00-4:30  After School Club kids Clubs Time (Mentoring)

4:30-5:00  Academics

5:00-5:30  Service

The Wilson Site is for students that would like a balance of the key TEAM components (academic tutoring, 4-H clubs and service) and would like additional leadership skills, more service (we do .5 hr service every day and serve the Wilson after-school club for .5 hr daily), and the $5 scholarship to any college/university of their choice per day- up to $20 per week.