Exploratory Classes

We offer exploratory classes for Oakland students in the following subjects: * For the Love of Chemistry * Arts and Crafts * Model Making (Construct a model of the new Bay Bridge!) * Making Melodies: Music Class * Biology: The Study of Life bq. About a block and a half from school, there are examples of drugs, alcohol, prostitution and gang activity... We need role models who look different than the person on the street, _role models who share the child's goals and aspirations_. He is the one who is going to have the most impact with the boys and girls I deal with... From the moment ImpACT came onto the campus to talk to the boys and girls up until the very last day, the children could not stop talking about it. _When the first Springfest was over, the children told me that they could not believe that time had gone by so fast_. They mentioned the people who worked with them, who baked with them and who took them to Golden Gate Park. It was not a program anymore. ImpACT's goal had been achieved. The group had become individualized, and my students were refering to specific people. So the idea of _connecting one person to another_ had been achieved, making your program a success. The kids to this day talk about so-and-so and so-and-so...