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~ROGRAM SUMMARY <br />FY 1996-97 <br /> <br />Department - Cooperative Extension Service <br /> <br />Program - 4-H S.O.S (54-30) <br /> <br />Program Summary: <br /> <br /> The SOS (Support Our Students) afterschool crime prevention program is being offered to <br />the Cabarrus 4-H Program as part of 19 counties with a grant in the amount of $65,000. This <br />program is funded by the legislature and announced by Governor Jim Hunt (copy attached). <br /> <br /> The mission willbe to provide a safe, caring, warm place for middle school students <br />afterschool and on school holidays. We will provide homework and tutoring help, nutritious <br />snacks, physical activity, opportunities to learn new hands-on skills, and a place for <br />positive social interactions with peers and adults. <br /> <br /> objectives will be to (1) reduce the number of unsupervised students after school, (2) <br />improve academic performance of participants, (3) meet physical, intellectual, emotional, and <br />social needs and (4) improve attitudesand behaviors. It will be our goal that participants <br />improve their academic performance one letter grade in two academic areas, their attendance <br />improve, with less than 20 absences per school year, and suspensions drop by 10 percent. <br /> <br /> J.N. Fries will be the site to begin the S.O.S. Program. It is the largest middle <br />school, has the highest percentage of school suspensions, and 203 students receive subsidized <br />lunches. Administrators have pledged their support, making their 'total facility' available. <br /> <br />Mrs. Pamela C. Outen, Extension Agent - Family and Consumer Education, will supervise this <br />program, and make it a part of the Cabarrus County 4-H Program. The program has to be <br />completed from January to June, 1997. <br /> <br /> <br />