Coda Mountain Academy Inc

CODA PROVIDES HIGH CALIBER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN A CHALLENGING BUT NUTURING ENVIRONMENT VIA AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, SUMMER MUSIC ROBOTICS DAY CAMPS, RESIDENTIAL SUMMER MUSIC CAMP, EVENING COMMUNITY CLASSES.

DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDED MAY 2022 CODA AND ITS TWO 21ST CCLC AFTER-SCHOOL PARTNERS JOINTLY SERVED 343 STUDENTS FROM FAYETTEVILLE PK8 AND OAK HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. STUDENTS WERE INTRODUCED TO A VARIETY OF ACTIVITES, INCLUDING LEGO ROBOTICS, MUSIC, ART, ACTIVE SOUTHERN WV KIDS RUN CLUB AND SKATEBOARDS,SCOOTERS AND BIKES AT CAMP ROYAL. STUDENTS WERE ENGAGED FOR SEVERAL AFTER-SCHOOL HOURS 4 OUT OF 5 DAYS OF THE WEEK WITH A MEAL PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOLS. STUDENTS COULD PARTICIPATE IN ALL THREE PROGRAMS. AT THE BEGINNNG OF EACH PROGRAM, STUDENTS LISTEN TO A CHARACTER-BUILDING CODA TALK WHICH HIGHLIGHTS A HEALTHY TOPIC, SUCH AS MAKING WISE DESICISIONS, INTEGRITY, SELF-ESTEEM, ETC.

SUMMER CAMPS INCLUDE CODA KIDZ FINE ARTS DAY CAMPS. STUDENTS AGED 4-10 PARTICIPATE IN CODA KIDZ WHERE THEY ARE INTRODUCED TO RHYTHM, ART, CHOIR, FOOD ART, WOODWORKING, FOLK DANCING, THEATER AND LESSONS IN ONE OF SEVERAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. STUDENTS AGED 11-17 ATTENDED FINE ARTS CAMP WHICH OFFERED BANJO, MANDOLIN AND OTHER WORKSHOPS IN ADDITON TO COURSES SIMILAR TO KIDZ. STUDENTS RECEIVED BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND A SNACK EACH DAY AND SOME WERE TRANSPORTED TO AND FROM THE CAMP BY FAYETTE COUNTY SCHOOLS TRANSPORTATION DEPT. FAMILIES WERE INVITED TO AN END-OF-CAMP CONCERT SHOW CASING STUDENTS GROWTH DURING THE WEEK. OVER 150 STUDENT PARTICIPATED IN THE TWO CAMPS. SUMMER ROBOTICS AND EXPLORE CAMPS FOCUS ON SCIENCE. 67 STUDENTS, K-5, LEARNED ABOUT BIRDS AND FLIGHTS AND MET WITH A LOCAL BI-PLANE PILOT AND DRONE OPERATOR AND A MEDICAL HELICOPTER TEAM AT A NEARBY AIRPORT. THE EXPLORE CAMP THEMED WORLD OF FLIGHT HOSTED 30 5TH-11TH GRADERS WHO STUDED DAVINCI, WRIGHT BROTHERS AND OTHERS AND THEN BUILT AND TESTED SOME OF THEIR OWN DESIGNS. FOOD, TRANSPORTAION AND CODA TALKS WERE PROVIDED.

CODA G.L.U.E GENERATIONAL LOVE, UNDERSTANDING ENCOURAGEMENT WAS A NEW FAMILY PROGRAM FEATURING WEEKLY MEETINGS, MARCH THROUGH MAY, WITH GRANDPARENTS AND RELATIVES RAISING GRANDCHILDREN OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. INDIVIDUALS, RANGING IN AGE FROM 21 TO 78, GATHERED EACH WEEK TO LISTEN INTERACT WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY RESOURCES, INCLUDING HEALTH, NUTRITION, SOCIAL SERVICES AND OTHER PROGRAMS AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNTY. THE PROGRAM CONCLUSION FEATURED AN INTIMATE, PRIVATE SESSION WITH DR. GARY CHAPMAN, AUTHOR OF THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES WHO OFFERED HELPFUL INSIGHT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE GROUP PRIOR TO A LATER EVENING PRESENTATION WITH DR. CHAPMAN WHICH WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.