Homer Davis offers Skills for Success for grades 1-6, through Flowing Wells Community Schools. Parents may also enroll their child, including kinder, in the YES program. You may contact Lisa Lawson or Lorena Escalante, our Skills 4 Success Site Coordinators, at 520-442-7989, if you have any questions. Please see below for additional information on both of these educational programs.
Skills for Success at Homer Davis Elementary School
NOTE: Skills for Success is not open on half days. Please refer to the calendar included in your Sills for Success packet for more information.
The Skills for Success (S4S) program provides comprehensive, developmentally appropriate after-school activities, along with community support and education, for Homer Davis Elementary School students —
all free of charge.
This after-school program provides opportunities that directly benefit the academic and social needs of each student with a focus on
reading, math, language arts, computer literacy, and positive self-concept.
Skills for Success activities include academic student enrichment through tutoring and computer assisted instruction, after-school high interest classes and fieldtrips, indoor and outdoor recreation, adult mentoring, and numerous educational opportunities for the surrounding community. By providing these activities, the Skills for Success staff members hope to enrich and enhance the lives of those attending Walter Douglas Elementary School.
New Daily Schedule
This school year, Skills for Success begins on August 21, 2023 and ends on May 9, 2023. The program will run Monday through Thursday afternoons from 2:10 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. If you have to pick your child up early, please contact the site coordinator at: (520) 442-7989. Depending on a student’s grade level, he/she can attend Skills for Success on certain days of the week:
Monday afternoons 1st, 2nd and 3rd Graders
Tuesday afternoons 1st, 2nd and 3rd Graders
Wednesday afternoons 4th, 5th and 6th Graders
Thursday afternoons 4th, 5th and 6th Graders
Free Bus Home
A bus is available to take the children from Skills for Success home. The bus is only available to those who do not live within walking distance. The bus departs at 4:40 p.m. Please refer to the transportation schedule is included in your packet.
There is open enrollment for this program; however, students are strongly encouraged to attend throughout the entire year. Skills for Success is closed on early-release days and no-school days. Please refer to the calendar included with your application packet for specific dates of closure.