Princeton University

The Community House After School Academy (CHASA) is a project for middle school students in grades six through eight. CHASA meets Monday thru Friday from 3 to 6 PM at the Community House tutoring center located on the third floor of 58 Prospect Avenue. The middle school students participate in daily workshops designed to help them build and improve their academic skill in language arts, math, writing, and science. Homework support is also provided. Friday, also known as Fun Fridays, are dedicated to extracurricular social activities including lectures on campus, book discussions, recreational sports, and attending plays, movies, and athletic events.  For more information contact Marjorie Young.

Community House Crossings is a program that encourages John Witherspoon Middle School students to examine issues surrounding diversity including; culture, ethnicity, race, education, gender identity, and religious beliefs. The project is geared towards confronting racial and cultural stereotypes and to promoting an in-depth understanding of concerns that are specific to people of varying ethnic and racial backgrounds. The curriculum is designed to help foster a sense of cultural awareness and to offer techniques that help promote effective dialogue and conflict resolution. For more information, contact Eric Plummer eplummer@Princeton.EDU  or Michelle Thompson mmthomps@princeton.edu .

Community House Generation One is a program dedicated to supporting high school students who will be first in their family to attend college or pursue other kinds of post secondary education. The primary objective of the program is to ensure that students experience academic success throughout the four years at Princeton High School. Princeton High School administrators, teachers, project Coordinators, and volunteers, work collaboratively to provide academic tutoring, subject specific study circles, writing workshops, field trips, college tours and other activities designed to help Gen 1 participants be fully prepared for the next step.  For more information, contact Laura Fletcher lpfletch@princeton.edu, and Jonathan Nussbaum.

PEEK (Princeton Engineering Education for Kids) is a program through which undergraduate students visit elementary school classrooms during and after school to teach children basic principles of engineering using fun tools such as LEGO Mindstorms robotics kits. PEEK's general goals as an organization are: 

* To get kids interested in engineering from a young age, and to 
promote engineering as a viable and exciting career path for girls.
* To increase kids' ability to understand and manipulate the physical world around them.
* To supplement pre-existing curriculum units for K-12 student classrooms (e.g. Simple machines).
* To promote group-driven and cooperative problem solving through the design process.
* To show kids that engineering is fun!

For more information, contact Jane Yang or Josh Israel.

The Community House Preschool Program addresses early childhood literacy by helping preschoolers (2 to 5 year olds) with school-readiness skills in preparation for kindergarten. Preschool volunteers assist teachers in leading small-group activities in classrooms, reading books to individual or small groups of children,  guiding discussions and related activities, as well as engaging in creative and interactive play. For more information, contact Emily Hildner ehildner@Princeton.EDU or Louisa Cronan lcronan@princeton.edu.
 

Volunteers will engage in one-on-one tutoring with Princeton High School and Middle School students and help to organize and schedule tutoring appointments. We are looking for dedicated and responsible tutors in all subjects to help out students who are having difficulties.  For more information-contact Julie Sung jcsthree@princeton.edu.

The SAT Prep program works with high school students to help them develop standardized test-taking skills. Volunteers teach math and English sessions twice a week and also provide one-on-one tutoring when needed in order to support and help students perform better on standardized tests. For more information, contact Jenny Ross or Angela Shan.